Philosopher Michael Huemer writes:
Stereotypes are generally accurate, except that they tend to understate real differences. There is basically no evidence that stereotypes tend to lead to inaccurate judgments. Psychologist Lee Jussim describes stereotype accuracy as “one of the largest and most replicable effects in all of social psychology”…
Opposition to stereotyping in general is incoherent, unless you want to oppose learning. The idea that it is bad in general to form generalizations about groups is on its face crazy. Nor is there anything objectively offensive about recognizing group differences. Being “offended” by the recognition of patterns in the world is not really something that a serious, adult thinker does.
