If you think Asian-Americans are good only in technical areas, you can restrict them to perform only in these areas. If you think women cannot gain credibility with top customers, you don t have to promote them to senior positions. If you think people with disabilities have poor attendance records, you don t have to have them. Thus, the effect of stereotyping, whether intentional or not, is to subordinate the group. Women who are mothers aren t committed to their jobs.
White men are racists and sexists.
Immigrants do not want to learn English. In these cases the characteristics of some members of a given group are attributed to all members of the group. Yes, these characteristics are true for some members of the group but not for most, and certainly not for all. Some characteristics or group tendencies do exist for many members although not all members of a group. In the case of racial and ethnic groups, we commonly refer to these as cultural differences.