Ingroup ambivalence among disadvantaged groups rises as system-justification tendencies increase.

Evidence

Allport observed that Blacks (and other groups) “have heard so frequently that they are lazy, ignorant, dirty, and superstitious that they may half believe the accusations, and since the traits are commonly despised in our western culture – which, of course, Negroes share – some degree of in-group hate seems almost inevitable” (1954/1979, p. 148). To the extent that members of disadvantaged groups face a conflict between opposing needs for group and system justification, Jost and Burgess (2000) hypothesized that members of disadvantaged groups would exhibit stronger ingroup ambivalence than would members of advantaged groups. They also predicted that for members of disadvantaged groups ambivalence toward the ingroup would increase as system-justification tendencies increased (measured in terms of perceived legitimacy of the status quo and scores on the Belief in a Just World and Social Dominance Orientation scales; see aslo Duckitt, ch. 24 this volume). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1404

Categorization

• XREF: Quotes Allport directly and links ingroup hate to system-justification measures (BJW, SDO); strengthens the empirical bridge between Allport’s observation and modern system-justification theory.