https://contemporaryracism.org/122881/am-i-the-stereotype/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:19:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://contemporaryracism.org/122881/am-i-the-stereotype/comment-page-1/#comment-1037 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:19:04 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=122881#comment-1037 I think your post is really well written. Stereotypes tend to negatively effect people and their mental health. I think using different statements is important. At one of the DEI trainings I have attended, and and but statements were mentioned. Broadly, you could say “I am not flexible and/but I am a dancer”. A friend of mine gave the example of “I am passionate and I am a Black woman, but I am not an angry Black woman”. It is so frustrating, however, that it is easier to tune into stereotypes than to think consciously on your own. Society almost tells us what we have to think or how we perceive others, and I think that’s why people tune into stereotypes so quickly.

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