Low-status groups can also hold prejudice against dominant group members

Evidence

Although scarce, some research provides support for these speculations. For example, some studies found African Americans to be more prejudiced against women, and Asian Americans to be less comfortable interacting with members of other minority groups (compared to Latinos, African Americans, and Whites; e.g., Mack et al., 1997). Other studies, in contrast, found that compared to Whites and men, minorities and women are less prejudiced against other minorities, including homosexuals (e.g., Michalos & Zumbo, 2001). One reason for the neglect of this topic is researchers’ perception that the more important problem of prejudice is one of highstatus groups’ mistreatment of low-status groups, rather than the reverse ( Judd et al., 1995). We concur. Nonetheless, prejudice among members of lower-status groups, including aggression against dominant group members, is an issue worthy of attention. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 970

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader intergroup relations literature and Allport’s original framing in the same volume; also echoes the point that prejudice is not exclusively a high-status-on-low-status phenomenon. — connects to: Quiescent subordinate groups show less ethnocentrism until questioning their low-status identity reignites resource conflict. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 2698; the MOC “The Enemy-Making Machine: Ours, True, and the Identity That Defends Both”
• SHARE: The finding that minority groups differ in their prejudice toward women and other minorities — e.g. Asian Americans less comfortable with other minorities — is a specific enough result to share with a social psychologist.