bubblyrat,

Did you read my comment on stereotypes? To save you the trouble of digging around for it, I'll repeat it.

"Stereotypes afford us the luxury of not thinking, but eventually, they will extract the PRICE of our not thinking." "J. Harris, author of Stranger in two worlds.

Years ago I made a broad sweeping statement about something and my wife, Annie, said in response, "Yes, and all Indians walk single file."

I said, "What? why do you say that"? She replied, "Because I saw an Indian once and he was walking single file."

Finally, we serious historians know the facts about history, and we don't get our information from John Wayne movies either.