Overall negativity in ethnic stereotypes declined in the US and Europe

Evidence

This decrease in overall negativity also has appeared in research on various ethnic and national stereotypes held by students in the United States (Madon et al., 2001) and Europe (Meertens & Pettigrew, 1997). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 181