Failure to seek disconfirmation sustains racial prejudice.

Evidence

Tajfel (1969) makes the case that such a failure to seek disconfirmation, and an inability to recognize disconfirmation for what it is when it is presented to the individual by chance, are important factors in the maintenance of racial prejudice. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 634

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Giving up on cross-racial dialogue is itself complicity in racism; Unintentional racial microaggressions flow from well-meaning whites who deny their own bias. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1254