Allport grounded prejudice in genuine material and symbolic clashes

Evidence

Competition and conflict over material resources and symbolic issues had an important place in Allport’s analysis of the nature of prejudice (Esses, Jackson, Dovidio, & Hodson). In reference to realistic group conflict, he noted that “there are many economic, international, and ideological conflicts that represent a genuine clash of interests” (p. 233); with respect to symbolic conflict, he observed, “Differences are numerous and visible. The resulting clash of customs, tastes, ideologies cannot help but engender friction” (p. 222). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 119

Categorization

• XREF: This realistic-group-conflict lineage counters any simplistic vault claim that only irrational antipathy drives prejudice; connects to contact-theory’s boundary conditions.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 119