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> [I see stereotypes as fundamental and inescapable and not as something that is... The kind of common view is "Oh, we shouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/i-see-stereotypes-as-fundamental-and-inescapable-and-not-as-something/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

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> [Stereotypes are ways of making extremely primitive and simple differentiations. Differentiations of gender, race, class, social status - so ordinary social life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/stereotypes-are-ways-of-making-extremely-primitive-and-simple/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

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> [I know stereotypes have a bad reputation, people say, "Oh, you shouldn't stereotype people," but I think it's important to recognize that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/i-know-stereotypes-have-a-bad-reputation-people-say-oh-you-shouldn-t/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

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> [Obviously invidious and prejudicial stereotypes need to be deconstructed and overcome, but it's not that they can be destroyed. I think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/obviously-invidious-and-prejudicial-stereotypes-need-to-be/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

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> [Stereotypes, I want to say, have to be thought of not just as these invidious, bad things that we could get rid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/stereotypes-i-want-to-say-have-to-be-thought-of-not-just-as-these/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

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## Other authors on Stereotypes

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stereotypes/abhijit-naskar/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christine-de-pizan-23814.jpg) Christine de Pizan 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stereotypes/christine-de-pizan/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dorothy-l-sayers-30287.jpg) Dorothy L. Sayers 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stereotypes/dorothy-l-sayers/)

## More by W. J. T. Mitchell

> [We segregate men from women, and no matter how many times we insist that men and women are equal, men and women should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/we-segregate-men-from-women-and-no-matter-how-many-times-we-insist/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [I see stereotypes as fundamental and inescapable and not as something that is... The kind of common view is "Oh, we shouldn't think in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/i-see-stereotypes-as-fundamental-and-inescapable-and-not-as-something/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [Imperialism, or the conquest and colonization of other populations, other peoples, has had as one of its side effects the growth of a discourse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/imperialism-or-the-conquest-and-colonization-of-other-populations/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [Distinction between species and specimen is very much like the distinction between images and actual pictures, or, you know, objects that have a definite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/distinction-between-species-and-specimen-is-very-much-like-the/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [Stereotypes are ways of making extremely primitive and simple differentiations. Differentiations of gender, race, class, social status - so ordinary social life is very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/stereotypes-are-ways-of-making-extremely-primitive-and-simple/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [I know stereotypes have a bad reputation, people say, "Oh, you shouldn't stereotype people," but I think it's important to recognize that we couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/i-know-stereotypes-have-a-bad-reputation-people-say-oh-you-shouldn-t/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [I think it's very important to distinguish between objectivity - which tends to be open, flexible, skeptical of its own certainty and open to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/i-think-it-s-very-important-to-distinguish-between-objectivity-which/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [Writing, in its physical, graphic form, is an inseparable suturing of the visual and the verbal, the “imagetext” incarnate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/writing-in-its-physical-graphic-form-is-an-inseparable-suturing-of/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [I think its a fundamental feature of images that they move from one medium to another. And this has become hyper-evident in our time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/i-think-its-a-fundamental-feature-of-images-that-they-move-from-one/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [Objectivism is basically the same thing as faith-based science or for that matter faith-based foreign policy, where you start out with the assumption "We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/objectivism-is-basically-the-same-thing-as-faith-based-science-or-for/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [Obviously invidious and prejudicial stereotypes need to be deconstructed and overcome, but it's not that they can be destroyed. I think that would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/obviously-invidious-and-prejudicial-stereotypes-need-to-be/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [The great moment I think in human consciousness is when you realize that the object in front of you is perhaps not nameable or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/the-great-moment-i-think-in-human-consciousness-is-when-you-realize/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [Stereotypes, I want to say, have to be thought of not just as these invidious, bad things that we could get rid of, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/stereotypes-i-want-to-say-have-to-be-thought-of-not-just-as-these/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [When students scoff at the idea of a magical relation between a picture and what it represents, ask them to take a photograph of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/when-students-scoff-at-the-idea-of-a-magical-relation-between-a/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

> [Images are not only visual. They're also auditory, they involve sensuous impressions, bundles of information that come to us through our senses, and mainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-j-t-mitchell/images-are-not-only-visual-they-re-also-auditory-they-involve/)

[W. J. T. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-j-t-mitchell/)

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