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Ethnic Stereotype

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Ethnic stereotype

An ethnic stereotype
Stereotype

A stereotype is a preconceived idea that attributes certain characteristics to all the members of class or set. The term is often used with a negative connotation when referring to an oversimplified, exaggerated, or demeaning assumption that a particular individual possesses the characteristics associated with the class due to his or her me...
is a generalized representation of an ethnic group

Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic...
, composed of what are thought to be typical characteristics of members of the group.

The use of ethnic stereotypes is considered demeaning even when the characteristics might be considered positive because it tends to discount the importance and uniqueness of the individual.

Ethnic stereotypes are commonly portrayed in ethnic joke

Ethnic joke

Ethnic Jokes have been around a long time. Since people noticed they were different from one another, and ethnocentrism and a sense of ethnic identity appeared, ethnic jokes have been popular....
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National Stereotypes

An ethnic stereotype
Stereotype

A stereotype is a preconceived idea that attributes certain characteristics to all the members of class or set. The term is often used with a negative connotation when referring to an oversimplified, exaggerated, or demeaning assumption that a particular individual possesses the characteristics associated with the class due to his or her me...
is a generalized representation of an ethnic group

Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic...
, composed of what are thought to be typical characteristics of members of the group.

The use of ethnic stereotypes is considered demeaning even when the characteristics might be considered positive because it tends to discount the importance and uniqueness of the individual.

Ethnic stereotypes are commonly portrayed in ethnic joke

Ethnic joke

Ethnic Jokes have been around a long time. Since people noticed they were different from one another, and ethnocentrism and a sense of ethnic identity appeared, ethnic jokes have been popular....
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Racism
Racism

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List of autostereotypes by nation
List of autostereotypes by nation

This is an incomplete list of common national and Ethnicity autostereotypes, or what is regarded by many to be the most characteristic trait of their own nation or ethnic group....
List of ethnic slurs
List of ethnic slurs

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List of archetypal names
Niggas vs. Black People
Niggas vs. Black People

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