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The motives underlying stereotype-based discrimination against members of stigmatized groups
Abstract : We argue that the motivations that underlie stereotype-based discrimination against racial minorities and other stigmatized groups often fail to meet standard criteria for rational judgments. Stereotyping of such groups is often driven by threats to one's self-esteem and a desire to rationalize inequality, and declines when the perceiver is motivated to be accurate. Also, Bayesian racism--the belief that it is rational to discriminate against individuals based on stereotypes about their racial group--correlates highly with negative feelings toward minorities and the desire to keep low-status groups in their place, and correlates negatively with indices of rational thinking. The motives that drive social judgments call into question whether people engage in stereotype-based discrimination for rational reasons.
https://hal-hec.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00528406
Contributor : Antoine Haldemann <>
Submitted on : Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 4:33:08 PM
Last modification on : Thursday, August 22, 2019 - 12:10:38 PM
Contributor : Antoine Haldemann <>
Submitted on : Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 4:33:08 PM
Last modification on : Thursday, August 22, 2019 - 12:10:38 PM
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