Comments on: Yay Stereotypes? http://www.jessicalum.com/2009/06/yay-stereotypes/ Photo+Journalism Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:46:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Steve http://www.jessicalum.com/2009/06/yay-stereotypes/#comment-55 Steve Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:06:51 +0000 http://daughterofbob.wordpress.com/?p=140#comment-55 Jessica-- I wonder how racial stereotypes become stereotypes if they don't generally reflect reality to some degree. In the case in question, is it not true that Asian students tend to work harder and do better than students of most other races and that the Asian student in the video reflects this fact? And I also wonder if you'd prefer that she be the underachieving athlete sitting in the back saying stupid things. Actually, you probably would, and I probably would too if I were Asian. :-) Jessica–
I wonder how racial stereotypes become stereotypes if they don’t generally reflect reality to some degree. In the case in question, is it not true that Asian students tend to work harder and do better than students of most other races and that the Asian student in the video reflects this fact? And I also wonder if you’d prefer that she be the underachieving athlete sitting in the back saying stupid things.

Actually, you probably would, and I probably would too if I were Asian. :-)

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