Tolerant and prejudiced discourses coexist within the same societies.
Evidence
Prejudiced, as well as tolerant, discourses are part and parcel of the argumentative ‘texture’ of these societies, and social psychologists cannot continue to write the psychology of racism and moral exclusion without understanding their lingering contradictions. — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 93
Categorization
- DEFINE: Introduces the idea that prejudice and tolerance are not opposites in social discourse but interwoven in the same argumentative texture.
Related
- Tolerance and intolerance are discursive positions across the whole political spectrum (similarity 0.80)
- Prejudicial content is shaped by historical and linguistic context (similarity 0.80)
- Prejudiced talk is woven into broad societal assumptions about who merits equal treatment (similarity 0.80)
- Culture’s competing prejudiced and anti-prejudice norms drive bias into subtle forms. (similarity 0.80)
- Prejudice is an interpretive concept lacking fixed definition (similarity 0.79)
- Not all prejudices are alike; each is culturally situated (similarity 0.79)