Question

A restaurant owner in the 1950s does not feel negatively toward African Americans but refuses to serve them in his restaurant because he fears that doing so would offend customers. According to Robert Merton's typology, the restaurant owner is a(n) _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

Unprejudiced discriminator.

Explanation:

Unprejudiced discriminator: This is referred to as the people who do not have the prejudice of their own, however, they act when needed or when it is convenient for them to discriminate as their decision is based on other people´s prejudice or socially motivated.

In the given case, a restaurant owner does not discriminatory feelings toward African American, however, due to social pressure, he is forced to discriminate as he refuses to serve them in his restaurant, which is a case of the unprejudiced discriminator.