[Ads-l] Antedating of "Stereotype" (Verb} and "Stereotyped" (Adjective)

[Shapiro, Fred]

stereotype, v. (OED, v. 3., 1932) ; stereotyped, adj. (OED 1925)

1903 Afro-American (Baltimore) 10 Oct. 4 (ProQuest)  The old stereotyped insinuation that colored men are politically corrupt and vote "for a consideration."

1922 Chicago Defender 19 Aug. 8 (ProQuest)  Careful white readers will find in the book much that is amusing and a stereotyped attitude toward the Negro.

1924 Kansas City Call 26 Dec. 10 (ProQuest)  The more observing one [Negro] knows it is a subtle propaganda of discrimination in portraying him, alone, as a ridiculous, contemptuous, and stereotyped group — inferior and only fit for subordination.

Fred Shapiro

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