Prejudice transmits across generations mostly through parents’ unintended influence

Evidence

Although most people accepted the learning-theory explanation for a gradual increase in prejudice with age, as summarized by Brand, Ruiz, and Padilla (1974), this was challenged by findings that the increase was not so gradual (e.g. Asher & Allan, 1966; Clark, 1955) and that there was little correlation between the attitudes of parents and children (see Aboud & Amato, 2001). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1999 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Jewish social alienation differed from class alienation in being inescapable across generations — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 17; Parents’ racist normalization and views often precede a son’s radicalization — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 310; Early-life security and parental acceptance produce tolerant personalities. (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Prejudice in children does not rise gradually and does not track parental attitudes. #complicates (0.88) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1999