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Examples of Stereotypes
Stereotypes are closely related to BIAS and
ASSUMPTIONS:
BIAS
ASSUMPTION
De=inition: Attitudes or behaviors
De=inition: An idea that is taken for
based on stereotypes of people.
granted but not necessarily proven.
Context: When we omit people of
color in our history lessons, we Context: Non-Asians often make the
display a bias that suggests that assumption that Asians are smart or
their contributions are not that all Latinos are illegal immigrants.
important.
Ethnicity Race
Definition: A categorization of people Definition: A categorization of people based
according to shared culture, language, or on shared biological traits such as skin color,
geographic region. hair texture, and eye shape.
Context: The terms "Mexican" and "Irish" Context: One function of the U.S. Census is to
count the citizens by race, which is categorized
describe two distinct ethnic groups. as Black, White, Latino, or Native American.