A Legacy of Derogation: Prejudice toward Aboriginal Persons in Canada
2014
Interpersonal
prejudice toward Aboriginal men and women has, to date, received little
attention from Canadian social psychologists. The present study sought to
address this omission by examining the correlates of Old-Fashioned Prejudice
(O-PATAS) and Modern Prejudice (M-PATAS) toward Aboriginal persons. Data from
two samples (Sample 1: n = 280, 71.6%
females; Sample 2: n = 163, 70.9%
females) were used. As predicted, in Sample 1, respondents evidenced greater
levels of modern prejudice than old-fashioned prejudice, and both forms
correlated positively with social dominance orientation, right-wing
authoritarianism and negativity toward other stigmatized groups (specifically,
gay men and overweight persons). For Sample 2, modern prejudice toward
Aboriginal people correlated negatively with empathy as well as self-reported
contact with Aboriginal people. However, no association was observed between
scores on the M-PATAS and a multifaceted measure of religiosity.
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