Black identity has three components, with centrality situationally flexible and ideology stable

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. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1078

Categorization

• DEFINE: Lays out the Sellers taxonomy of Black identity into centrality, regard, and four ideology subdimensions; useful reference framework.
• XREF: Connects to other identity-threat and stigma models (Jones’s UCR in next paragraphs, Steele’s stereotype threat literature).