Groups holding cultural hegemony are seen as warm because they pose no competitive threat.

Evidence

Finally, of course, the in-group, its allies, and reference groups do not compete with themselves, so they are acknowledged as warm. The cultural default groups (middle class, Christian, heterosexual) may not be viewed as competitive, precisely because they possess cultural hegemony. Support for the competition 3 warmth prediction also comes from the Phalet and Poppe (1997) and Poppe and Linssen (1999) studies, in which perceived internation conflict negatively predicted socially desirable traits (i.e., morality or warmth). — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 50

Categorization

• DEFINE: Frames the ‘competition predicts low warmth’ causal mechanism central to the envy/scapegoat quadrant reader is tracking.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in how cultural-default majority groups escape the exclusion that targeted minorities face. — connects to: Groups seen as competing with the ingroup are stereotyped as low in warmth — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1491; Perceived warmth and competence of groups derive from their social structure and interdependence. — Susan T. Fiske, Stereotype Content: Warmth and…, 18

Broader Connections

• Perceived warmth and competence of groups derive from their social structure and interdependence. #expands (0.82) — Susan T. Fiske, Stereotype Content, 18
• Groups seen as competing with the ingroup are stereotyped as low in warmth #expands (0.78) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1491