Can prejudice/sterteotype be sometimes a good thing?

[Arthur Gordon Pym]

In praise of prejudice?

Can it be argued that prejudice/stereotype could sometimes be a good thing, that there are good sides to the prejudice?

I think not.

Other opinions?

[Menydh]

It is subjective.

It is not rare that many such "stereotypes" are based on actual and factual observation at large and that, while they will not fit to the absolute majority of a given group, they will be real enough to make them a case of a rule rather than an exception.

So some stereotypes will be mere prejudices, while others will be factual judgement.