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by asddkk 3113 days ago
Group versus individuals. Stereotypes can be accurate on average between groups but inaccurate for individuals. The accuracy versus bias distinction of the paper kind of overlooks this, even though it's the crux of the issue in many ways.
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Individual is a part of the group. The paper attacks more than just accuracy or let's call it pertinence and persistence of stereotypes. It also attacks the specific arguments on how this is still true, when and how important. All of which is underresearched as "There is prejudice" headline sells better than "There is 10% prejudice in rating football matches by students".

See, the whole idea of treating everyone as special is a fancy individualist invention that has currency in some countries. It also matters how much said person is special and how many of them are. Then you can call it a problem or not. Or by tracking outcomes of people subject to prejudice with strong statistical tools which do not involve cherry picking by hand.