I found this article by Mimi Mondal on the HindustanTimes website. Fascinating look at how fiction has perpetuated real world stereotypes even  when it makes no sense to do so. I will leave you to read the article. Very interesting.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/all-worldbuilding-without-exception-is-political/story-iE1Gc0R4ULSq8khLaJ1dEO.html?fbclid=IwAR30xxbVieYH_t601bR507_JTxf9nP4K0hHSLALSuNm6Y59t_LCnGunB-zo