On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:07:28 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On the contrary, stereotyping is "You are-a <quality>, therefore you >> will behave in <manner>". > > I don't think that's how stereotypes usually work. > > "He wears a turban, therefore he's an Arab terrorist."
Right, my terminology was a little sloppy but I was thinking more in terms of one of the most common forms of stereotyping: racism. "You have skin of this colour, therefore you are inferior or a criminal or whatever". The <quality> is something visible, and the expectation/assumption is utterly unrelated to it. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
