ethnic stereotypes
Oversimplified group assumptions
Ethnic stereotypes are fixed, oversimplified beliefs about people based on their ethnicity or national origin—assumptions that members of a group share particular traits, behaviors, or abilities.
Even when seemingly positive (Asians are good at math), stereotypes flatten individual identity into group caricature.
The term typically carries critical connotations, acknowledging that such generalizations distort reality and can justify discrimination.
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- tropeRecurring narrative device
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
token character · discrimination · model minority · angry black woman · welfare queen · self-fulfilling prophecy · schema · segregation · othering · scapegoating · confirmation bias · propaganda · xenophobia · essentialism · categorization · heuristics · microaggressions · media portrayal
- biasprejudice, racism, bigotry, sexism, ageism
- ethnic literatureimmigrant stories, slave narratives, postcolonial, indigenous stories, indigenous voices
- ethnic relationsrace relations, multiculturalism, minority rights, racism, prejudice
ethnic stereotypesopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
colorblindness · racial equality · cultural sensitivity · anti-racism · impartiality
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