Is it normal to agree with stereotypes

What I mean to say is, is it normal to think that a certain nationality has a certain set of specific traits?

I believe that people that have stayed in the same region for a long period of time have evolved to be a certain way. Its like why black people are black because they could deal with the sun better in africa. And like why asians are good at math.

I even go so far to think why so many people think black people are dumb thugs who rob convience stores and have huge dicks is because they were bred back when slavery was legal for those specific traits, to be very strong and dumb so they wouldnt fear an uprising. - kind of like making them a work animal like a horse.

idk if this is normal its just kind of how i feel about people in general

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  • Scully

    One of my close friends is an AA woman who is a lawyer and has a masters in social justice. One of the dumbest people I know happens to be asian and he does not understand math whatsoever. Meet more people.

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  • Riddler

    Well yeah this is true to a point. However its racist to say all japenise have tiny penises or all black people are automatically very stupid. I do believe that certain races are going to be better at certain things though.

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  • Gray88

    Stereotypes is Stereotypes, it's how people use them is the problem.

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  • blizzard132

    I disagree, believing in a stereotype is judging a person without any context besides what can be physically observed of them.
    You are assimilating a lot of raw data and coming up with a conclusion far too early. You will lack respect for people and you will lose your humanity, to the extent you actually believe in stereotypes.
    My advice is: next time you meet a stranger, treat him completely different than you would based on the stereotype.
    (I tried this on my latest trip to Turkey, where I totally humanized a local broker, and we had a great chat, even though at first he was out for my money, like many tourist preying sellers over there. You will be surprised!)

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  • SnappleDragon

    What you need to do is work on getting to know a rainbow of people. Once you have friends of different nationalities it's hard to keep believing your ASSumptions.

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  • neopythagorean

    A human will either consciously or unconsciously conform to others in their community who they can identify with. Therefore, people tend to become the stereotype. However, this image that they portray really says nothing about them as individuals apart from their perceived need to conform. Physical stereotypes may or may not have credence. For example, you could say that the common stereotype for caucasians is that we have lighter-colored skin than blacks. This is obviously true on average. However, other physical traits such as penis size or muscularity can vary so much WITHIN each ethnic group that comparisons BETWEEN ethnic groups are pointless. Intellectual comparisons are equally pointless for the same reason.

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    • hot2trot

      Well said!

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  • mtnw

    there's more to any one group than a casual observer might suppose.

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  • Alaxett

    Hmm, that got me to think about the difference between audism and racism. (I'm deaf btw, which is far less common than what you would normally see) I'm gonna to disagree with what you believe because too often, from an area where I live at, latinos seem to be so interest in cool car that is actually use for family, and black dudes get all of cool clothes, pants, hats, whatnot. That is positive stereotypes. I don't know about Asians, but that is what I would say it's normal to agree with people.

    Oh, and about dicks... lol. Check out dudes' in southern Asia.

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  • I love stereotypes cuz they're all true. :)

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