Equal-status contact toward common goals reduces prejudice, enhanced by institutional support

Evidence

Prejudice … may be reduced by equal status contact between majority and minority groups in the pursuit of common goals. The effect is greatly enhanced if this contact is sanctioned by institutional supports (i.e., by law, custom, or local atmosphere), and provided it is of the sort that leads to the perception of common interests and common humanity between members of the two groups. (p. 281) Pettigrew and Tropp’s contribution to the present volume, chapter 16, “Allport’s Intergroup Contact Hypothesis: Its History and Influence,” attests to the profound influence and enduring wisdom of Allport’s proposal. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 131

Prejudice … may be reduced by equal status contact between majority and minority groups in the pursuit of common goals. The effect is greatly enhanced if this contact is sanctioned by institutional supports (i.e., by law, custom or local atmosphere), and provided it is of a sort that leads to the perception of common interests and common humanity between members of the two groups. (1954/1979, p. 281) Thus, the basic formulaic version of the contact hypothesis had four elements: (a) equal status, (b) common goals, (c) institutional support, and (d) a perception of similarity between the two groups. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1801

Categorization

• DEFINE: The canonical formulation of the contact hypothesis with its four conditions: equal status, common goals, institutional support, perceived common humanity.
• corroborated: 6 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 131; John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1801