Changing negative stereotypes without changing hostility will fail because stereotypes are consequences, not causes

Evidence

Finally, attempts to change negative outgroup stereotypes, without changing the underlying hostility, would do little good, because negative stereotypes are not the cause of prejudice. Rather they are a consequence of prejudice. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 844 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The apparent inconsistencies in Allport’s thinking, however, stem in part from the complexity of the phenomenon. A prominent example concerns the role of stereotyping in prejudice. Early on in The Nature of Prejudice, in chapter 2, he implicated stereotypic thinking as a foundation for prejudice. He observed, “The category saturates all that it contains with the same ideational and emotional flavor” (1954/1979, p. 21). Later, in chapter 12, he wrote that stereotypes are “primarily rationalizers. They adapt to the prevailing temper of prejudice or the needs of the situation. While it does no harm (and may do some good) to combat them … it must not be thought that this attack alone will eradicate the roots of prejudice” (p. 204). Allport explicitly addressed the apparent contradiction in these statements, embracing stereotypes as both causes and consequences of prejudice: “The stereotype acts as both a justificatory device for categorical acceptance or rejection of a group, and as a screening or selective device to maintain simplicity in perception and thinking” (p. 192). Fifty years later, after thousands of studies on stereotyping, the extent to which stereotypes are cause or consequence of prejudice remains a subject of lively debate. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 101 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

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Broader Connections

• Changing stereotypes without reducing hostility does little because stereotypes result from prejudice #corroborates (0.98) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 844
• Changing stereotypes without changing underlying hostility fails because stereotypes follow from prejudice. #corroborates (0.98)
• Stereotypes function simultaneously as both causes and consequences of prejudice #contradicts (0.92) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 101
• Structural role changes in society can update stereotypes and reduce prejudice. #complicates (0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 226