Visible cultural differences inevitably breed intergroup friction

Evidence

Competition and conflict over material resources and symbolic issues had an important place in Allport’s analysis of the nature of prejudice (Esses, Jackson, Dovidio, & Hodson). In reference to realistic group conflict, he noted that “there are many economic, international, and ideological conflicts that represent a genuine clash of interests” (p. 233); with respect to symbolic conflict, he observed, “Differences are numerous and visible. The resulting clash of customs, tastes, ideologies cannot help but engender friction” (p. 222). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 119

Categorization

• CANDY: Allport’s blunt claim that visible differences ‘cannot help but engender friction’ is a compact, quotable line.
• XREF: connects to: Emphasizing essential cultural difference feeds the clash-of-civilizations frame — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 256; Catastrophic conflict can rest on visible or cultural difference. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 700; Culture divides and discriminates before it ever unites a community. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 815