Kara Walker
Artist
"Silhouettes are reductions, and racial stereotypes are also reductions of actual human beings."
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Stereotype
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Queen Rania of Jordan
Queen consort, Philanthropist
"We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes."
Lil B
Rapper
"Don’t let people’s stereotypes or stigmas or words—don’t let that put you in a box. Don’t let that ruin your day."
Priyanka Chopra
Actress
"I don't want to be a stereotype; I want a character that's aspirational."
Emma Watson
Actress, Activist
"We don't often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that that they are and that when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence."
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"I don't make the stereotypes, I just see them."
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"Coming out of college into the draft, being Asian-American and being from Harvard, that's not going to be an advantage because of stereotypes."
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"There’s nothing wrong with not looking like something. It just means you don’t fit the stereotype yet."
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"There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day."
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"And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh."
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"When somebody else calls you exotic, exotic is a box - it's the stereotype of snake charmers and face jewelry. You're just that stereotype. But I don't get offended anymore. I used to get offended by things that were said to me, or how I was seen. Now I educate. If I get pissed off, I'll educate in a sassy way. Other times I educate in a Gandhi-like way. You know - I have my moods."
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"[One task of intellectuals is] to break down the stereotypes and reductive categories that are . . . limiting to human thought and communication."
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"I hate stereotypes and I hate cliche."
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"I'm totally engaging in cultural stereotyping, no question about it. But I think it's OK because I'm doing it for a reason, for a good reason."
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"Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away from that."
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"Every character when born is a stereotype."
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