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Cultural Diversity - Discrimination and Anti-discriminatory Practice (1)

Stereotypes

Stereotypes are oversimplified or untrue generalisations about social groups (Haralambos & Holborn, 1996, p. 688), and they refer to shared beliefs about others with respect to their personality traits, attitudes and behaviours. Stereotyping others in terms of ethnicity, (as well as age, gender, disability, sexual orientation) can gives rise to negative and positive stereotypes, and this can lead to prejudice and discrimination. The assumptions that are held about people from different ethnic groups need to be challenged.