Identity denial lowers belonging yet raises the need for the group

Evidence

Acceptance threat may be elicited by experiences of identity denial (e.g., to be perceived as not ‘Black enough’ or not ‘really Asian’; Campion 2019; Chen et al. 2019; Franco et al. 2016). This form of exclusion or rejection from a group may decrease Mixed individuals’ feelings of belonging to this group (Franco et al. 2021), which may in turn increase the need for it (Williams and Nida 2011). Ostracized individuals have been shown to try to reclaim belongingness by gaining re-inclusion in the excluding group (Williams 2007). — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 108

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes acceptance threat and identity denial as distinct constructs — ‘not Black enough’/‘not really Asian’ pressures being framed as an acceptance-based threat.
• XREF: connects to: Ingroup rejection lowers belonging yet paradoxically heightens the need for it — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 118; Identity denial decreases belonging, then increases effort to regain inclusion in the excluding group. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 108; Identity denial may make mixed-race people shift identification to a different ingroup — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 119 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Ingroup rejection lowers belonging yet paradoxically heightens the need for it #corroborates (0.97) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 118
• Identity denial decreases belonging, then increases effort to regain inclusion in the excluding group. #expands (0.90) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 108
• Perceived discrimination strengthens group identity only for those already highly identified with their group #qualifies (0.78) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 955
• Unsatisfactory group identity drives exit or group improvement efforts #expands (0.76) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2720
• Eliminating group salience backfires because identity is meaningful and perceptually unavoidable #expands (0.75)
• Identity denial may make mixed-race people shift identification to a different ingroup #qualifies (0.74) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 119
• Suppressing a stigmatised group’s identity symbols strengthens rather than erodes that identity #qualifies (0.72) — Irene Zempi and Imran Awan, Islamophobia, 255