“…In multiethnic societies, a propensity to rank ethnic groups with the majority group at the top and the rest of the minorities in positions placed closer or further away according to the largest ingroup criteria, has been shown to exist in diverse countries and settings (e.g., Hagendoorn, Drogendijk, Tumanov & Hraba, 1998;Hraba, Hagendoorn & Hagendoorn, 1989;Snellman & Ekehammar, 2005). Different aspects such as ethnocentrism, stereotyping, and perceptions of threat play an important role in the way this ranking is built, and mirror the interrelated social psychological and structural processes that shape group identities (Emessik & Mackie, 1989;Hraba et al, 1989;Stephan & Stephan, 1985).…”