High-status groups could plausibly be stereotyped as undeserving rather than competent

Evidence

If they are not the same conceptual variable, a critic might argue, the status–competence results are obvious. We respond that, a priori, our hypothesis was not obvious. As suggested in the introduction, the reported cultural stereotype could have viewed high-status groups resentfully, as not deserving their position but instead being incompetent and phony. People could have responded differently if they thought the cultural stereotype holds that many high-status people do not deserve their attainments or that outcomes are arbitrary. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 165

Categorization

• QUESTION: This poses the counterfactual that high status might instead have landed in the low-warmth/low-competence or low-warmth/pitied quadrant — worth chasing how this connects to envy and system-justification.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in powerful-minority scapegoating as the underside of the respect-actually-granted-to-competence results, and to just-world beliefs. — connects to: Stereotypes do not sour-grape away envied outgroup competence but justify their high status. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 43; High-competence low-warmth outgroups share a stereotype of being too competent — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 30; Advantaged groups face role-incongruity prejudice but rarely enter low-status roles — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 199 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• High-competence low-warmth outgroups share a stereotype of being too competent #complicates (0.78) — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 30
• High status requires others believing one possesses rare, valuable talents #complicates (0.74) — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 78
• Advantaged groups face role-incongruity prejudice but rarely enter low-status roles #qualifies (0.72) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 199