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A theme that has emerged in recent discourse around classism is that compared to other forms of prejudice it is still relatively socially acceptable, even in progressive environments. While progressives may not stereotype the lower class as lacking in work ethic or educational ambition, many were quick to blame them for political events like Brexit, the rise of nationalism and right-wing parties or the result of last year's US election, even when this was not supported by the evidence. We tested the hypothesis that liberals and conservatives endorse different stereotypes of lower class people, consistent with the violation of their respective values. We found that classism can be divided into two clusters of stereotypes. Those stereotypes that characterize the lower class as not adhering to self-enhancement and conservation values were strongly correlated with Social Dominance Orientation (SDO), Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) and political and economic conservatism in our two samples (n1=220; n2=183) whereas only a small correlation with SDO but not with the other measures was found for stereotypes that describe lower class people as lacking self-transcendence and openness values. This effect was not found in the control condition (n=192) which used refugees as the target group. In this condition, stereotype endorsement was significantly lower and both dimensions were linked to political and economic conservatism, RWA and SDO. This suggests that there is a form of classism that, unlike other types of prejudice, is equally prevalent on both ends of the political spectrum.
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