Prejudice does not uniformly lower targets’ self-esteem

Evidence

Qualitative (Crocker & Major, 1989) and meta-analytic (Twenge & Crocker, 2000) reviews of the literature conclude that some devalued groups, such as African Americans, have higher self-esteem than nonstigmatized groups. Other groups that are targets of prejudice (e.g., White women, overweight people), however, have lower self-esteem than the nonstigmatized (see Major, Quinton, & McCoy, 2002). An important question for future research is to identify why these group differences occur. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 935

Categorization

• QUESTION: Why African Americans show elevated self-esteem despite chronic stigmatization remains an open question worth chasing.
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