Adopting nonprejudiced values is only the first step in reducing prejudice

Evidence

In tandem with considerable similar evidence (for a review, see Devine & Monteith, 1993), it appears that many people are embroiled in the arduous process of prejudice reduction. Further, in line with Allport’s prescient observations, the adoption and internalization of nonprejudiced standards is clearly only the first step in breaking the prejudice habit. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2106

Categorization

  • SEED: Potential angle: ‘the prejudice habit’ framed through the lens of habit-breaking literature — how internalized standards alone fail without response-regulation mechanisms.
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2106