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The previous two chapters have shown how discrimination reflects, in part, economic and political conflict and competition as well as the psychic economy of individuals—their efforts to deal with a baffling world, hostility, and anxiety. Prejudice represents these forces in symbolic form; it is a readiness to act—whether or not set in motion — in service of those individual and group needs.
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Simpson, G.E., Yinger, J.M. (1985). The Cultural Factor in Prejudice and Discrimination. In: Racial and Cultural Minorities. Environment, Development, and Public Policy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0551-2_5
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