Realistic group conflict includes competition over belief systems, not just resources

Evidence

Allport noted that group relations may be realistically competitive in two respects. First, demands for resources often exceed their supply. For example, the number of people seeking employment may be greater than the number of jobs available. Although in such a case the competition actually exists between individual rivals for jobs, these individuals may nonetheless perceive the competition to be at an intergroup level. Thus, Allport described realistic group conflict as reflecting the common perception that competition for resources involves group identities and has collective consequences. Second, Allport also considered competitive relations between groups to be realistic when the competition involves less tangible qualities, such as religious or political belief systems. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1476

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies Allport’s two-part notion of ‘realistic group conflict’ — resource scarcity plus belief-system competition.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1476