A large share of Whites hold simultaneously egalitarian and prejudiced beliefs

Evidence

To be sure, the survey evidence shows that the correlations of egalitarianism with symbolic racism are always negative and substantial, suggesting that they are in conflict. And many Whites today seem to hold beliefs analogous to the “Myrdal ambivalents” of Allport’s day. In the 2000 NES, 38 percent of all Whites fell simultaneously above the absolute midpoints of both the symbolic racism and the “equal treatment” scales. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2187