Minorities show inconsistent prejudice patterns toward other minorities across studies

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). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 970 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The third January student study was prompted by John Duckitt, who wondered if the “nest” of SDO correlations was actually assembled by social desirability effects. Suppose some people are willing to admit bad things about themselves on a survey, but others are relatively reluctant to admit such, or are even unaware of them. If so, then responses to a collection of scales that raise sensitive issues will be glued together to some extent by this “willing-to-look-bad versus try-to-look-good” response style, whether the traits involved really are related. In this light, high SDOs may not be more prejudiced than others, nor more PP-Mad, E-MAD, accepting of rape myths, and so on, but merely less defensive. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1044 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Evidence on minority-to-minority prejudice is mixed and understudied — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 970; Prejudice toward different groups is driven by stereotypes or emotions variably; Prejudice correlates with religion and race only on some measures of Islamophobia — Sherman A. Lee, Chelsea A. Reid, Stephen D. Short, Jeffrey A. Gibbons, Ruth Yeh, and Matthew L. Campbell, Fear of Muslims: Psychometric…, 37 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Evidence on minority-to-minority prejudice is mixed and understudied #corroborates (0.95) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 970
• Survey correlations between prejudice scales may be inflated by response style, not real relationships #complicates (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1044