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Stereotypes: All Black Men Cheat

https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/gender-stereotypes-are-promoted-by-parents-and-teachers-says-stanford-university-study-1282888-2018-07-11.    Habitually, black men are stereotyped as  "They all cheat!" originated from women of color. According to the article "The terrifying of stereotypes-and how to deal with them," states "Stigmatized individuals experience anxiety which depletes their cognitive resources and leads to underperformance, confirmation of the negative stereotype and reinforcement of the fear."   ("Ziwe on TikTok" )—implying that black men experience anxiety due to the different stereotypes thrown at them, which leads to men of color living up to those stereotypes. These men then believe that this stereotype is genuine and begin to act less than who they are. Stereotypes run hand in hand with discrimination, leading to unfair treatment of men of color. In most cases, women tend to judge all men based on their one