needs . The theory holds that both gross and subtle pressures keep every individual in line. The in-groups preferences must be his, and its enemies his enemies (Allport 99). Thus an individual must be similar to those who form the in-group. Without similarity, a group cant be strongly bonded together. People still mareal source. People use these two concepts to take the focus of themselves. They posit negative characteristics on others to remove the guilt that they feel. When forbidden desires emerge in a white man, he can facilitate their repression by projecting them onto blacks or members of other racial minorities. In the unconscious of the bigot the black represents his own repressed instincts which he fears and hates and which are forbidden by his conscience as it struggles to conform to the values professed by society (Loewenberg 114). Fear of revenge by oppressed groups is common among racial bigot. They fear that the oppressed will retaliate and do onto them as they have done onto the oppressed. Whites fear begin put in the same place that they positioned people of color for years. The process of projection becomes dangerous to the bigot when he perceives that he is hated as the exploiter and oppressor and that he must fear the revenge of blacks. Bigoted whites cannot imagine blacks who are not vengeful because they identify productively with the targets of their prejudice and they know how revengeful they themselves would be in similar circumstances (Loewenberg 115). Projection agrees with and is complementary to displacement. Frustration caused anger that could not effectively or immediately be directed at an abstract social and economic system, and that this hostility was instead discharged by being displaced onto blacks (Loewenberg 116). This can help explain why blacks are looked down upon. They are blamed for the mishaps of whites. Whites blame people of color because of their insecurity. They c...
