Prejudice is explained by societal characteristics, not only individual traits
Evidence
The answers to the moral, practical and political quandaries posed by prejudice, racism and discrimination must be sought not only in characteristics of individuals and groups, but also in ‘characteristics of society that affect us all’ (Becker, 1967 , p. 239) and in the tension between democratic modes of domination and sympathy, control and compassion (Fassin, 2005 ). — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 81
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Prejudiced people are normal because they are well adapted to their culture. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1834; Group prejudice links to general personality traits rather than to psychiatric illness. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1833; One’s own social position predicts which prejudice type one will exhibit. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 306
Related
- Understanding prejudice requires cultural, not merely psychological, analysis (similarity 0.91)
- Not all prejudices are alike; each is culturally situated (similarity 0.89)
- Society’s creed and norms explain prejudice better than any single theory (similarity 0.88)
- Prejudice is public harm to esteem, not merely private attitude (similarity 0.86)
- Prejudice arises from group identities rather than individual psychology (similarity 0.86)
- Prejudice is an interpretive concept lacking fixed definition (similarity 0.85)
- Prejudice varies with context yet remains predictable from role requirements. (similarity 0.85)
- Group prejudice links to general personality traits rather than to psychiatric illness. (similarity 0.84)
- Understanding prejudice requires locating attitudes in collective symbolic contexts (similarity 0.84)
- Prejudices cannot be understood apart from a society’s history and contradictions (similarity 0.84)
- Pervasive prejudice still takes distinct forms across different societies (similarity 0.83)
- Prejudice research cannot be reduced to individual psychology (similarity 0.83)
- Prejudice should be studied as collective societal thinking rather than only individual psychology (similarity 0.83)
- Prejudice is formed and reproduced socially, not through internal psychological processes. (similarity 0.83)
- Individual-difference theories cannot explain how prejudice reproduces as collective ideology (similarity 0.83)