Among white supremacists, in-group favoritism directly drives out-group derogation

Evidence

In contrast to research on mainstream groups, out-group negativity increased as in-group positivity increased. Positivity toward whites predicted negativity toward minorities even when controlling for other variables and irrespective of whether threat was present or absent. Positivity toward whites moreover significantly predicted racial slurs in the absence of threat. Reciprocal relationships involving other types of in-group positivity (toward racially aware whites) and out-group negativity (toward race traitors and liberals) were not observed. It appears that in-group favoritism is indeed linked to out-group derogation for Stormfront members, but only when the groups are race based. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1104

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• XREF: Contradicts the mainstream social-identity literature (Tajfel, Brewer) where in-group favoritism and out-group derogation are often weakly correlated — ties to the book’s own earlier Study 1 contrast.

Related

• Negational identities produce both out-group derogation and in-group favoritism (similarity 0.91)
• White supremacist group identity is organized around out-group negativity, unlike typical intergroup bias (similarity 0.89)
• In-group positivity and out-group negativity are only weakly linked, even in hate groups. (similarity 0.89)
• For white supremacists in-group love directly drives out-group hate (similarity 0.85)
• In-group positivity independently predicts out-group hostility beyond threat and emotion measures (similarity 0.85)
• Groups whose identity means not being an out-group inevitably derogate that out-group (similarity 0.85)
• In-group bias mostly reflects positive self-regard, not hostility toward outsiders (similarity 0.84)
• In-group favoritism and out-group derogation are empirically unrelated phenomena (similarity 0.84)
• In-group favoritism can arise without any contrasting out-group present. (similarity 0.83)
• Liking one’s own group does not predict hostility toward other groups (similarity 0.83)
• Out-group negativity toward minorities exceeds in-group positivity toward whites in online race discourse. (similarity 0.82)
• Defining identity by who one is not produces out-group hate, not just in-group love (similarity 0.82)
• White racial identity strengthens through contrast with minority out-groups (similarity 0.81)
• Favoring one’s own group does not require hating other groups (similarity 0.81)
• Ingroup favoritism operates independently of outgroup hatred (similarity 0.81)