• teft
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      3411 months ago

      Stereotypes can form a few ways. Not all of which are based upon truth. Illusory correlation is the phenomenon of perceiving a relationship between variables even when no such relationship exists.

    • Julian
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      2511 months ago

      No I think some of them are just racism.

      • interolivary
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        1511 months ago

        Hey it’s not necessarily racism; could just be garden-variety bigotry too

    • @YaaAsantewaa
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      1911 months ago

      A lot of stereotypes are based on pure racism and general prejudice

    • Pons_Aelius
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      911 months ago

      Every single stereotype is based in truth propaganda.

      Most stereotypes have their birth in cultural propaganda. They reinforce the tribal in-group vs out-group that humans naturally fall into.