Allport held that prejudice, not categorization, is the fundamental driver of intergroup harm.

Evidence

But importantly, he maintained that prejudice is the fundamental problem of intergroup relations, not categorization. Allport argued that categories and their attendant stereotypes operate in the service of prejudice, noting that the purpose of stereotypes “is to justify (rationalize) our conduct in relation to that category” (1954/ 1979, p. 191). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 834

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the vault’s contact-theory claims: this frames Allport as prioritizing motivational over cognitive accounts, relevant to Fiske’s categorization chapter cited as ch. 3.
• QUESTION: Worth asking: does modern prejudice research drift toward cognitive/categorization explanations that contradict Allport’s own motivational emphasis?
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 834