Cool study #PrejudiceResearch
Drafted into Vietnam service? White men expressed less anti-Black racism.
Authors attribute to #IntergroupContact
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/vietnam-draft-lottery-and-whites-racial-attitudes-evidence-from-the-general-social-survey/0E87B538B39CD973FDAC9FE3689933CC#article
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Agreed
We had Ps play shooter games (military-like) with outgroup collaborators; they end up liking that cooperating outgroup more.
Yes, recategorization was a mediator
(some empathy effects, but lesser)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0000145
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2015.09.008
I was thinking same thing. But just as contact works among highly prejudiced people, and in conflict zones....I wonder if the power of contact can overcome the hierarchy-enhancement of military? It is possible.
Can't wait to hear the outcome of your analysis!!