Cultural distance, not racism, drives everyday irritation in intergroup encounters

Evidence

Dijker (1987), for example, found that irritation often resulted from personal encounters with outgroup members (especially those who are culturally different). For example, in one study, Dutch respondents reported feeling irritation especially in encounters with Turks and Moroccans, the minority groups most culturally different from the Dutch themselves. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2258

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: mundane intergroup friction (irritation at difference) as a distinct psychological mechanism from overt prejudice — relevant to everyday urban coexistence.
• XREF: connects to: Minor offenses and dissonance are inseparable from multicultural contact — Amit Singh, “Carnal conviviality” and the end of…, 82