an unrealistic or unfair or biased perception of the world

一个对世界不切实际或不公平或带偏见的看法
we could construct stereotypes that are faithful to the data we're getting

我们构建的刻板印象忠于我们所获得的信息
but the data is not representative.

但这信息没有代表性
And so people, for instance,

比如人们
object to the fact that when there's Italian Americans on TV

反感意大利裔美国人在电视上露面
they're often members of the Sopranos, a mobster family.

认为他们通常是黑道家族的成员
Throughout history Jews have been upset

纵观历史犹太人一直很苦恼
at the portrayal of Shylock in "Merchant of Venice," not a very nice guy.

《威尼斯商人》里对夏洛克的描述里他不是个好人
And often in response people who want to foster more positive views

相应的那些想培养积极观点的人
will often try to-- will often put in representatives from other groups

会尝试会把其他群体的代表加入进来
in unusual ways to make that point.

以独特的方式来达到目的
Anybody here ever see the television show Battlestar Galactica?

这里有谁看过电视剧《银河战星》的