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What's Wrong with Stereotypes?

What's Wrong with Stereotypes?

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Michael Huemer
Aug 02, 2025
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1. Opposition to Stereotyping

I keep hearing that “stereotyping” is bad, and that it’s good to undermine stereotypes. For instance, if you have a TV show with a brilliant surgeon, you should make them a woman. Or black. Or, best of all, a black woman. Because that will defy stereotypes and thereby make the world a better place.

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