Legislation re-educates masses after a minority gains enough attitudinal change

Evidence

Allport recognized laws as a fundamental socializing agent that could have profound influence on attitudes. He argued that attitudes have to be changed to a certain degree to pass legislation, but “when the initial work has been done, then the legislation in turn becomes educative. The masses of people do not become converts in advance; rather they are converted by the fait accompli… . They allow themselves to be re-educated by the new norm that prevails” (p. 471). Thus Allport believed that sociocultural influences – from parental influence, to peer pressure, to laws – could both create and maintain prejudice and be a fundamental key to eliminating prejudice. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 133 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Defeated minorities accept majority rule through continued discursive hope, not conviction change — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 95; Legislative change follows shifts in public opinion by decades, so opinion must come first — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1646; Prejudice-reducing legislation re-educates the masses after the fact rather than converting them in advance — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 133 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Prejudice-reducing legislation re-educates the masses after the fact rather than converting them in advance #corroborates (0.95) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 133