, however, reveals that most of those employed in this area are older and foreign-born (129).
In other words, Helmreich often uses the basic stereotype about a group as a starting point for a deeper examination of that group. He does not simply want to do away with the untrue negative stereotypes, he wants to increase the understanding of the truth about each group.
The stereotypes presented by Helmreich are not new ones. He has not attempted to dig up fresh stereotypes about these groups. After all, the very definition of a stereotype is that it has been around for a long time as a perception or misperception about a particular group.
To the contrary, what the author is attempting to do is to, first, name those stereotypes, and, second, to determine whether or not those s
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