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[–]MezozoicGaygay male 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Pattern is something that IS happening and always or often repeating. Stereotype is something that you THINK is happening. Even definitions are "stereotype is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of something or someone" and "a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing".

If you see that europeans on average are taller than asians - it is pattern. If you say that asians are all good in math and nolifers - it is stereotype (and a racist one).

[–]Porcelain_QuetzalTabby without Ears 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's exactly my point. Patterns exist. So they can be used for passing regardless of expectations.