title: What's so insidious about "Peace, Love, and Understanding"? A system justification perspective.
abstract: We agree that promoting intergroup harmony "carries insidious, often unacknowledged, 'system-justifying' consequences" (sect. 4.1.3, para. 2) and identify several ways in which “benevolent” and “complementary” stereotypes, superordinate identification, intergroup contact, and prejudice reduction techniques can undermine social change motivation by reinforcing system-justifying beliefs. This may "keep the peace," but it also prevents individuals and groups from tackling serious social problems, including inequality and oppression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA. john.jost@nyu.edu
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Jost
authors.forename: Chadly
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kalkstein
mesh_terms: D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D011287:Prejudice; D012933:Social Identification