Belief that blood groups define persons makes both prejudice and intergroup conflict appear natural.
Evidence
To the extent that one believes that “blood” groups are important and that individuals are defined by this type of group membership, prejudice, racism, and reduced life chances due to group membership become understandable (Oyserman & Sakamoto, 1998). At the same time, the level of intergroup conflict is perceived as more intense (Oyserman, 1993). — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 1034
Categorization
- XREF: Links to essentialist/blood-group thinking threads in the reader’s existing material on racial ideology and in-group/out-group categorization. — connects to: Modern equality makes ineradicable natural differences the basis of cruel group conflict