The fundamental question that emerges from Allport's discussion of social structure and cultural model is: under what conditions do prejudicial personalities prevail? Allport identified a number of different factors that contribute to the “cultural causation” of prejudice. From this we can deduce that a society without these conditions might be more likely to produce fewer prejudicial personalities. However, if we consider the exact opposite of some of these factors, we find that the conditions outlined by Allport may actually be relatively better than their opposite. The first condition highlighted by Allport is a heterogeneous social structure. In such a society, a person is not able to encompass all interests, so his perspective is particularistic. Differentiation between interests produces conflict between cultures. If we accept that such a society may give rise to related prejudices and conflicts, then it is useful to consider whether it is better to have a more homogeneous society. However, empirical evidence suggests that this notion is not true. For example, historically many explorers traveled to various parts of the world and encountered people of very different cultures in the places they colonized. Given their upbringings in largely homogeneous societies, it was clear that they were less willing and able to accept the culture of those who lived in the places they had “discovered” and were more likely to impose their culture on others. Furthermore, more recently, a number of European countries have difficulty absorbing new immigrants from around the world into their culture as previously homogeneity was the norm. A homogeneous social structure in today's world means isolationism – and this generates problems of stereotypy... middle of paper... child of alternatives. However, the most important thing is to take this knowledge into account in an attempt to answer a much more important question: how can we manage these conditions so that they are less likely to produce an overt expression of prejudice? Given Allport's framework and subsequent research on the topic, we can conclude that it is more optimal to change certain conditions including ignorance and barriers to communication, the rate of change of the minority group's population, direct competition, and exploitation. Other conditions – particularly those mentioned above – should be managed so that, for example, social change occurs, but perhaps not so quickly as to give rise to anxiety and a certain preference for cultural pluralism. Such changes in the environment will therefore – hopefully – reduce the prevalence of prejudiced personalities and overt expressions of prejudice in a society..