"Recall what I mentioned in my previous post with regard to social dominance orientation. Those high in SDO think the natural order of the world is to have people ordered hierarchically into “haves and have-nots”. Research shows that essentialism promotes prejudice by affirming a social hierarchy (Mandalaywala, Amodio, & Rhodes, 2018). Interestingly, some evidence shows that people can be made to reverse their essentialist beliefs (e.g. by leading the person to question the biological basis of category membership) (Landry, Ihm, Protzko, & Schooler, 2022). When this occurs, people are less likely to dehumanize outside others."
~ Abigail Fagan
"How Essentialism Affects Anti-Immigrant Prejudice"
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