Joe Smith believes that people who can afford the price of a house should be free to live where they choose. However, when it came time to sell his house his neighbors convinced him to sell it to whites only. In Robert Merton's typology of prejudice and discrimination, Smith would be classified as a:

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Smith's actions suggest that he does not personally hold prejudiced beliefs (as he initially believed in freedom of choice) but was influenced by his neighbors to act in a discriminatory way, which aligns with being a "weak liberal" in Merton's typology.

Joe Smith Believes That People Who Can Afford the Price