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Re: National Stereotypes
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Originally Posted by hyfe
No, it's the same as saying Black people wear guns often... which for some bloody large areas of large US cities is probably 100% true.
I mean, the larger the group, the higher the expected miss-rate of the stereotype. That doesn't make it invalid though, or useless.
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A stereotype based on statistical analysis isn't a stereotype. If I said all French people smell of garlic it would be a stereotype. If I found evidence emperical evidence to back it up it wouldn't be a stereotype.
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