Question

How can sterotypes be negative

Answer 1

This mechanism is due to what psychologists call “stereotype threat” – referring to a fear of doing something that would confirm negative perceptions of a stigmatised group that we are members of. The phenomenon was first uncovered by American social psychologists in the 1990s.

Answer 2

stereotypes can be used to make people seem like bad people and/or dehumanize them based on their race/ethnicity

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