Stereotypes and Envy

I found the handout on "Asian Superiority" very interesting. It's frustrating when a group of people are stereotyped, but what if they were stereotyped in a positive way? It doesn't sound as bad, but I think that it is.
Asian-American's have a stereotype tagged to them that they are excellent academically, especially in math and science. An Asian-American may feel inferior because they can't live up to this image. In some ways this may be worse than a negative stereotype. When a group of people has a negative stereotype placed on them, they are expected to fail. This is HORRIBLE, don't get me wrong, all I'm suggesting is that when people overcome the obstacle of their stereotype and become more than people expect it is more uplifting than when someone falls short of what's expected.
The same is true with gender: men are expected to be better at science and math and women are better at grammar and literature. When the gender excels at a subject out of their gender stereotype, it is commended, but if they fall short in their supposed subjects they feel like something may be wrong with them.
People are envied sometimes due to a certain stereotype, which leads to the stereotype pressure. For example: you are terrible at singing, but feel that all Hispanics sing amazing. This is flawed logic. Possibly a greater percentage are more talented singers, but possibly not. This envy leads to uncalled for pressure on that group to perform a certain way. Stereotypes are very frustrating. It would be wonderful if every person was valued not by their gender/race/sexual orientation/ect. but by their actions and values.