Stereotypes can be after-the-fact rationalizations justifying pre-existing emotions

Evidence

However, as Allport claimed, stereotypes can also emerge as rationalizations, constructed after the fact to justify the emotions that one experiences toward a group. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2287 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Allport suggested that although beliefs can be challenged, typically “they have the slippery propensity of accommodating themselves somehow to the negative attitude which is much harder to change” (p. 13). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 835 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Myths convert personal grievances into timeless universalized judgments — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 666; Specific stereotype combinations elicit distinct prejudiced emotions toward out-groups. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 15; Stereotypes and identification precede threats, whose attitude effects run through emotions. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 149 (+13 more)

Broader Connections

• Stereotypes often rationalize preexisting emotions toward outgroups #corroborates (1.00) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2287
• Stereotypic beliefs slide to fit unchanging prejudiced attitudes #corroborates (0.95) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 835
• Stereotype content adapts to serve a resistant underlying attitude #expands (0.92)
• The consensuality of stereotypes contradicts their origin in individual justification #complicates (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2888
• Emotions fluctuate over time while stereotypes remain stubbornly stable #complicates (0.78)