Prejudice operates by stripping social esteem and moral standing from target groups

Evidence

In liberal democratic societies the line separating dignity from indignity is precarious. The instances of anti-Roma racism recounted in this book point to the idea that racism is not simply a matter of negative attitudes and/or fl awed psychology. Allport also recognized that prejudices are a ‘prime source of suffering and disvalue’ (Allport, 1960 , p. 225). Researching prejudices as a source of disvalue implies researching public, not private, prejudices, especially those prejudices whose consequences take the form of an explicit or implicit attempt to transform or diminish people’s social esteem and worth. — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 744 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Modern prejudice fuses moral values with anti-outgroup affect; Higher moral development correlates with lower prejudice; Prejudice is public harm to esteem, not merely private attitude — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 744 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Prejudice is public harm to esteem, not merely private attitude #expands (0.93) — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 744