A fixed belief about a group of people or certain identity, based on factors such as their raceThe concept of categorising people into groups that are generally linked to their own or their ancestor’s place of birth, usually defined by shared physical qualities, such as skin colour, nationality, and ethnicity. For example, Black, Asian, Aboriginal, African American, Native American, White, Māori, Pacific Islander, or other races., age, sexual identityAn individual’s personal sense of who they are romantically and/or sexually attracted to. or gender identityAn individual's personal sense of having a particular gender, which can match the sex they were assigned at birth, or differ from it., where someone believes that every member of the group or person with that identity has the same characteristics, traits or abilities.
