Category: Stereotypes

Expectations

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“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” ~ Jeremiah 29.11, KJV Expectations.  We all have them.  And if by some strange miracle we don’t, then we have plenty of expectations from others. So many that we won’t ever run […]

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Race Fact #17: What are stereotypes?

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What are stereotypes? “Stereotypes, however inaccurate, are one form of representation.  Like fictions, they are created to serve as substitutions, standing in for what is real.  They are there not to tell it like it is but to invite and encourage pretense.  They are a fantasy, a projection onto the Other that makes them less […]

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