The representativeness heuristic can be used to create and sustain

stereotypes

Explanation:

Stereotype: In social psychology, the term "stereotype" is described as an individual's behavior or thoughts that is being widely adopted by him or her towards a particular group or individual and behaves in a certain way towards that particular group or individual but these beliefs or thoughts may or may not accurately describe the reality.

In the question above, the given statement represents the stereotypes.