I have heard a very hard-to-test theory, which holds that stereotypes emerge ex nihilo but then become self-fulfilling prophecies.
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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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