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Title: An Exploration of Positive Stereotypes: Legitimating the System and Naïve Challenges to It

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2023

ISSN: 1475-682X

DOI: 10.1111/SOIN.12569

Abstract: Scholars have documented harm associated with positive stereotypes about groups that experience inequality. We surveyed five samples from the United States to explore antecedents to dominant group endorsement of positive stereotypes about women, gay men, Asian Americans, Black Americans, and Native Americans. We found more liberal participants, and those with more close contact with members of these groups, were more internally motivated to respond without prejudice, which was then associated with greater endorsement of positive stereotypes about women, gay men, Black Americans, and Native Americans. In contrast, more conservative participants were more likely to believe in system legitimacy, which was then associated with greater endorsement of positive stereotypes about women and Asian Americans. We theorize that positive stereotypes are used by dominant group members in divergent ways, sometimes to legitimate inequality and other times with concern about inequality. The latter likely involves naivety regarding the harmful nature of positive stereotypes.

Url: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/soin.12569

Url: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/soin.12569

Url: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/soin.12569

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Authors: Davis-Delano, Laurel R.; Morgan, Elizabeth M.; Merolla, David M.; James, Drexler; Hoang, Tuyet Mai Ha

Periodical (Full): Sociological Inquiry

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