Before revision: generic melodramatic villain stock character, with handlebar moustache and black top-hat), particularly popular in early 20th century silent films and melodramas and popularized by Snidely Whiplash Police officers buying doughnuts and coffee, an example of perceived stereotypical behavior in North America In social psychology, a stereotype is a generalized belief about a particular category of people.
After revision: generic melodramatic villain stock character, with handlebar moustache and black top-hat), particularly popular in early-20th-century silent films and melodramas and popularized by Snidely Whiplash Police officers buying doughnuts and coffee, an example of perceived stereotypical behavior in North America In social psychology, a stereotype is a generalized belief about a particular category of people.