Texasmomof3, in your mind, what is the difference between a stereotype and a cultural norm that really does describe the behavior of substantial numbers of some group? For example, is it a stereotype to say that Asian applicants who are applicants to selective schools are much more likely to play the violin than are white applicants to those schools?
Harvard has very few Amish students. Is that because Harvard is stereotyping them? Or to rephrase that, can you explain why there are very few Amish students at Harvard without stereotyping the Amish?