Distributing Prejudice Unequally: Do Whites Direct Their Prejudice Toward Strongly Identified Minorities?

Across 6 studies, Whites expressed more negative attitudes toward strongly identified racial minorities than toward weakly identified minorities. Whites who personally endorsed worldviews that legitimize the status hierarchy were particularly likely to express negative attitudes toward strongly iden...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 2009-02, Vol.96 (2), p.432-445
Main Authors: Kaiser, Cheryl R, Pratt-Hyatt, Jennifer S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude
Attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
Endorsements
Ethnic groups
Ethnic minorities
Ethnicity
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Group Identity
Human
Humans
Male
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority Groups
Negative attitudes
Prejudice
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Race
Racial discrimination
Racial prejudice
Self Concept
Social Identification
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social Perception
Social psychology
Stereotypes
Stereotyping
Stigma
White People
Whites
World View
Worldview
Young Adult
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Summary:Across 6 studies, Whites expressed more negative attitudes toward strongly identified racial minorities than toward weakly identified minorities. Whites who personally endorsed worldviews that legitimize the status hierarchy were particularly likely to express negative attitudes toward strongly identified minorities relative to weakly identified minorities, whereas Whites who personally rejected status-legitimizing worldviews displayed the opposite pattern. In addition, Whites' biases against strongly identified minorities dissipated when strongly identified minorities expressed strong endorsement of status-legitimizing worldviews. These studies suggest that Whites do not distribute their prejudicial attitudes equally among all members of minority groups and that some subsets of minorities (the strongly identified) might bear the brunt of racial prejudice.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/a0012877