Modern prejudice scales frame marginalized groups as seeking unfair advantages

Evidence

Participants indicated the extent to which they agreed or disagreed with seven statements: “Many homosexual people use their sexual orientation so that they can obtain special privileges,” Homosexual people seem to focus on the ways in which they differ from heterosexuals and ignore the ways in which they are the same,” “Homosexual people should stop shoving their lifestyle down other people’s throats,” “Homosexual people should stop complaining about the way they are treated in so­ ciety and simply get on with their lives,” “Homosexual people have become far too confrontational in their demand for equal rights,” “Ho­ mosexual people do not have all the rights they need” (reverse-coded), and “Homosexual people still need to protest for equal rights” (reversecoded) (1 = strongly disagree, 7 = strongly agree; α = 0.93, M = 4.10, Fig. — Felix Danbold, Ivuoma N. Onyeador, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Dominant groups support digressive…, 51

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘special privileges’ framing and complaints-about-treatment items map directly onto the reader’s target question about how dominant-victimhood language gets recruited against marginalized groups. — connects to: Prejudice propagates when privileged groups stand to gain from exploiting minorities — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1480; Modern prejudice fuses moral values with anti-outgroup affect; Prejudice serves dual functions of lowering outgroup worth and boosting ingroup entitlement (+1 more)
• DEFINE: Shows concretely what ‘modern’ (vs old-fashioned) prejudice measurement looks like: expressions are framed as accusations of unfair advantage-seeking and over-sensitivity, not open bigotry.

Broader Connections

• Modern prejudice fuses moral values with anti-outgroup affect #expands (0.78)
• Prejudice serves dual functions of lowering outgroup worth and boosting ingroup entitlement #expands (0.74)
• Prejudice propagates when privileged groups stand to gain from exploiting minorities #qualifies (0.72) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1480