Why Stereotypes Are So Much More Than Racist Insults
<p>Aninsult is designed to cut, but a racial stereotype cuts deeper because of the purpose it serves. For instance, during the chattel slavery system, “many whites held stereotypes of blacks as <a href="https://www.socialpsychology.org/pdf/jasp1995b.pdf" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">inferior</a>, unevolved, and apelike.” According to Plous and Williams’ 1995 journal article, the endorsement of racial stereotypes was much more pervaisive in American society than previously acknowledged. Sadly, not much has changed in terms of racial attitudes. In a 2018 study, researchers found that “Blacks, American Indian, Alaska Natives, and Hispanics were the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6135395/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">most stereotyped</a>…among White adults, with each of these groups considered low in both warmth and competence.” On the surface level, racial stereotypes seem like baseless mud-slinging. However, upon closer examination, stereotypes serve a clear purpose: to justify racist beliefs and disparities to maintain the racial hierarchy, an intention too impactful to brush aside.</p>
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