Different identity motives drive Mixed individuals toward different target groups.
Evidence
In situations of intergroup comparison, Mixed individuals may identify more strongly with the racial– ethnic ingroup that has the highest relative subjective status. In situations of identity uncertainty, they may identify with the group that offers the clearest prototype and appears to be the most entitative. When striving for optimal distinctiveness, they may identify with the group in the numerical minority or with multiple groups simultaneously. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 105
Categorization
- XREF: The claim that identity uncertainty pulls toward the ‘most entitative’ group is the crux for the reader’s test of whether entitativity pressures internally heterogeneous members. — connects to: Mixed individuals seek high-entitativity ingroups to reduce identity uncertainty — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 29; Mixed individuals may recategorize into broader minoritized superordinate groups. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 47; Mixed-identity individuals shift between racial identities to meet context-specific needs. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 64 (+11 more)
Broader Connections
- People differ in how they integrate their multiple group memberships into self-identity.
#expands(0.78) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 514 - People seek a balance between uniqueness and belonging that breeds ingroup bias
#expands(0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 549 - Social identity fuses group membership, emotional attachment, and the drive for distinctness.
#qualifies(0.72) — Nurit Shnabel and Johannes Ullrich, Identity Needs in Intergroup Relations, 52