Envied out-groups draw low-warmth stereotypes that rationalize their exclusion

Evidence

Our approach emphasizes a 2 2 (Warmth Competence) interaction (see Table 1). The mixed stereotypes hypothesis predicts that many out-group stereotypes fall into two cells: high warmth but low competence for compliant subordinates, and low warmth but high competence for successful competitors. For paternalized out-groups, the mixed stereotype justifies their subordination (i.e., low competence) and encourages their compliance (i.e., high warmth). They are seen as having no intent to harm societal reference groups and no ability to do so, in any case. The mixed stereotype functions to promote existing systems of privilege and to placate the nonthreatening but disadvantaged outgroups by assigning them socially desirable, though subordinating, traits (Ridgeway, 2001). Socioeconomically successful outgroups, however, pose a competitive threat, and their success elicits envy. For envied out-groups, the mixed stereotype explains their apparent success, thereby justifying the system of meritocracy that benefits societal reference groups and dominant ingroups. Stereotypes of low warmth justify taking action against envied groups by casting the groups as being concerned only with furthering their own goals. Thus, envied groups may be appropriately resented and socially excluded. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 32

Categorization

• XREF: This is the exact conceptual load-bearing for the reader’s stated purpose — the mechanism whereby competence reads as competitive threat and licenses scapegoating of ‘respected but disliked’ groups. — connects to: Mixed stereotypes combine high competence with low warmth or vice versa — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 3; Enviable outgroups historically split from pitied ones along warmth and competence. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 19; Groups seen as competing with the ingroup are stereotyped as low in warmth — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1491 (+8 more)
• DEEPTHINKING: The reversal here — that stereotypes of competence justify MORE exclusion, not less, because low warmth casts success as self-serving — is the counterintuitive core the reader is hunting for.

Broader Connections

• Stereotypes often rationalize preexisting emotions toward outgroups #expands (0.92) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2287
• Groups seen as competing with the ingroup are stereotyped as low in warmth #expands (0.86) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1491
• Status insecurity triggers reflexive disparagement of outgroups #corroborates (0.84) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 115
• Groups develop negative stereotypes of others to justify their competition for resources #expands (0.83) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2891
• Warm stereotypes of subordinate groups function to keep them placated and deferential #complicates (0.82) — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 44
• Positive stereotypes can justify a disadvantaged group’s low status #complicates (0.80)