Re: Bob Ryan being stupid again

[Kim <kimmalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And unfairly judges/treats people who don't fit the stereotype as if they do vs on their own merits... 

YES! I keep meaning to get that printed up on cards to hand out when I've had to listen to too many people objecting to others' problems with stereotyping because they "know someone just like that, so it must be true, and who does it hurt anyway. It's all just PC crap" <g>

/soapbox
Kim

-----Original Message-----
From: Kestutis Kveraga <Kestutis.Kveraga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mar 24, 2004 2:36 PM
To: "\"Celtics\"" <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Bob Ryan being stupid again

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Ryan's wrong, of course, though not about the stereotype. Stereotypes, you might be surprised to learn, are usually grounded in reality to at least some degree, or they would not have arisen in the first place. The problem with stereotypes is that some people think it means that every member, or at least the vast majority of the stereotyped group fits the stereotype. 
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