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I know I'm about to use slightly mediocre logic here, but I can't seem to find numbers (or at the very least, I'm too lazy to look) for the number of [i]Chinese[/i] people in the world, so this'll have to do. Feel free to shoot down my argument if you do find those numbers and the statistics turn out to be wholly different than what I'm getting here.

As of 2010...

Population of China: 1.3 billion

Population of Japan: 128 million
Population of South Korea: 49 million
Population of Thailand: 68 million
Population of Vietnam: 87 million
Population of Indonesia: 230 million
Population of Philippines: 92 million
(there are probably other "yellow" countries I missed, can't amount to a whole lot, though)

So you have 1.3 billion Chinese people, and total... maybe 700 million other "yellow" Asians (again, not the most logical argument I'm using, it's because of a lack of information I have).

Meaning that for every 20 "yellow" people you see, 13 of them are Chinese, roughly 65%. And let's just say my statistics are completely skewed and the percentage is more like 50%. That still means that half of the time, a "yellow" person you run into will be Chinese. Does that justify the stereotype? Not at all, but at least it does enough to explain why we use that stereotype and why it is successful for us a large portion of the time.

The stereotype works [i]even better[/i] in America where most of the East Asian immigrants [i]are[/i] from China, so the percentage might be as high as 70 or 75.

Again, if I had the numbers outlining the amount of Chinese people in the world (not just the amount in America, and not just the population of China), the argument would probably be a lot more convincing.

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ur so stupid u thought a stereotype was a new and advanced radio. (finally, i get to use that joke!)

jks, and since i'm brown, a muslim, an afghan, i talk pashto (my native language) whenever i want wherever i am, i think its pretty for obvious for anyone on this site how many stereotypes have attacked me. thanks a lot, american government for making al-qaeda and blaming it on us. >_>

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As far as I can tell, the stereotypes about bisexuals are that they're all evil, they're all sluts, and that they don't exist and are just lying. I've had all three put to me, though fortunately not yet by anyone in a position of power to hurt me because of it.
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You're bisexual? o.O

A lot of people attribute my bubbly, empty-headedness to my blonde hair, but in fact I'm just bonkers :)

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I know I'm about to use slightly mediocre logic here, but I can't seem to find numbers (or at the very least, I'm too lazy to look) for the number of [i]Chinese[/i] people in the world, so this'll have to do. Feel free to shoot down my argument if you do find those numbers and the statistics turn out to be wholly different than what I'm getting here.

As of 2010...

Population of China: 1.3 billion

Population of Japan: 128 million
Population of South Korea: 49 million
Population of Thailand: 68 million
Population of Vietnam: 87 million
Population of Indonesia: 230 million
Population of Philippines: 92 million
(there are probably other "yellow" countries I missed, can't amount to a whole lot, though)

So you have 1.3 billion Chinese people, and total... maybe 700 million other "yellow" Asians (again, not the most logical argument I'm using, it's because of a lack of information I have).

Meaning that for every 20 "yellow" people you see, 13 of them are Chinese, roughly 65%. And let's just say my statistics are completely skewed and the percentage is more like 50%. That still means that half of the time, a "yellow" person you run into will be Chinese. Does that justify the stereotype? Not at all, but at least it does enough to explain why we use that stereotype and why it is successful for us a large portion of the time.

The stereotype works [i]even better[/i] in America where most of the East Asian immigrants [i]are[/i] from China, so the percentage might be as high as 70 or 75.

Again, if I had the numbers outlining the amount of Chinese people in the world (not just the amount in America, and not just the population of China), the argument would probably be a lot more convincing.
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I met a kid from thailand with his friends (who were white) they asked me if I was from thailand to. (I'm 1 third canadian 1 third korean 1 third chinese)

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Though overlapping in many ways, these are the forms of stereotypes I've noted.

1) "Stereotypes emerge from truth."
People tend to converge data to in order to have it assist in situations at a later period. If a trait is observed consistently within a homogenous group, then the brain keeps that information to help in the future. For example, if five red-haired people all happened to favor swiss cheese to cheddar cheese, the distinction might be made then that red-haired people naturally prefer swiss to cheddar. Note that this does indeed work off of actual personal statistics and observations. It is a conclusion from from what is true, such as a chart that showed 90% of all gingers preferring swiss.

2) "When five boys get a math problem wrong, people suck at math. When five girls get a problem wrong, women suck at math."
From a male perspective. Reverse that statement for the female one. When somebody is different, whether through gender, religion, beliefs, etcetera, the observations made are even more critical and often ignore that what's said of one group can easily be turned to the other. Very observable in racial comedy. "Ever notice how white people..." "What is it about white people and...." In this instance a black comic would go on to apply a silly action to white people specifically. Minority comics also use stereotypes about their own race, as this form of stereotyping doesn't just emerge from differences relative to the individual, but the overall difference in comparison to the entire community.

3) Reading Into Cultural Identity
It's easily observable that cultures, through random events, gather beliefs and practices that differ from one another. The cultural dividing lines can be very abstract depending on what country you're in, but this form consistently appears nonetheless. It has less to do with what people do and more about the ideas and beliefs of the past that still exist beneath the surface.

It should be noted that some identities do have concrete constructs surrounding them, especially religions. For example, a Christian believing in the Christian God is a fact. A Christian denying science is a stereotype. Basically, if the stated thought process is an actual requirement to be within the identity it is fact, but otherwise the conclusion reached is a stereotype.

4) Thoughts Developed Through Influence
This one is major. People really don't have any idea how impressionable they are. We are consistently thrown random stereotypes on a daily basis by a multitude of sources, many of which aren't even intentionally doing so. The result is, unavoidably, that we have been slightly altered in our thinking and unless one is highly self-aware our conclusions are effected as well.

I use stereotypes when it comes to human personality, identity, and behaviorism. Most stereotypes fail simply because they're too temporal in nature and ignore how complex people are.

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I'm sorry, what?
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Blame shifting.

Also Dreezy, while I have your attention, that Tupac quote is just an edited version of Shakespeare's.

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"Black people like fried chicken." Why wouldn't we? It's a known fact that everyone likes fried chicken.

"Muslims are terrorists." Correction: Muslim extremists who commit acts of violence in order to manipulate people through fear are terrorists. Your average Muslim person is not. Applies to any other person/group of people on an individual basis.

"Americans are arrogant and culturally ignorant." Well, America is the best country...

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[quote name='GraveHorizon' timestamp='1314907415' post='5484559']
"Black people like fried chicken." Why wouldn't we? It's a known fact that everyone likes fried chicken.

"Muslims are terrorists." Correction: Muslim extremists who commit acts of violence in order to manipulate people through fear are terrorists. Your average Muslim person is not. Applies to any other person/group of people on an individual basis.

"Americans are arrogant and culturally ignorant." Well, America is the best country...
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I hate fried chicken, and how is America the best county?

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how is america the best country? and its not arrogant, or culturally ignorant. some of it isn't. listen to immortal technique, or eminem, or the stereotype muslims are terrorists, listen to lupe fiasco.

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"Muslims are terrorists." Correction: Muslim extremists who commit acts of violence in order to manipulate people through fear are terrorists. Your average Muslim person is not. Applies to any other person/group of people on an individual basis.

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the extremists aren't muslim. the taliban was made by the CIA from 1989-1992.

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCgx8zM3woQ[/media]

But with all video trolling aside, I hate people who hate other people because there gay or black something like that.
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[quote name='J-Max' timestamp='1314888632' post='5484002']
lol is that actually true? I only ever see it in Movies and stuff :P
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It's true, stereotypes exist for a reason...

One case of it probably happened somewhere and then people associated that type of person with whatever happened...

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"what are you watching, dr. who?

go to college, become dr. [i]you[/i]."

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The taliban already had a significant following in the area. The US funded them to drive out Russia, not paying attention to the fact that they were radicalists. It's a pretty simple concept.

also stop listing bad rappers it wont help your point

And my second post wasn't a double, for the record. Dreezy removed his response for some reason.

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