Minority-group presumptions demand explicit respect from authority figures for institutional trust to form

Evidence

The broader insight we draw is that if people from some groups presume respect while others do not, having respect conveyed by those in positions of power is important to elicit trust and for systems to be seen as fair. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 1373

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: how legal actors’ warmth-seeking fails precisely because marginalized groups read competence-respect signals, not friendship, as trust-worthy.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 1373
• XREF: connects to: White feminists must forfeit group privilege to earn black women’s trust; High-status group members need consensus on identity to act authoritatively. — Stephen Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam, and Nick Hopkins, Social identity and the dynamics of…, 52