I'd like to posit my thoughts on these two words. I often hear people using one for the other as I understand their meanings so I thought I'd get this off my chest. <BR><BR>Generalizing is when you ...

I've been programmed since birth not to stereotype people. I've been taught in high school, college, Boy Scouts, Church, employee orientations, and by know-it-all student body presidents that ...

It's not hard to spin a positive stereotype as a compliment. But making any generalization about a group is a slippery slope. During my senior year of high school, I started dreading calculus. Every ...

Stereotypes are generalizations about groups of people that allow us to quickly judge individuals without having to spend a lot of time getting to know them. This ability for rapid categorization ...