Prejudice was reframed as a normal process, not pathology

Evidence

Allport (1954/1979) argued that prejudice can be entirely normal. He also recognized that prejudice can be irrational. But his contentions in chapter 2 (“The Normality of Prejudgment”) effectively undermined the intuitive view that prejudice is solely the product of sick motives and anticipated psychology’s cognitive revolution by analyzing prejudice as a product of normal categorization processes, merely applied to people. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 282 (#expands, via linked claim)

In titling his chapter 2 “The Normality of Prejudgment,” Allport sparked a revolution; humans have a normal, natural propensity toward prejudgment. Whereas most social-scientific observers had viewed prejudice as the product of complex psychodynamics, Allport provided an alternative. Even now, most lay people believe prejudice is the purview of a disfavored few, those with abnormal impulses. Instead, Allport suggested, all people are subject to prejudices, as a function of the normal human cognitive apparatus. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 285 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Prejudice is a normal product of categorization, not sick motives; Prejudice arises from normal cognition, not abnormal pathology — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 282; Prejudice rationalizations are ideological consistency, not pathology — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 152 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Prejudice arises from normal cognition, not abnormal pathology #expands (0.98) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 282
• Allport claimed prejudice is normal cognition, not pathology #expands (0.96)
• Prejudice is a universal inheritance of normal cognition, not abnormal impulse. #expands (0.95) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 285
• Allport saw prejudice as normal cognitive byproduct, not instinctual destructiveness #exemplifies (0.93) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 143