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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:33:31 +1000
Subject: Re: Don't feed the troll...
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:07:28 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> On the contrary, stereotyping is "You are-a <quality>, therefore you
>> will behave in <manner>".
>
> I don't think that's how stereotypes usually work.
>
> "He wears a turban, therefore he's an Arab terrorist."

Right, my terminology was a little sloppy but I was thinking more in
terms of one of the most common forms of stereotyping: racism. "You
have skin of this colour, therefore you are inferior or a criminal or
whatever". The <quality> is something visible, and the
expectation/assumption is utterly unrelated to it.

ChrisA