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As stereotypes stick and prejudice deepens, we don’t just identify with our own group; we disidentify with our adversaries, coming to define who we are by what we’re not.
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When we realize how easily we could have held different stereotypes, we might be more willing to update our views.
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Stereotypes… [are] like a tower in the game of Jenga – teetering on a small number of blocks, with some key missing supports. To knock it over, sometimes all we need to do is give it a poke.
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…stereotypes are not intrinsically malevolent. They provide shortcuts in our never-ending attempt to make sense of complicated surroundings.
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