Mid-century prejudice theory treated ethnic hostility as projected inner strivings

Evidence

Allport’s analysis drew heavily on the psychoanalytic assumptions of the day, including Bettelheim and Janowitz’s (1950, p. 42) speculation that “ethnic hostility is a projection of unacceptable inner strivings onto a minority group” (quoted with evident approval by Allport, p. 199). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1393

Categorization

• XREF: Traces the psychoanalytic projection lineage back before modern social-cognitive accounts — echoes of scapegoat theories.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1393