Intergroup bias and perceptual sensitivity can coexist within the same perceivers.

Evidence

The combination of these results suggests a set of theoretically provocative conclusions about perceived ethnic differences. Views of both target groups by all participants tended to exaggerate the stereotypic differences between the groups. Additionally, participants generally overestimated the prevalence of negative attributes, compared to positive ones, but this difference was particularly found for African American participants in judging whites. At the same time, however, African Americans manifested considerable sensitivity in judging the differences between attributes in the extent to which targets self-reported the presence of these attributes. This combination suggests both more negative intergroup views but also a heightened sensitivity to the actual stereotypic makeup of both target groups on the part of African American participants. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 884

Categorization

• QUESTION: Does this coexistence of negative bias and sensitivity generalize beyond the specific ethnic group dynamic studied here, e.g. to other minority-majority pairings?
• XREF: connects to: Visual perception of a photo crowd can be distorted by political bias — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 109