Self-interest shifts which stereotype category gets applied

Evidence

The opposite viewpoint is conceivable: Cultural stereotypes could instead reflect group-level sour grapes (with a bigot reasoning that the out-group may have high status, but they inherited it, lucked out, or cheated, so they do not deserve it, and they actually are stupid). However, we suggest that intergroup stereotypes turn in part on consciousness of power relations; stereotypes function to justify the status quo (Berger et al., 1980; Fiske, 1993a; Glick & Fiske, 2001b; Jost & Banaji, 1994; Jost, Burgess, & Mosso, 2001; Ridgeway & Berger, 1986). Envious stereotypes devolve on that high competence but low warmth lot who seem to be doing better than others. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 43 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Expressions of narrow self-interest are rhetorical performances rather than literal self-reports — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 3; People cling to self-interest vocabularies even when they contradict experienced motives; Self-interest is redefined by whatever level the collective self-categorisation occupies — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 50 (+13 more)

Broader Connections

• People strategically select which stereotype to apply based on self-interest #corroborates (1.00)
• Stereotypes legitimize existing social hierarchy even against people’s own interests #complicates (0.78) — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 43