The principle of rationality implicit in the concept of understanding presupposes a confrontation between individuals' intellect and reality cf. Boudon, 1995, p. 198, which means that an individual is motivated by subjective reasons when perceiving and acting upon immigrants in a particular manner and that those reasons, far from being mere justifications determined by the structure, have a real, objective rationale cf.
El principio de la racionalidad, implícito en el postulado de la comprensión, presupone la confrontación del intelecto de los individuos con la realidad cf. Boudon, 1995, p. 198, la idea de un individuo motivado por razones para percibir y actuar frente a los inmigrantes de X o Y manera y que esas razones lejos de ser justificaciones, productos determinados por la estructura, tienen un fundamento real, objetivo cf. Boudon, 2000, p. 120.