So i was doom scrolling as usual on insta (biggest first mistake and came across an Asian lady cooking a traditional dish and i was like dam she making me hungry only to find out not everybody felt the same??? Lowky was dissing her and sayin mean shit chat.. I gen dont understand why stereotypes exist? and just wanted to know how are stereotypes (positive or negative) harmful? DO educate this poor soul cause honestly google aint helping rn. if u have an experience this would be even better (to help me understand) honestly..
plethora of root causes but to save time it's literally just ignorance and indoctrination... they either become a victim of propaganda or have dogshit personalities same old same old reply
Well, stereotypes exists bc they're usually created through gossip or media outlets that people pay attention to. They're negative because people narrowly focus on what they see, or hear from someone else, when in reality people are more complex than just an idea of them bc of the sole purpose of being born a certain race, gender, or color; is simp...... reply
stereotypes r basically society’s lazy labels ppl put on a whole group instead of actually getting to know them individually. The problem is, even “nice” ones still box ppl in + make them feel like they gotta live up to smth they never asked for(like “Asians good at math” or “Black ppl always athletic”) Negative ones obv worse bc they...... reply
There are different reasons why stereotypes exist.
First, is a side effect from how are brains function. Our brains want to process and categorize information as fast and with as little energy as possible.
So we are biologically hard wired to assume according to our own knowledge and experience and put everything in as simplest terms pos...... reply