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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This post is in response to A Pint of Racism: Ben and Jerry’s Scoops Up Stereotypes By Ravi Chandra M.D., D.F.A.P.A. "However, a great deal of the thrust of stereotyping research has been to ...

As society divides into two rival sects, politics retreats into simplistic stereotypes. Bombastic generalizations about political opponents used to be the province of demagogues and provocateurs.

The COVID crisis throws into relief what happens when grief has—quite literally—nowhere to go. The evidence suggests that most people summon strengths that surpass their own expectations. But as ...