In the context of arguing for equity, something Republicans consistently fail to do anything substantive about, Obama managed to validate divisive stereotypes about "them," workers, the poor and by inference, people of color.
A colorful chart to validate that stereotype was too alluring for most to resist sharing unchecked.
The requisite heartless welfare employees are present to validate every stereotype.
The media headlines claim San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz is 'feuding' or 'fighting' with Trump instead of 'advocating' for millions of people she represents validating the stereotype that women of color are angry and confrontational.
Rubio appears to have learned from his near-fatal New Hampshire mishap where he repeated himself three times, thus validating the stereotype his detractors have drawn of him --that he is a collection of sound bites.
This prejudicial assumption in women's sports creates a hostile environment for athletes perceived as lesbian, who might be shunned for "perpetuating" or "validating" the stereotype that women athletes are masculine or gay.
Most men are socialized to believe that showing emotion is a sign of weakness, so instead of validating this stereotype, try to pull out his emotions in other ways.
It's taken me 14 years, but I've finally realized that I'm a fool for buying into this rhetoric of "us" and "them," of playing into the binary where an apology means automatically validating a baseless stereotype, and silence is taken to mean complicity.
"This was the experience of the men we interviewed, who felt that they needed help to get to the root of these feelings". Sessions for men are shorter, but also include a focus on the role of masculinity and gender stereotypes, and help validate their experience, recognising that they too can be victims of abuse.
While Trump has never claimed the mantle of "compassionate conservatism," his budget validates several of the negative stereotypes that Bush tried to shed.
Both points of view must be validated as being reasonable based on the stereotypes we all have about black men and cops in America.
