Not an outgroup, not yet an ingroup: Immigrants in the Stereotype Content Model

Prejudice toward immigrants is often a function of ambivalent, rather than purely negative, stereotypes of immigrants.

“Research on the stereotype content model suggests that prejudice toward immigrants is often a function of ambivalent, rather than purely negative, stereotypes of immigrants (Lee & Fiske 2006).”

Americans' stereotypes of immigrant groups form a five-cluster configuration based on both nationality and social class.

“Their results reveal a fivecluster configuration of immigrant groups, with stereotypes based on both nationality and social class (e.g., with African and Mexican immigrants clustered in the low warmth/low competence group, Irish and Italian immigrants clustered in the high warmth/low competence group, and Chinese and Korean immigrants clustered in the low warmth/high competence group).”