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)______________ .

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The restaurant owner is an "unprejudiced discriminator" because he does not hold personal negative feelings towards African Americans (unprejudiced) but still discriminates against them due to external pressures or concerns about the reactions of others.

A Restaurant Owner in the 1950s Does Not Feel Negatively