Understanding and Overcoming Stereotyping: A Guide to Building Inclusive Communities

💡Stereotyping is a natural brain process that simplifies the world, potentially leading to conflict.

💭Belonging to an in-group boosts self-esteem and perception of group members.

🔍Individuals tend to focus on differences between themselves and others despite in-group affiliation.

❌Stereotyping leads to negative effects as we avoid individual evaluation.

🚫Avoiding stereotypes requires actively evaluating individuals based on their unique traits.

⚔️Collective liability leads to stereotyping and conflict based on group identity.

🎯People are targeted and punished based on group affiliation.

💔Interchangeability of group members fuels vengeance and perpetuates violence.

🌟Focusing on individuals rather than superficial traits can help avoid stereotyping.

🧠Conservation error leads our brains to categorize people automatically.