Sincere egalitarians feel personal accountability for their own prejudiced responses

Evidence

People who sincerely embrace egalitarian values prescribed by the American Creed hold themselves personally accountable for prejudice within themselves. … Allport also anticipated that the discomforting nature of inner conflict would lead some people to develop strategies to circumvent rather than to fully acknowledge the violation of values. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2115

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Only people with internalized nonprejudiced standards feel guilt over their actual prejudiced responses — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2106