- Source: Counterstereotype
A counterstereotype is an idea or object that goes against a stereotype -- a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment.
An example is the character type called the magical negro; Spike Lee popularized this term deriding the archetype of the "super-duper magical negro" in 2001 while discussing films with students at Washington State University and at Yale University.
Examples
American popular literature in the 19th century contained stereotypical images of black people as grotesque and servile. In protest, a counter-stereotype arose which showed black people as graceful and wise.
In the United States during the 1970s, in response to feminist criticism, advertising agencies chose to display counter-stereotypical images of women as sexually assertive and intellectual.
See also
Affirmative action
Benevolent prejudice
Overcompensation
Political correctness
Reverse discrimination
Women are wonderful
Xenocentrism
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Counterstereotype
- Implicit bias training
- Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
- Hooker with a heart of gold
- Women-are-wonderful effect
- Magical Negro
- LGBTQ stereotypes
- Sword and sorcery
- Stereotype
- Benevolent prejudice
