Stereotypes

I’m trying to understand what a stereotype is.  My guess is that the word has different senses, and there will be some need to make distinctions as the discussion progresses.

1) S is a stereotype if and only if S is a universal generalization about a group of people.

But consider the universal generalization: “All White people are human people.”  This doesn’t strike me as a stereotype.
2) S is a stereotype if and only if S is a false universal generalization about a group of people.

This also doesn’t strike me as right.  “All Latinos are aliens” doesn’t strike me as a stereotype.

3) S is a stereotype for a person P if and only if S is a universal generalization which is made on the basis of insufficient evidence by P.

(3) relativizes stereotypeness to persons.  Suppose I meet one American Indian who likes baseball, and I conclude that “All American Indians like baseball.”  It strikes me that I have made a stereotype.

These are all first approximations.  What do you think?

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