Stereotype Quotes - Page 20

• I see stereotypes as fundamental and inescapable and not as something that is... The kind of common view is "Oh, we shouldn't think in stereotypes," and I think the reality is we can't help but think in stereotypes.

  W. J. T. Mitchell

  Reality, Thinking, Views

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Obviously invidious and prejudicial stereotypes need to be deconstructed and overcome, but it's not that they can be destroyed. I think that would be an illusion to think that we can somehow get rid of these basic search templates that allow us to sort out our social lives and to sort out the material world as well.

  W. J. T. Mitchell

  Thinking, Overcoming, Would Be

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Stereotypes, I want to say, have to be thought of not just as these invidious, bad things that we could get rid of, but as images that we cannot get rid of, that we have to live with.

  W. J. T. Mitchell

  Want, Bad Things

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I know stereotypes have a bad reputation, people say, "Oh, you shouldn't stereotype people," but I think it's important to recognize that we couldn't function in the world without stereotypes.

  W. J. T. Mitchell

  Thinking, People, Important

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• At one time I was a nihilistic punk with a mohican and a ring in my nose. I think in the course of time I'll find a middle ground, but I also carry that sense of responsibility. I'm in a position to defeat stereotypes.

  Michelle Shocked

  Responsibility, Thinking, Noses

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• It's basically me saying to the industry that I won't work within the walls in hip-hop. I want to put a twist on things, and that's what that song is all about. It's about putting a twist on stereotypes.

  SonReal

  Song, Wall, Hip Hop

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• Stereotyping and generating brands around musicians I think contributes to their eventual demise.

  Squarepusher

  Thinking, Musician, Demise

  Source: thequietus.com

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• We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies.

  Dat Phan

  Artist, Roles, Want

  "Biography/ Mini Bio". www.imdb.com.

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• If you look at the curricula of most universities and schools in this country [USA], considering our long encounter with the Islamic world, there is very little there that you can get hold of that is really informative about Islam. If you look at the popular media, you'll see that the stereotype that begins with Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik has really remained and developed into the transnational villain of television and film and culture in general.

  Edward Said

  Country, Islamic, School

  Source: progressive.org

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• In the very early stages of working in sports, I was sick of being referred to as "the Barbie doll" because I had long, blond, fake hair. So I went and bought a boxed hair color, dyed my hair black, and put on glasses. And I looked ridiculous. I looked like a completely different person. I was trying to get away from the stereotype but what I realized in doing that is that what I say and how I conduct myself in what I do will speak for itself, and I don't need to apologize for being a woman in that space.

  Charissa Thompson

  Sports, Color, Space

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• Italians in particular are seen as either benign and child-like (the sweet old nonna with her meatballs), menacing mobsters, or hyper-sexualized housewives and gigolos; the kind of nourishment I'm looking for doesn't lie in any of these stereotypes.

  Christopher Castellani

  Sweet, Children, Lying

  Source: therumpus.net

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• My being Indian is possibly the biggest thing that influences my stories. Not just in terms of settings - most of the settings in my stories are Indian - but also in terms of characters and plot. I think growing up in India grew my imagination in certain ways that would not have happened in any other place. I'm also fascinated by the idea of India, and writing stories allows me to explore this. As for thematic elements, they are probably pretty obvious in my stories. I also hope that my stories bust stereotypes at least to a modest extent.

  Vandana Singh

  Growing Up, Writing, Character

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• There will always be people that will have assumptions about you, about my character, my personality, or that I might put on a show of being gay or something, or that I play up stereotypes or anything like that. It's always funny to me that those people are typically the people that know me the least.

  Tyler Oakley

  Character, Gay, Play

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

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• stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.

  Barbara Mertz

  Typical, Librarian, Mislead

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• I was starting to buy into my own sort of stereotype in a way.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Way, Starting, My Own

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• One of the embarrassing facts from social psychology is that most stereotypes are true, in the only sense that stereotypes are ever true: on average.

  J. Michael Bailey

  Average, Psychology, Facts

  "Stereotypes of homosexuals". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. August 23, 2002.

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• It is given to no human being to stereotype a set of truths, and walk safely by their guidance with his mind's eye closed.

  John Stuart Mill

  Eye, Mind, Guidance

  John Bowring, John Stuart Mill (1837). “The London and Westminster Review”, p.349

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• Yeah, I'm sure there are stereotypes of Asian people.

  James Iha

  People, Asian, Yeah

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• He had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes came from. Ever since he'd met Annabeth at the Grand Canyon last winter,when she'd marched toward him with that Give me Percy Jackson or I’ll kill you expression, Leo had thought of blondes as much too smart and much too dangerous.

  Rick Riordan

  Smart, Winter, Expression

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• Self-actualized people...live more in the real world of nature than in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that most people confuse with the world.

  Abraham Maslow

  Real, Men, Self

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• What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A major objective was to challenge stereotypes, myths, and the image of ourselves and our continent, and to recast them through stories- prose, poetry, essays, and books for our children. That was my overall goal.

  Chinua Achebe

  Children, Book, Prose Poetry

  Chinua Achebe (2012). “There Was a Country: A Memoir”, p.44, Penguin

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• For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.

  Sally Ride

  Girl, Teacher, Encouragement

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• Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.

  James Earl Jones

  Writing, Character, Giving

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• Liberals go straight to ugly racist stereotypes when attacking conservative blacks, calling them oversexualized, stupid and/or incompetent.

  Ann Coulter

  Stupid, Racist, Calling

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• I think any stereotyping is too much.

  Tommy Lee Jones

  Thinking, Too Much

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