Family Tree by Signe Wilkinson for March 06, 2012
March 05, 2012
March 07, 2012
Transcript:
"Who's that really cute guy talking to Sarah Uncool Beardsley?" "Dunno." "How come MY Prince Charming is making time with one of the lamest girls in school?" "Dunno. Will research." "Uh, huh." "OK, thanks." CLICK "Cute guy is Ryan Beardsley, Sarah's big brother." "Awesome! I've always wanted to be friends with Sarah!"
Another name for stereotyping is pattern recognition. We all do it. It only becomes toxic when we assign a given set of negative attributes to those patterns.