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It's also important to note that there is a phenomenon called "stereotype threat" wherein, under experimental conditions, people who are explicitly told that their group (women, minorities, whatever) performs poorly in (for instance) math will then score worse on a math test than people who are told there is no difference in group performance. If one extends these experimental findings to the real world, there are obvious implications...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype_threat