Theories

• Realistic conflict 


  A social psychological theory that focuses onprejudice to interactions between specific group based oncompetition over scarce resources
• Interactionist


  Attributes prejudice to the process by which we come to understand different ethnic groups and judge them accordingly
• Conflict 


  Proposes that structure of society creates prejudice and racialization.

  Dual/split market theory - Members of dominant groups develop prejudice against minority groups to protect their power
• Critical race 


  Most comprehensive theory of prejudice and racialization