'Strong' Black Woman? 'Smart' Asian Man? The Downside To Positive Stereotypes
It's not hard to spin a positive stereotype as a compliment. But making any generalization about a group is a slippery slope.
During my senior year of high school, I started dreading calculus. Every time my teacher slapped our tests face-down on our desks, I would peel up the corner of the page just enough to see the score, circled in red. The numbers were dropping quickly: 79, 64, 56.
My classmates and I were not coy about our grades. After class, we
