Modern prejudice fuses moral values with anti-outgroup affect

Evidence

Perhaps a victim of his time, he overlooked, as Rudman describes it, the “ordinariness of gender prejudice.” Only two pages of his book (pp. 33– 4) were dedicated to an analysis of sexism. Several chapters in our volume (Eagly & Diekman, Jackman, and Rudman) redress this oversight, drawing attention not only to the issue of sexism, but also to the inadequacy of defining prejudice solely as an antipathy. The consequence of this challenge to conceptions of the nature of prejudice is profound, suggesting that prejudice comes in qualitatively different forms, such as an ostensibly benevolent paternalism that disadvantages groups without apparent antipathy, that Allport and, for many years, the rest of the field, simply missed. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 139 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Several studies show that high levels of moral development are linked with low levels of prejudice (Davidson & Davidson, 1994) and acceptance of outgroups (Battistich et al., 1995), suggesting that increasing moral development may reduce prejudice. The only study we are aware of that assessed the effects of a moral education program on prejudice found that eighth-grade students who participated in the “Facing History and Ourselves” program (a program that examines moral issues in light of the Holocaust) had significantly lower scores on the modern racism scale than did a control group (Schultz, Barr, & Selman, 2001). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2679 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Modern prejudice scales frame marginalized groups as seeking unfair advantages — Felix Danbold, Ivuoma N. Onyeador, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Dominant groups support digressive…, 51; Modern antiblack bias stems from perceived value violations, not biological inferiority claims — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 32; Prejudice serves dual functions of lowering outgroup worth and boosting ingroup entitlement (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• Prejudice takes benevolent paternalistic forms that disadvantage groups without antipathy #complicates (0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 139
• Higher moral development correlates with lower prejudice #complicates (0.78)
• Higher moral reasoning correlates with and may lower prejudice. #complicates (0.76) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2679