Intergroup discrimination and violence stem from political self-interest rather than hostility

Evidence

I begin with a brief outline of Allport’s views on prejudice and the rejection of outgroups. I then consider research developments since the publication of his book, noting his hegemonic impact on the main trajectory of research, before outlining the gradual accumulation of theory and data that contradict his position. Following that, I outline a new framework that dethrones hostility as the catalyst for intergroup discrimination and violence. I propose instead that discrimination and violence are driven by self-interested, rational, political motives. The central motivator for dominant groups in unequal social relations is not hatred, but the desire to control. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 640

Categorization

• XREF: Core thesis contradicting the vault’s existing contact-theory premises that prejudice equals irrational antipathy. — connects to: Economic and political self-interest jointly drove Southern anti-union law — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 227
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 640