Confronting the System: Minority Group Identity and Powerlessness

2009 ◽  
pp. 129-157
Author(s):  
Ronald J. Angel ◽  
Laura Lein ◽  
Jane Henrici
Keyword(s):  
Group Identity ◽  
Minority Group

Constructing a minority group identity out of shared rejection: the case of international students

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. Schmitt ◽  
Russell Spears ◽  
Nyla R. Branscombe
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Minority Group

Feminism versus minority group identity: Not for black woman only

Sex Roles ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 10 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 247-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Trotman Reid
Keyword(s):  
Black Woman ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Minority Group

scholarly journals Do humans possess an autonomous system justification motivation? A pupillometric test of the strong system justification thesis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuma Kevin Owuamalam ◽  
Russell Spears
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Autonomous System ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
System Justification ◽  
Cognitive Effort ◽  
Identity Salience ◽  
High Dependency ◽  
Strong System

To investigate the existence of an autonomous system justification motive that guides human behavior, we tested the dissonance-inspired strong system-justification thesis: that the cognitive effort expended to justify societal systems on which people depend, is greater amongst the disadvantaged than amongst the advantaged when their group identities are weak in salience/strength. Using a novel pupil dilation paradigm to tap cognitive effort, we exposed an ethnic minority group (Ntotal = 263) to depictions of their ingroup as disadvantaged or advantaged after they had stated four things they liked about their ethnic group (strong group identity salience) or grandmother (weak group identity salience). We then measured fluctuations in their pupil diameter as they contemplated support for societal systems that were either relevant (high dependency) or irrelevant (low dependency) to their ethnic group. Results revealed that pupil sizes were larger in the group disadvantage condition than in the group advantage condition—indicating greater cognitive effort—but only when group identity was salient (Experiment 1) or when group identification was strong (Experiment 2). These effects occurred only for high dependency systems. Combined, this evidence contradicts the system-justification thesis, and questions the existence of an autonomous system justification motivation in humans.

scholarly journals On the justification of intergroup violence: The roles of procedural justice, police legitimacy and group identity in attitudes towards violence among indigenous people

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica M Gerber ◽  
Roberto Gonzalez ◽  
Héctor Carvacho ◽  
Gloria Jiménez-Moya ◽  
Cristóbal Moya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Police Legitimacy ◽  
Police Violence ◽  
Indigenous Group ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Indigenous Minority

Objective: Why do people justify intergroup violence? In this paper we examine attitudes towards violence perpetrated by indigenous activists to claim for rights and violence by pólice officers against indigenous people. We assess the role that perceived pólice legitimacy, procedurally just policing towards the indigenous minority group and group identity play in the justification of intergroup violence. Method: We present findings from two surveys (Study 1, n=1493, Study 2, n=198) and an experiment (Study 3, n=76) conducted among indigenous people in Chile. Studies 1 and 2 measure perceptions of police procedural justice towards indigenous people. Study 3 manipulates the fairness with which police officers treat indigenous people. Effects of procedural justice on police legitimacy (Studies 2 and 3) and attitudes towards violence for social change and social control (Studies 1-3) are analyzed. Result: Higher perceptions of procedurally just policing towards indigenous people predict more support for police violence and less support for violence perpetrated by indigenous activists. These effects are mediated by perceived police legitimacy and moderated by identification with the minority group. Among people who identify strongly with their indigenous group, perceiving high procedural justice predicts greater police legitimacy, greater support for police violence, and lesser support for violence perpetrated by indigenous activists. Conclusions: Findings contribute to an emerging literature on the roles of procedural justice and legitimacy in violence perceptions. Fair, respectful and neutral treatment of pólice officers may reduce the support for violence among minority group members and increase trust in the violence used by police officers.

Out-group threats and distress as antecedents of common in-group identity among majority and minority group members in the aftermath of a natural disaster

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 417-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loris Vezzali ◽  
Annalisa Versari ◽  
Alessia Cadamuro ◽  
Elena Trifiletti ◽  
Gian Antonio Di Bernardo
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Group Members

scholarly journals Ethnic Identity and Racial Attitudes in a Minority Group of Mixed Racial Origin

2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 284-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy B. Smith ◽  
Joy Stratton ◽  
Christopher R. Stones ◽  
Anthony Naidoo
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Racial Attitudes ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Racial Origin ◽  
Subtle Racism ◽  
Positive Attitudes

Limited information exists on the racial attitudes and ethnic identities of groups of mixed racial origin. The present research tested the hypotheses that the construct of ethnic identity is valid among such groups and that ethnic identity is related to out-group prejudice, as predicted by social identity theory. The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure, the Anti-White Scale, and the Subtle Racism Scale were administered to 70 South Africans of mixed racial descent, the so-called Coloureds. A factor analysis supported the structural validity of the 12-item measure of ethnic identity with this sample, but correlations between scales did not support the prediction that group identity would be positively associated with out-group prejudice. Group identity was positively related .27 to positive attitudes toward Whites consistent with the tenets of social dominance theory.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document