Cross-cutting exposure fails because outgroup posts are predominantly derogatory

Evidence

There was a higher percentage of in-group positivity and a lower percentage of out-group negativity and racial slurs in this sample than in Study 1 (see Table 9.4). … However, when the targets were race-based, there was a significant difference between in-group positivity and out-group negativity, such that out-group negativity toward minorities occurred more often than positivity toward whites, χ2(1) = 12.47, p < .001. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1053 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Recent empirical work has considered the combined impact of the intergroup and interpersonal approaches. Specifically, Ensari and Miller (2002, study 1, involving traditional Islamic versus secularist students in Turkey) had a traditional Islamic confederate, whose attire and description of herself were either typical or atypical of her group, disclose either personal and unique information or impersonal and general information to a participant, prior to undertaking a cooperative task (see Miller, 2002). The combined perceptions of disclosure (interpersonal) and typicality (intergroup) reduced subsequent bias toward new outgroup members, who themselves had no connection to the confederate other than shared group membership. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1816 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Out-group negativity toward minorities exceeds in-group positivity toward whites in online race discourse. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1053; Combining personal disclosure with outgroup typicality reduces bias toward the whole group — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1816; Superficial intergroup contact reinforces rather than reduces stereotypes (+3 more)

Broader Connections