Intergroup Inequality Heightens Reports of Discrimination Along Alternative Identity Dimensions.

Journal Article (Journal Article)

How do members of societally valued (dominant) groups respond when considering inequality? Prior research suggests that salient inequality may be viewed as a threat to dominant-group members' self and collective moral character. However, people possess multiple social identities and may be advantaged in one domain (e.g., White) while concurrently disadvantaged in another domain (e.g., sexual minority). The present research tests whether individuals may reduce the moral-image threat of being societally advantaged in one domain by highlighting discrimination they face in other domains. Four experiments with individuals advantaged along different dimensions of inequality (race, social class, sexuality) reveal that making such inequality salient evokes greater perceived discrimination faced by oneself and one's ingroups along other identity dimensions.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Brown, RM; Craig, MA

Published Date

  • June 2020

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 46 / 6

Start / End Page

  • 869 - 884

PubMed ID

  • 31630634

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1552-7433

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0146-1672

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1177/0146167219880186

Language

  • eng