Black women are often stereotyped as athletic, but that stereotype is not found for Middle Eastern women, Latinx women, White women, or Asian American women. This is consistent with which hypothesis?

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The intersectionality hypothesis suggests that people's experiences and social categorizations, such as race, class, gender, sexuality, and others, intersect to create unique modes of discrimination and privilege. In this case, the specific stereotype about Black women being athletic reflects an intersection of race and gender stereotypes, which is not applied uniformly across women of other racial or ethnic backgrounds.

Black Women Are Often Stereotyped as Athletic, but That Stereotype