Chronic discrimination makes prejudice-target status a chronically accessible construct

Evidence

Elements of these ideas can be found in contemporary approaches that assume that among members of chronically stigmatized groups, the possibility of being a target of negative stereotypes or a victim of prejudice is a highly accessible cognitive construct (see Stangor et al., 2003, for a review). Crocker, Major, and Steele (1998), for example, observed that objective experiences with prejudice and discrimination led members of stigmatized groups to develop “states of mind” that influence their emotions, cognitions, and actions. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 943

Categorization

• XREF: Corroborates and empirically updates Allport’s ‘obsessive concern’ idea — chronic stigmatization heightens accessibility of threat cues.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 943