Shared prejudice threats build protective ingroup solidarity

Evidence

Allport (1954/1979) noted that strengthening ingroup ties was a common response to prejudice in his observation, “Misery finds balm through the closer association of people who are miserable for the same reason. Threats drive them to seek protective unity within their common membership” (p. 148). As long as targets of prejudice cohere and affiliate with their ingroup, Allport speculated, they are not haunted by their problem, can put up with rebuffs from outside the group, and maintain positive mental health. Thus, he suggested that minority groups might develop a special solidarity as a form of coping with prejudice. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 952

Allport (1954/1979) noted that strengthening ingroup ties was a common response to prejudice in his observation, “Misery finds balm through the closer association of people who are miserable for the same reason. Threats drive them to seek protective unity within their common membership” (p. 148). As long as targets of prejudice cohere and affiliate with their ingroup, Allport speculated, they are not haunted by their problem, can put up with rebuffs from outside the group, and maintain positive mental health. Thus, he suggested that minority groups might develop a special solidarity as a form of coping with prejudice. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 952

Categorization

• XREF: Direct contact-theory thread: ingroup solidarity as protective coping against outgroup rejection, adjacent to questions about whether strong ingroup identity impedes intergroup contact benefits. — connects to: Groups internalize external threat as an oath to preserve cohesion after danger recedes — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 509; Greater perceived threat of death produces more solidarity among strangers, not more competition. — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 110; Shared sacrifice in military service built solidarity while unequal service bred cynicism — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 939 (+4 more)
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 952