ASIAN STEREOTYPES!, i need help. Options

[CO0KiE]

So in my Psychology class I'm doing a project on Asian Stereotypes.
Where did these stereotypes begin?
Like:
1 Where did the sterotype of Asians being horrible drivers come from?
2 Where did the whole "Asians are excellent in math" come from?
3 All asians are smart?
etc etc etc.

& how could I, if it were possible, go back into the past & change these?
Help me out please?

[Gigi]

^ If I'm gonna go by Malcolm Gladwell (and I will), generally, Asians excel at math because of the cultural differences between Asians and non-Asians that determine work ethic. I won't go into the gory details, but Asian culture encourages constant practice and determination to follow through with a task - two things that are factors in math performance.

It's why math scores are the highest in places like South Korea and Hong Kong, and also why these countries go to school for longer stretches over the months (North America has 3+ months of breaks while Asian countries have significantly less), and why they go to school longer on a regular basis (10+ hours a day, 6 days a week).

So, I mean, I hate to say it, but the assertion that "other raaces are just lazy and dont try haard like the Asain stereotypes" is mostly true. It could be worded better because that's not to say that working hard and consistently is necessarily a good thing, and that non-Asians aren't good at other things, but the general idea is true.