Post-1964 social proscription of racism allows measurement of social-pressure effects on prejudice.

Evidence

Our review began in 1964, the year in which the Civil Rights Act was passed to outlaw racial segregation in schools, public places, and employment. Expressions of explicit racism became increasingly proscribed through the period of our review, as people became more accepting of the spirit of the civil rights laws. By focusing on this time period in U.S. history, we could identify the social pressures promoting and inhibiting racism among the participants in the reviewed studies. — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 11

Categorization

• XREF: The methodology rationale (using a historical shift in social norms to isolate social-pressure effects) parallels the reader’s interest in what happens to solidarity when the threat proscription changes. — connects to: Post-war racism shifted from biological hierarchy to cultural difference. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3126; Normative pressure changes prejudice’s expression, not its underlying strength. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2099; Legal and normative changes drove the science of prejudice control (+2 more)

Related

• Losing legal backing forced prejudice itself to change form (similarity 0.80)
• Normative pressure changes prejudice’s expression, not its underlying strength. (similarity 0.79)
• Civil rights legislation, not just scholars, drove prejudice research agendas (similarity 0.79)
• Manipulating social norms proves a powerful way to reduce prejudice (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Manipulating social norms proves a powerful way to reduce prejudice #corroborates (0.86) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1938
• Normative pressure changes prejudice’s expression, not its underlying strength. #corroborates (0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2099
• Legal and normative changes drove the science of prejudice control #expands (0.80)
• External pressure to suppress prejudice breeds resentment and backlash #complicates (0.78) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2125
• Post-war racism shifted from biological hierarchy to cultural difference. #expands (0.72) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3126