We shouldn’t paper over the gaps in our knowledge of individuals with things we feel safe to assume.
Topic: Stereotypes
Building the French connection
Cultural run-ins abroad can lead to thoughtful consideration of stereotypes, preconceptions.
Letter: University discusses how core values shape responses to bias reports
Editor’s note: This open letter was originally published on the University’s Campus and Student Life Web site here. In the past few weeks, the University has received two separate reports of incidents in our student community that invoked offensive stereotypes of…
Calling Asian stereotypes, history professor blows whistle on “Linsanity”
When New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin captivated basketball fans around the country last month with his breakout performance off the bench, the national media was quick to note both his skills and his status as potentially the…
Lascivious Ball disrobes bookish stereotypes
At the Lascivious Ball this past Saturday, students shed their inhibitions.
Asian, not alien
Media portrayal of Asian students reinforces negative, unjustified stereotypes.