Belief in individual mobility suppresses victims’ perception of discrimination.

Evidence

For example, members of low-status groups who endorse the belief in individual mobility, i.e., that anyone can get ahead in society (a belief that holds people personally responsible for their outcomes) express more ambivalence toward their ingroup and are less likely to see themselves or their ingroup as victims of prejudice, than are members of low-status groups who reject this belief (Major, Gramzow, et al., 2002). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 934 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Beliefs about social permeability, not objective structure, shape whether people pursue mobility or change — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 2680; Beliefs about race map onto SIT social change versus social mobility belief systems. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 85; Victims of inequality can unknowingly adopt beliefs that perpetuate their own disadvantage (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Believing in individual mobility makes low-status people deny their own victimization #corroborates (0.97) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 934