Prejudice research ignored victims’ experience until the 1980s stigmatization turn

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In the decades following publication of The Nature of Prejudice, socialpsychological research, with a few notable exceptions (Goffman, 1963; Rosenberg & Simmons, 1972) continued to emphasize the causes of prejudice rather than the consequences for its victims. This emphasis began to shift in the 1980s with the publication of several books and articles devoted to the psychology of stigmatization (e.g., Jones et al., 1984; Crocker & Major, 1989). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 930