Prejudice may be epiphenomenal to status hierarchy formation rather than causal.

Evidence

A unique aspect of this particular model is that it suggests that although prejudice and discriminatory practices may contribute to the formation of status hierarchies, these processes may not be necessary and may, in fact, be epiphenomenal. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 856

Categorization

• XREF: Directly complicates the reader’s prior Allport reassessment thread: if prejudice is epiphenomenal to hierarchy rather than its driver, that reshapes claims about where Islamophobia/antisemitism cognitively originate.
• SEED: Angle for a piece on how ingroup cohesion and hierarchy needs might fully account for outgroup exclusion without any hate motive — testing whether prejudice is a byproduct, not a cause.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 856