Frequent, consistent negative evaluations of a group indicate greater prejudice

Evidence

For Sniderman and his colleagues, the more frequently and consistently an individual offers a negative evaluation (or withholds a positive one) of a group or its members, the more prejudiced he or she is (Sniderman et al. — Erik Bleich, Defining and Researching Islamophobia, 37

Categorization

• QUESTION: The parenthetical about ‘withholding a positive one’ is a nicely counterintuitive point — omission itself counts as evidence, which is worth chasing.