Marcel Roman (@mfroman.bsky.social)

Given the discourse, I’m reminded of this classic paper that’s still influential among sociologists of race and ethnicity. It argues that prejudice arises from a relative sense of “group position” when one group believes resources are their perogative. Jobs are the paradigmatic example.

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Race Prejudice as a Sense of Group Position on JSTOR Herbert Blumer, Race Prejudice as a Sense of Group Position, The Pacific Sociological Review, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring, 1958), pp. 3-7 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1388607