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You say you want a revolution?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2012

Mark Alicke*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701. alicke@ohio.edu

Abstract

I argue that Dixon et al. fail to maintain a careful distinction between the negative evaluation definition of “prejudice” and the implications of this definition for correcting the social ills that prejudice engenders. I also argue that they adduce little evidence to suggest that if prejudice were diminished, commensurate reductions in discrimination would not follow.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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