Question

Antony owned a restaurant in the United States in the 1950s. He did not feel negatively toward African Americans but refused to serve them in his restaurant because he feared that serving them would offend his white customers. In the context of Robert Merton's typology of prejudice and discrimination, Antony is a ___________

Answer 1

Antony is a reluctant liberal

Step-by-step explanation:

In this example Antony was not prejudiced but because of the pressure of the society ( the other customers in this case) he prefers to discriminate. This type of Robert Merton's typology is called reluctant liberal.

There are three more cases of Robert Merton's typology :

An all-weather liberal - Is a person who neither discriminates nor has prejudice.

A timid bigot - Is a person who has prejudices but will not discriminate because of circumstances and society.

An all-weather bigot - Is a person who discriminates and has prejudices in every sense of the words.