Allport’s claim that discrimination damages self-esteem is contradicted by evidence

Evidence

But a principal claim by Allport is that self-hate and other forms of intropunitive self-destructive ego-defenses were common. If we accept damaged self-esteem as a reflection of this idea, the evidence is clearly contradictory. As already noted, researchers have found that Blacks have higher (not lower) self-esteem, relative to Whites, and that the Black– White disparity has grown in recent years. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1098

Categorization

• QUESTION: Why do Blacks show higher self-esteem than Whites despite discrimination — and what does the growing disparity indicate? Worth chasing the mechanisms.