Allport claimed discrimination yields group advantage yet lacks rational motive

Evidence

Yet, a provocative line of recent research suggests that upward mobility may also be associated with prejudice. Guimond and colleagues (e.g., Guimond & Dambrun, 2002) found that relative gratification – a comparison that results in a favorable outcome – is associated with increases in expressed prejudice. They reason that people whose groups are overbenefited may generate justifications, including prejudiced beliefs that protect their advantage. Future research may thus address the ways in which specific forms of prejudice correspond to different types of social change. For example, change from which dominant groups benefit may be especially likely to create subtle, ideological forms of prejudice, whereas change involving losses in power or status may generate more open hostility. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1516 (#complicates, via linked claim)

A variety of resources may be seen to be at stake, including more tangible resources, such as jobs and power, and more symbolic resources, such as values. In either case, perceptions of group competition are proposed to lead to prejudice and discrimination that are instrumental in their attempt to eliminate group competition (e.g., restrictive immigration policies to prevent job competition from immigrants). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1490 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Allport denied rational or economic motives even behind self-serving discrimination; Allport failed to regard avoidance as a form of discrimination — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 643; Perceived group competition drives strategically instrumental discrimination policies — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1490 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Advantaged groups manufacture prejudiced justifications to protect their gains #complicates (0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1516
• Perceived group competition drives strategically instrumental discrimination policies #complicates (0.78) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1490