Prejudice targets show varied responses, including distancing and withdrawal, not only solidarity

Evidence

In summary, contemporary research confirms many, but not all, of Allport’s ideas about how targets respond to prejudice. As he speculated, targets of prejudice do appear to develop feelings of insecurity, facilitating such experiences as stereotype threat and attributional ambiguity. Contrary to Allport, however, there is little evidence that this develops into obsessive concern with prejudice, at least for most people. Also, while research supports Allport’s idea that minority groups respond to group threats by increasing ingroup solidarity, it also supports his speculation that some people respond to the same threats by distancing themselves from their group. Finally, as Allport proposed, some targets of prejudice redouble their efforts in response to prejudice. Others, in contrast, appear to disengage their self-esteem from threatening domains and withdraw from those domains. Both individual and situational characteristics moderate these responses. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 972

In summary, contemporary research confirms many, but not all, of Allport’s ideas about how targets respond to prejudice. As he speculated, targets of prejudice do appear to develop feelings of insecurity, facilitating such experiences as stereotype threat and attributional ambiguity. Contrary to Allport, however, there is little evidence that this develops into obsessive concern with prejudice, at least for most people. Also, while research supports Allport’s idea that minority groups respond to group threats by increasing ingroup solidarity, it also supports his speculation that some people respond to the same threats by distancing themselves from their group. Finally, as Allport proposed, some targets of prejudice redouble their efforts in response to prejudice. Others, in contrast, appear to disengage their self-esteem from threatening domains and withdraw from those domains. Both individual and situational characteristics moderate these responses. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 971

Categorization

• XREF: Directly continues and verifies the earlier chapters’ discussion of Allport’s extropunitive/intropunitive typology and stereotype threat.
• QUESTION: The claim that targets rarely develop ‘obsessive concern with prejudice’ seems to conflict with accounts of hypervigilance in stigmatized groups — worth checking what ‘at least for most people’ means in the research.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 972; , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 971