It’s hard to test because it makes the same predictions as the converse theory (stereotypes are observed traits).
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But we have a control group: some ethnicities have been mislabeled! In the 18th century, people believed the Roma were Egyptian. And of course there are the “Indians” in North America.
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One way to confirm that theory would be if Roma started building pyramids, or if Native Americans started opening convenience stores and pushing their kids to win spelling bees. Has this happened?
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How so ex-nihilo? As in someone made a joke at some point and then it was passed on and heard then repeated, memeing it into existence ?
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I have heard this claim. It makes the most sense when you talk about red-lining and recidivism, but it’s really implausible that the equilibrium is for the stereotype to come true.
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Observation and exageration creating stereotypes, leaving a gap between reality and stereotypes is my guess. The gap can be slowly filled to match the stereotype making it true or it can be that only observations matching the stereotypes are registered and reinforce it.
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Japanese laziness?
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