Targets of prejudice often cooperate in their own victimization through paternalism

Evidence

However, he did not consider other, arguably more prevalent mechanisms of control, such as those involving protection and benevolence (e.g., paternalism; Jackman). In this way, he missed the broader dynamics of prejudice that can contribute to systemic inequities by coopting minority-group members. A focus on the relations between groups reveals evidence of seemingly “cooperative” behaviors of victimization by the targets of prejudice and of subtle “backlash” to even positive behaviors, if they deviate from the status quo (see Jackman, Rudman, and Eagly & Diekman). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 140

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Coates’ idea of the dreamers — beneficiaries of systemic advantage who cooperate in it without malice; also to Foucault’s analysis of discipline through care. — connects to: Respectability discourse blames victimized blacks, especially women, for their own discrimination — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 923