Historically stigmatized group membership makes race-bias a chronically accessible frame for interpreting experiences

Evidence

This model posits that racism is an accessible, explanatory construct with motivational consequences. Belonging to a group that is socially salient and historically stigmatized renders the possibility of race-bias highly accessible, with the potential to influence interpretations of one’s experiences, expectations of outcomes, goal-setting, and attainment. Although every negative experience is not attributed to or interpreted by racism, it is often a plausible explanation whether applied to the self or to others in one’s racial group. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1081

This model posits that racism is an accessible, explanatory construct with motivational consequences. Belonging to a group that is socially salient and historically stigmatized renders the possibility of race-bias highly accessible, with the potential to influence interpretations of one’s experiences, expectations of outcomes, goal-setting, and attainment. Although every negative experience is not attributed to or interpreted by racism, it is often a plausible explanation whether applied to the self or to others in one’s racial group. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1081

Categorization

• XREF: Shades into attributional ambiguity work by Crocker and Major on how stigmatized people’s self-esteem survives discrimination.
• CANDY: A compact, quotable account of why members of stigmatized groups register race as an ever-present possible cause of setbacks.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1081; , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1081