“I know stereotypes have a bad reputation, people say, "Oh, you shouldn't stereotype people," but I think it's important to recognize that we couldn't function in the world without stereotypes.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldImportantFunctionReputationStereotypeBad Reputation Author:W. J. T. Mitchell
“Stereotypes are ways of making extremely primitive and simple differentiations. Differentiations of gender, race, class, social status - so ordinary social life is very much built upon a whole repertoire of stereotypes we carry around. And those are immediately laminated onto people, and it isn't just visual.” PeopleWayWholeLife IsSocialSimpleRaceClassOrdinaryBuiltGenderVisualsPrimitiveStereotypeSocial LifeDifferentiationSocial Status Author:W. J. T. Mitchell