Prejudicial Attitudes
Vincent Parrillo, author of Causes of Prejudice, believes that levels of prejudice are based on six theories. The six theories are authoritarian personality, self-justification, frustration, economic competition, socialization, and social norms. These levels of prejudice explain how C.P. Ellis, a former Ku Klux Klan, was programmed to become a racist.
C.P. Ellis can relate to the authoritarian personality, which is the first of Parrillo’s six theories. Because they were poor, C.P. is always ashamed to be seen with his father, because of the way he dressed. He never had an intimate relationship with his father, because his father was always working to support the family. His father was an alcoholic, which was a c
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