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False ethnic stereotypes can gain acceptance as fact through frequent repetition. The use of stereotypes often leads to misunderstanding and hurt feelings, because they may be either untrue generalizations, truthful but unflattering generalizations, or truthful generalizations about a group which are untrue of any given member of a group. Many modern ethnic stereotypes can be described as accurate representations of social norms within a given ethnicity and may reflect what a large portion of the living population is, in fact, doing. Black American males are stereotypically portrayed as playing Basketball because many black American males do play basketball. Within each ethnicity there is always a minority, or even a majority, that chooses not to reflect the stereotype. But even individuals who do reflect the stereotype may find it negative and offensive. Children's Book informs its readers that the Dutch are a ''very industrious race'', and that Chinese children are ''very obedient to their parents''.]] There are many other examples, lists of which can be found at the following articles:
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