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Typically, this may reflect divisions of class (such as quieter black people complaining about the [[Gang-Bangers|"ghetto" behavior of unruly blacks]]), gender expression (such as [[Straight Gay|gender-conforming gays]] complaining about [[Camp Gay|"flaming" gays]]), ideology (such as religious people railing against [[The Fundamentalist|"fundamentalists"]]), or conformity to mainstream social rules (such as [[Fan Boy|fanboys]] complaining about peers [[Otaku|who won't even bother with personal hygiene]]). Whatever the group involved, the criticism is generally not of the behavior in itself, but of the way it "makes us look bad."
If the criticism is leveled by a character in a work, it may be a [[Very Special Episode]] or an [[Anvilicious]] [[Author Tract]]. Might also be done by a [[Real Life]] creator as an attempt at reforming the group.
Telling others to Stop Being Stereotypical is not always presented in a positive light. The person making the criticism might be presented as being overly submissive to the norms of mainstream culture. A common response to "Stop Being Stereotypical" is "I don't care what they think." Both sides may end up calling each other [[Category Traitor|Category Traitors]]. The recipient of the criticism will be accused of hurting the group by making them look bad while the one who gives the criticism might be accused of being a [[Boomerang Bigot]] or an [[wikipedia:Uncle tom|Uncle Tom]].
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* ''[[Dork Tower]]'' has done several strips where the characters and/or the artist (who are all avid [[Tabletop Games]] players) call out other gamers for their lack of social skills (civility, personal hygiene, inappropriate clothing, etc.), especially at conventions.
* From the DC Elseworlds series ''[[Kingdom Come]]'':
** [[Superman]] goes to an underground bar to convince the [[Nineties Anti-Hero|rowdy new generation of metabeings]] to join the reformed [[Super Team|Justice League]] and become [[The Cape (trope)|selfless heroes]]. Before he can begin, a drunk (who looks suspiciously like [[Superfriends|Marvin]]) jeers at him for being out-of-touch, and is immediately punched out by Atom Smasher.
** There is also a [[Funny Background Event|background gag]] in the last issue where Swastika, one of the reformed metabeings on Themyscyra, spits during [[Wonder Woman]]'s crowning ceremony, and gets an immediate [[Dope Slap]] from Magog.
* In ''[[Maus]]'', Art Spiegelman calls out his father for behaving in a very stereotypical miserly fashion since he worries how this will affect people's opinions of Jews. [[Justified Trope]]: his father explains it as a result of being in the Holocaust, rather than a normal part of his personality. It's also [[Averted Trope|averted]]: His father's wife comments that she, and a number of Holocaust survivors they know, didn't react that way.
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* Garrosh Hellscream of ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' is utterly loathed by fans for making the [[Our Orcs Are Different|orcish race less like blizzard orcs and more like Tolkien orcs.]]
* In ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', Garrus Vakerian (A Turian) and Tali'Zorah vas Normandy (A Quarian), members of alien species that are based on dextro-amino-acids instead of levo-amino-acids like humanity, joke about the importance of making a good impression for "dextros" on the rest of the galaxy.
** Also a major character point for Wrex. Like many other krogans, he fights as a mercenary to get his [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|need for violence out]] and earn his share of credits; unlike most other krogans, though, it's because he gave up on plans to help lead the krogans out of the mess the genophage had left them in after seeing how the species wasn't going to put aside its ways easily. {{spoiler|If he lives, he ends up assuming a position of leadership in his clan, and by the third game, looks poised to bring about a new future for krogans everywhere}}.
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* A variant in "Super Smash Brothers Brawl Taunts: Part 3": Bowser calls Peach out for "setting women's rights back about 400 years" by listing several of her traits, like slapping opponents, wearing heels, having a plethora of crops, and [[Ass Kicks You|her powerful rear]]. Peach responds by angrily whacking him with her [[Frying Pan of Doom]] and says she got it from her kitchen.
* Repeatedly used on this very wiki. The prevalence of autism-spectrum disorders among the userbase and the ''[[Sonichu]]'' article turning into such a cesspool of vitriol it had to be locked are definitely not coincidental.
* [[The Nostalgia Chick]], in the ''[[Spice World]]'' review, angrily tells one of the Spice Girls to stop talking, since it's "bringing down the property values of vaginas everywhere."
* A video titled "Sakuracon Teh Comic" has a bystander angrily shouting at a group of people who are overenthusiactic about the things they like in Japan such as sushi, their music, anime and manga, dubbing them as "weeaboos". This lampshades the real life phenomenon of people who act like this in an exaggerated manner.
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** Like the [[Bill Cosby]] example, there has been backlash from that; primarily by Jesse Jackson, who criticized his fatherhood speech as "talking down to black people".
* [[Bill Cosby]] provoked a [[Real Life]] [[Flame War]] in 2004 when, during a celebration of the ''Brown v. Board of Education'' ruling, he criticized African Americans who put higher priorities on sports, fashion, and "acting hard" than on family, education, self-respect and self-improvement. Some celebrated his speech as lending a dignified public voice and face to sentiments that had long existed within the black community, while others accused him of being patronizing to lower-class blacks or even of [[Uncle Tomfoolery]].
** Cos has been doing this since 1968's ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niqpkvyYMEY Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed]''.
* The religious principle in Judaism known in Hebrew as "Kiddush HaShem" (sanctifying God's Name) and Hillul HaShem (desecrating God's name) is the idea that you shouldn't bring shame upon your people or, for religious Jews, upon God. The Yiddish expression "Shandeh far di Goyim" ("scandal before the Gentiles") references this, and would be leveled at Jews who are representing their community badly to the outside world. It was famously hurled by Abbie Hoffman at the Jewish judge of the Chicago 7 trial.
* In many Islamic communities, especially in the West, there is a cultural movement to avoid outwardly protesting things that offend Muslim sensibilities. This mostly stems from wanting to avoid the idea of all Muslims being fiercely religious, easily angered, and prone to violence.
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* Some Young-Earth Creationists have [http://creation.com/maintaining-creationist-integrity-response-to-kent-hovind called out Kent Hovind] for his use of misinformation and weak arguments against evolution.
* Comedian and radio personality Steve Harvey has criticized the misogyny in modern hip-hop music with the admonition, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPGsDuuTai4 "black men, we are the only race of people that degrade our women in our music."] Which is, strictly-speaking, not true; however, the prevalence of the theme in modern hip-hop - itself a [[Stop Being Stereotypical]] moment for artists who want to move beyond the now-mainstream violence - means he may have resorted to hyperbole because he thinks that [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]].
* In Miami, most Hispanic students look down upon Hispanics they see as stereotypical and reinforcing negative stereotypes, referring to them as either ''"refs"'' (immigrants) or ''"chongas"''.
* Many gay people hate [[Camp Gay]] for this reason. Indeed, every June (when most cities have their Gay Pride parades and festivals) there's bound to be a dozen [[Straight Gay|Straight Gays]] complaining about the visibility of [[Drag Queen|Drag Queens]] and [[Leathermen]], forgetting that most homophobes are not picky in their hatred.
** On the flip tip: [[Camp Gay|Camp Gays]] are forever telling [[Straight Gay|"straight-acting" gay men]] to ''start'' being stereotypical. They refer to [[Straight Gay]] men as [[Acceptable Targets|"closet cases"]] or [[Dead Horse Trope|"incapable of dealing with their internalized homophobia,"]] and disdainfully regard them as "primarily concerned about appearing acceptable to their straight male friends." Some men are congenitally incapable of swishing properly, but does a [[Camp Gay]] realize this? Hell no. Helpful hint: Maleness assumed throughout, because Lesbians Are Not Camp, except in [[Stereotype Flip|old prison films]].
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** The above is a major factor in regards to any news report of a young adult male going on a killing spree. "[[New Media Are Evil|He played video games]]" is among the various phrases that gamers hate to hear uttered in connection with it, due to the [[Hitler Ate Sugar]] trope.
* [[PC vs. Console]]: Level-headed PC gamers hate being lumped in with the [[Basement Dweller|basement-dwelling]] segment who disparage anything console, sink thousands of dollars into unnecessary upgrades just to "keep up" and writing off those who don't, and aggressively considering PC gamers superior to console gamers. Similarly, console gamers hate being lumped in with the 13-year olds screaming derogatory remarks over XBL/PSN or homophobic/misogynistic frat boys with a collective IQ in the single digits. Unfortunately, magazines and other media that cater to gamers only reinforce these stereotypes.
** And of course there are actual teenagers or frat boys who may be good gamers and decent guys, but who are assumed to be 13-year-old brats or douchebags thanks to those who actually are.
* && Many gamers don't admit they're gamers because they wish others would [[Stop Being Stereotypical]]. Especially since they're the ones ''further justifying'' the "belief" that [[Viewers are Morons|Gamers are morons]], [[Entitled Bastard|Entitled ones at that]].
* [[Mixed Martial Arts]] fighter Rashad Evans used this against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson during the hype going into their fight.
* One interesting example of this was BET's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgcZNpmOKuk&feature=related Read A Book](semi-NSFW version linked) music video, advising the network's viewers to read books, buy land, and drink water. One news network, for their segment, gathered a group of non-Stereotypical black people for a focus group who said the content of the video worried them. Specifically, [[Animation Age Ghetto|they were worried that kids might see it]]. The network apparently didn't inform them that it aired on a programming block kids shouldn't be watching anyway.
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* [[Spike Lee]] has referred to [[Tyler Perry]]'s movies as "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ciwhh3fB6vE Coonery buffoonery]." Perry responded with "[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/20/tyler-perry-spike-lee-go-to-hell_n_851344.html Go straight to Hell]."
* Asian-American comedian Eliot Chang says that whenever he passes a car accident, he says to himself "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_3o94A0MG4&feature=g-u-u&context=G21d8e0bFUAAAAAAAPAA Please don't be Asian, please don't be Asian]..."
* The [[Where Da White Women At?]] trope from ''all'' sides. [[Sassy Black Woman|Black women]] who consider it an explicit insult that "their" men are dating outside their race, Black women who are tired of Black women [[Freudian Excuse|who consider it an explicit insult that "their" men are dating outside their race]] that reinforce the Scrappy side of [[Sassy Black Woman]] [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy|driving Black men away,]] IR couples who're together out of [[The Power of Love|love]] rather than superficial skin color hate IR couples who're together [[Not So Different|solely because of skin couple,]] both [[Enemy Mine|Black women and Black men]] tired of [[Pretty Fly for a White Guy|white people assuming an IR relationship gives them automatic street cred]] and vice versa. Whew!
* A certain amount of this came out to play during the run up to the 2012 Academy Awards in regards to the film ''[[The Help]].'' A few people criticized the film for showing most or all of the African-American cast in stereotypical roles of servants. On the other side, multiple black entertainers basically cried [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]], and basically said to stop being so hypercritical of black actors who take "bad" roles like housekeepers because it does more harm to Black artists than good (Aisha Tyler specifically mentioned that actors aren't able to simply take roles because they're good or interesting, they always have to be cautious of the perception of the role and its implications.)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EieFdXy_HwM This] poem by a Christian is a call to other Christians to Stop Being Stereotypical.
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