Discourse gives ingroup problems less detail than outgroup ones

Evidence

Contrary to earlier wisdom (e.g. Sumner, 1906), Allport suggested that, while the presence of another group, especially in conflictual situations, can increase ingroup cohesion, such cohesion need not lead to prejudice and outgroup hostilities (p. 42). In fact, he proposed that ingroup attachment and preference are psychologically more primary motives and that outgroup hostility usually stems from other sources, an argument that has been resurrected in recent years (Brewer, 1999). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 427 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Some evidence has been obtained that strong identification might instead lead to a heightened intragroup focus. … The precise effects on both ingroup bias and outgroup derogation probably depend on a number of influential moderating factors (e.g. autonomous vs. relational definitions of the ingroup, “motives,” etc.). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 468 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Allport may well have been correct in suggesting that strong ingroup identification does not necessarily go hand in hand with heightened competitiveness and outgroup derogation. Some evidence has been obtained that strong identification might instead lead to a heightened intragroup focus. However, naturally, not all of Allport’s predictions have yielded straightforward support. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 468 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: An ideological square of emphasis and de-emphasis structures group discourse — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1064; Racist discourse tends to favor the ingroup and derogate the outgroup — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1062; In-group glorifiers linguistically minimize accounts of their own side’s atrocities in written summaries. — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the…, 55 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Ingroup attachment does not necessarily produce outgroup hostility #complicates (0.80) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 427
• Strong ingroup identification need not produce outgroup derogation and may heighten intragroup focus instead. #complicates (0.78) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 468
• Strong ingroup identification may increase intragroup focus rather than outgroup hostility #complicates (0.78) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 468
• People exaggerate real group differences more for outgroups than ingroups #complicates (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 886