Even positively-evaluated minority professionals get lowered evaluations and discrimination in high-status roles.

Evidence

Depending on role context, members of advantaged groups (e.g., men, Whites, heterosexuals) can also be targets of prejudice when their stereotypical attributes are mismatched to role requirements. The most extensive meta-analysis of the subset of Goldberg studies presenting job résumés or applications for evaluation showed precisely this effect: Women were preferred over equivalent men for jobs rated as female sex-typed, and men over equivalent women for jobs rated as male sex-typed (Davison & Burke, 2000). Stereotypical mismatch to the requirements of social roles can diminish evaluations of members of advantaged groups. However, dominant group members are unlikely to pursue roles that offer lesser rewards and status. Therefore, few men attempt to enter female-dominated roles and few Whites attempt to enter minority-dominated roles. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 201 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Prejudice can show as lowered evaluation rather than outright negativity toward high-status roles; Advantaged groups also face prejudice when mismatched to roles. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 201; Even people with consciously egalitarian values act in ways that worsen racial disparities. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 1350 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Prejudice can show as lowered evaluation rather than outright negativity toward high-status roles #expands (0.92)
• Advantaged groups also face prejudice when mismatched to roles. #complicates (0.78) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 201