[H.J.]

I believe it has a lot to do with the spread of Christianity, which espouses monogamy. And since we've been monogamous for the last however-many-thousand years, it's what we know and do. Plus, as previously mentioned, it's useful for preventing such things as disease and unwanted pregnancy. Having been both non-monogamous and monogamous, if I were not married I would probably not be monogamous anymore.

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[H.J.]

Many white people are not exposed to a wide variety of black people. Often, the majority of blacks we see are on television, where many black people don't seem to speak well, whether they have accents, are uneducated, or just mumble. Essentially, it's a numbers game - if your only exposure/experience with white people was those who did not speak well, you would probably be surprised when you met one who did. Personally, I'm surprised anymore to meet anyone who is halfway articulate.

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[H.J.]

I suppose the stereotype is because people tend to remember negative experiences more than positive experiences. The honest Gypsies are home working, going to school and being clean, so most people are only exposed to the thieving, dirty Gypsies. Also, there's a long tradition in Europe of viewing Gypsies as 'less than,' and bad gypsy stories may have been passed down through generations of 'Euro-Americans.'

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