#stereo

Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person. ↗

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#power #stereotypes #stories #stereotypes

Lavina led me to an abandoned warehouse. I think that at some point someone decreed that all clandestine meetings must be held in one. Woe to the criminal overlord who lives in a city thriving with commerce, with no empty warehouses to be found. He probably needs to build one, just to have a place to arrange late-night meetings. (Bewitched) ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#stereotypes #stereotypes

Society wants to believe it can identify evil people, or bad or harmful people, but it's not practical. There are no stereotypes. ↗

— Ted Bundy

#crime #evil #society #ted-bundy #stereotypes

..... it would be interesting to find out what goes on in that moment when someone looks at you and draws all sorts of conclusions. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#instinct #judgment #stereotype #judgment

Confession time: I doubt I would ever have picked up one of Marjorie’s books, had I not met her in person. The reason is they’re categorized as Romances, which is where they are shelved in bookstores. Though I have no justification for avoiding it, the romance section is an area in bookstores I seldom wander into. Her novels also have traditional-looking romance book covers, which are occasionally a bit off-putting to us mighty manly men. Then again, who knows? I don’t carry many biases where good storytelling is concerned. I’m willing to find it anywhere, as too many of my friends will attest, when I try to drag them to wonderful movies that they aren’t eager to go to, simply because they fall under the chick-flick rubric. So, in any case, I’m glad I did meet Marjorie Liu in person, because it would have been a shame to miss out on the work of an author this talented due to whatever degree of cultural prejudices I might still possess. I trust you who read this won’t make the same mistake. ↗

— Bill Willingham

#prejudices #romance-novels #stereotypes #storytelling #men

If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#complain #gay #going #likely #people

never trust a Troglotroll ↗

— Walter Moers

#stereotyping #stereotypes

Well, I'm Italian, but my family isn't stereotypical. I mean, I only have one sister and we don't yell or throw pasta at each other. My mother doesn't even have a secret spaghetti sauce recipe. ↗

— Jennifer Esposito

#even #family #i #italian #mean

The funniest racism is the racism between minorities. It's something you don't see dramatized, but almost every minority I know who's my age, they have these funny stories about their parents stereotyping other minorities. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#age #almost #between #every #funniest

I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer. ↗

— Jamie Farr

#broadway #does #hollywood #i #i do