Placing people in minimal groups is sufficient to produce discrimination.

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Research has shown that when people are arbitrarily placed in minimal groups, such as based on the color of a shirt they are wearing, they tend to favor their own group at the expense of the other group, even if the differences between the groups are insignificant. This intergroup bias and discrimination occurs even without any prior history or animosity between the groups.

Placing People in Minimal Groups Is Sufficient to Produce Discrimination