Stereotypes are structurally split into opposing binary elements.

Evidence

By “stereotypical dualism,” Hulme means that the stereotype is split into two opposing elements. These are two key features of the discourse of “the Other”: 1 First, several characteristics are collapsed into one simplified figure which stands for or represents the essence of the people; this is stereotyping. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 641

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Cultural out-group stereotypes yield a two-by-two grid with only welfare recipients purely derogated. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 238; Stereotypes can hold logically contradictory attributions against the same group; The same perceiver holds mutually contradictory stereotypes about one group — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1371 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Cultural out-group stereotypes yield a two-by-two grid with only welfare recipients purely derogated. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 238; Stereotypes can hold logically contradictory attributions against the same group; The same perceiver holds mutually contradictory stereotypes about one group — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1371 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Stereotypes are deeply bipolar, mirroring period ideologies. #corroborates (0.95) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 645
• Différance disrupts fixed binary oppositions like male and female. #complicates (0.78) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 214