Threat as justification of prejudice

What is it about?

This research shows how beliefs that a group is threatening can be constructed as justifications for prejudice rather than forming the source of the prejudice itself.

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Why is it important?

Why does it matter if threat causes prejudice or if prejudice causes threat? A threat-causes-prejudice view assumes it's something about "them" that makes them threatening, while a prejudice-causes threat view shows it's something about "us" that makes us see "them" that way.