Prejudice arises from normal cognition, not abnormal pathology

Evidence

Allport (1954/1979) argued that prejudice can be entirely normal. He also recognized that prejudice can be irrational. But his contentions in chapter 2 (“The Normality of Prejudgment”) effectively undermined the intuitive view that prejudice is solely the product of sick motives and anticipated psychology’s cognitive revolution by analyzing prejudice as a product of normal categorization processes, merely applied to people. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 282

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Allport’s central move: prejudice as a normal byproduct of categorization, not sickness.
• XREF: Connects to the cognitive revolution in psychology and to social identity / minimal-group work (Tajfel). — connects to: Prejudiced people are normal because they are well adapted to their culture. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1834
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 282