The human race might be stereotyped by Martians but not by themselves who are the very gen erators of the stereotype. In other words, a stereotype always demands one individual that belongs to a group of people passing judgment over another individual or groups of individuals. A rigid belief that a group has of itself is its myth but not a ster eotype. This explains, for Andre, why there are so very few stereotypes of white men. For Andre, white men constitute the standard of the human being, and from it, women and other races deviate.
Stereotypes attribute to people a set of behaviors and psychological traits.
It is then an expectation that a member of a certain group will behave and act in a particular fashion. Like some of our general beliefs, stereotypes are also simple and gener al. But, the particular trait of a stereotype is that is always addressed towards a group. Stereotypes, for Andre become undesirable because they are unfriendly to truth, and, for Andre, and I hope for all of us, it is better to be correct about issues rather than deceived about them . Whether I like it or not, it is plain wrong to say that an evergreen is not a tree.