Most out-groups elicit mixed prejudice, not pure antipathy

Evidence

Note that, of 23 groups, the two mixed clusters contained 13 groups for the student sample and 11 groups for the nonstudent sample, which suggests a substantial number of out-groups that did not fit the pure antipathy hypothesis. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 123

Categorization

  • XREF: Directly feeds the reader’s stated purpose: the envied-outgroup question depends on most outgroups being mixed (high-competence/low-warmth OR low-competence/high-warmth), leaving pure low-low derogation as the minority pattern. — connects to: Prejudice toward one out-group does not generalize to others. — Patricia Hopkins, Developing an Intergroup Anxiety toward…, 257; Prejudice flourishes even without overt antipathy toward its targets — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 139; Specific stereotype combinations elicit distinct prejudiced emotions toward out-groups. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 15 (+9 more)
  • QUESTION: Worth chasing: why does the reader’s target gap between low-low derogation and envied high-competence scapegoats fall out of these numbers? The mixed clusters dominate, yet hate crime tends to concentrate on a few groups — what allocates which mixed groups get scapegoated?

Broader Connections