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because Fr. Joseph Strub believed the Irish were not seen to be as hard-working as Germans, he specifically requested that Fr. William Power not be selected as the first rector of the Pittsburgh Catholic College?

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An ethnic stereotype is a generalized representation of an ethnic group, composed of what are thought to be typical characteristics of members of the group.

Ethnic stereotypes are commonly portrayed in ethnic jokes.

Ethnic stereotypes

A 19th century children's book informs its readers that the Dutch are a very industrious race, and that Chinese children are very obedient to their parents.

References

Terracciano A, Abdel-Khalek AM, Adám N, et al. (Oct 2005). "National character does not reflect mean personality trait levels in 49 cultures". Science 310 (5745): 96–100. doi:10.1126/science.1117199. PMID 16210536.

Ethnic stereotypes in Western culture

African Americans · East Asians · Hispanics and Latinos · Native Americans · South Asians · West and Central Asians (Arabs · Jews · Kazakhs · Persians) · White people

Ethnicity

related concepts	nation, nationality, national minority, tribe, clan, indigenous people, ethno-linguistic group, ethno-religious group, Ethnic group, population, race, meta-ethnicity, panethnicity

Ethnology	Anthropology, Ethnography, Ethnolinguistics, Ethnotaxonomy, Ethnopoetics, Ethnobotany, Ethnomathematics, Ethnogeology

ethnic groups by region	Africa (Arab League) · Asia (West Asia · South Asia · Southeast Asia · East Asia · Central Asia · Northern Asia) · Europe · Americas (indigenous · USA · Canada · Central America · South America) · Australia (indigenous) · Oceania (indigenous · European)

identity and ethnogenesis	demonym, endonym, tribal name, cultural identity, national identity, origin myth, mores, national myth, folk religion, national language, nation state, tribalism, lineage-bonded society, pantribal sodalities, nation-building, cultural assimilation, imagined communities, cross-race effect

multiethnic society	minority rights, indigenous rights, consociationalism, dominant minority, ethnocracy, ethnic interest group, diaspora politics, ethnopluralism

ideology and ethnic conflict	ethnic nationalism, indigenism, ethnocentrism, autonomist movements, xenophobia, ethnic cleansing, genocide, cultural genocide, ethnocide, ethnic stereotype

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