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JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 94, Issue 4, Pages 615-630Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.94.4.615
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identity threat; African Americans; diversity; stigma
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This research demonstrates that people at risk of devaluation based on group membership are attuned to cues that signal social identity contingencies-judgments, stereotypes, opportunities, restrictions, and treatments that are tied to one's social identity in a given setting. In 3 experiments, African American professionals were attuned to minority representation and diversity philosophy cues when they were presented as a part of workplace settings. Low minority representation cues coupled with colorblindness (as opposed to valuing diversity) led African American professionals to perceive threatening identity contingencies and to distrust the setting (Experiment 1). The authors then verified that the mechanism mediating the effect of setting cues on trust was identity contingent evaluations (Experiments 2 & 3). The power of social identity contingencies as they relate to underrepresented groups in mainstream institutions is discussed.
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