Americans' perceptions of Africa remain rooted in troubling stereotypes of helplessness and perpetual crisis.

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The thing about stereotypes as we all know, there is often truth in them, but it's almost always a partial truth.

I feel disheartened when I see stereotypes, because it's untrue and unfair. It just raises the level of inequality.

I feel like when you call us drag queens, it stereotypes us. It puts us as labels and I feel like we are performers.

I despise stereotypes. A gay man can be a macho athlete, or he can be an interior designer or any career in between.

I love a challenge. And I love defying limitation, gender stereotypes, and people's expectations of me as an actress.

Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong.

My agent and I are very clear on what kind of roles I'm interested in, and I don't want to perpetuate any stereotypes.

The pace at which people are taking to digital technology defies our stereotypes of age, education, language and income.

Despite the gender stereotypes in the '80s, my race-car-driving dad taught me that I could do whatever my brother could.

There would always be scripts that came along that I turned down, like Gang Member #5 - roles that were just stereotypes.

It's almost a rite of passage for the middle-aged, it seems, to invent generational stereotypes for dumping on the young.

For the same reason we have the Brad Pitts and the George Clooneys, it's just part of human nature to idolize stereotypes.

My goal is to send a message to Muslim women and young women everywhere that it's okay to break stereotypes and be yourself.

At the end of the day, I'm a human being and I just think that's what it is. Challenging stereotypes by just being who I am.

I think that all stereotypes sort of begin with truth. I think that the only problem is if that's the only place that you go.

I don't think I'm defying stereotypes on purpose. If it so appears that way, so be it. For me, I've been brought up that way.

Certain stereotypes are being broken: that only people with a certain profile can be actresses or be on the cover of magazines.

There are still plenty of movie people peddling black stereotypes. I guess Tyler Perry's probably the most massively successful.

I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful.

I want our generation to break stereotypes, and I want Indians who are making their foray in Hollywood to get all kinds of roles.

Before I latched onto the concept of stereotypes, not once did I reckon with the fact that I would never be a 'Hollywood starlet.'

Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.

The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.

We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they are.

The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern?

People who would never think of dealing in racial or sexual stereotypes will still throw in a fat joke because it's still OK. Really?

I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'

I think it's so important to have visibility and to break down stereotypes and stigmas and everything that people are so attached to.

I am not one of those people who will ever be comfortable mocking or making caricatures of the stereotypes attached to any community.

I think the stereotypes many black men are put under, even in the entertainment world, can sometimes have a dark or negative undertone.

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.

I believe that actors should be open to breaking stereotypes and television has now a lot to offer. So, being typecast is not my style.

There always will be stereotypes that women can't drive. When I hear the comments, it just makes me more determined to prove them wrong.

I don't want to be fake. I'm just being me. And I have the power to break stereotypes and whatever useless rules that society puts on us.

I embrace my Latina background because I know that by doing so we will continue to break down stereotypes that may exist of Latina women.

There is a constant projection of stereotypes and 'saas-bahu' sagas that keep getting popular as opposed to some experimental storylines.

Stereotypes, they're sensual, cultural weapons. That's the way that we attack people. At an artistic level, stereotypes are terrible writing.

I feel I'm really glad I don't look like the celebrities out there who are beautiful, because there are a lot of stereotypes attached to that.

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

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.

I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep sort of owning that one thing to be the truth.

'YHM' has broken many stereotypes on Indian television with its take on remarriage, infertility, and idea of marrying for the love for a child.

I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the cliches and stereotypes are. Only then do they begin to hit pay dirt.

As far as aging on screen is concerned, I am sure the TV audience don't go by stereotypes - they have evolved and become smarter over the years.

Our leaders must hold themselves to a higher standard and ensure their words and actions do not promote hate or hurtful anti-Semitic stereotypes.

Even the 'Negro' shows like 'Amos and Andy' and 'Beulah' are written largely by white writers - the better to preserve the stereotypes, I imagine.

The ideal is a world in which every woman and girl can create the kind of life she wishes to lead, unconstrained by harmful norms and stereotypes.

I want to always break stereotypes. It is fulfilling as an actor to be able to do that, especially when you see people and the audience loving it.

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