White support for racial equality rose while Allport-style prejudice supposedly eroded

Evidence

From the 1970s, analysts began observing a steady increase in support among Whites for general principles of racial equality, and there was also evidence that categorical stereotypes about Blacks were declining. Racial prejudice, as Allport had conceived it, was eroding - and yet there was also persistent evidence that Whites continued to draw invidious distinctions between the attributes of Whites and Blacks (Bobo & Johnson, 2000; Jackman, 1994) and remained staunchly opposed to specific affirmative racial policies (e. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 658

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 658
• XREF: connects to: Anti-Catholic prejudice faded as Catholics joined whites in opposing racial equality — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 38; White elites supported only image-serving racial moderation to protect their business interests — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 89