Black identity contains stable ideology and context-sensitive centrality dimensions

Evidence

Sellers and colleagues (Sellers et al., 1997; see also Rowley, Sellers, Chavous, & Smith, 1998) proposed a Multidimensional Model of Black Identity that is composed of three major aspects: (a) race centrality (My destiny is tied to the destiny of other Black people); (b) racial regard (I feel good about Black people); and (c) race ideology, how Blacks ought to act, which is comprised of four subdimensions: Assimilation (Blacks should view themselves as being Americans first and foremost); Humanist (Blacks and Whites have more commonalities than differences); Oppressed Minority (Black people should treat other oppressed people as allies); Nationalist (Black people must organize). Race centrality is assumed to be situationally influenced, whereas regard and ideology are considered to be beliefs that are relatively stable across situations. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1078

Categorization

• DEFINE: Lays out the four-axis model of Black identity and its distinguishing assumption about which components are stable versus situation-dependent.
• XREF: connects to: Feminist analysis of digital identity needs stable categories even while rejecting essentialism. — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in…, 257