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Fighting over who dictates the nature of prejudice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2022

Gordon Hodson*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1, Canada. ghodson@brocku.ca; www.hodsonlab.com; https://brocku.ca/social-sciences/psychology/people/gordon-hodson/

Abstract

A growing trend, reflected in the target article, effectively shifts control of prejudice operationalization to align with right-leaning priorities (and away from disadvantaged groups' voices and social justice). The article would only be compelling if experiments misaligned with real-world findings, if experimenters ignored nuances and moderators, and if the call to consider the social context included the macro-level societal context.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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