Identity threats vary in whether they trigger political mobilization or outgroup hostility.

Evidence

However, a sense that PoC are politically colluding is likely to trigger Whites’ political mobilization to counter this threat (Knowles et al., 2022). This leads to the question of reactions that particular identity threats generate. All identity threats jeopardize some aspect of an ingroup, but do not necessarily produce similar responses to outgroups. — Efrén Pérez, Jessica HyunJeong Lee, Ana Oaxaca, Tania Solano Cervantes, Jasmine García Rodríguez, Kimberly Lam, and David McFall, Manifold Threats to White Identity and…, 12

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in when a politically-inert dominant identity becomes politically weighty — this frames the paper’s core question about which threat types activate White partisanship. — connects to: Distinct threat types can push White identity toward rather than against outgroups. — Efrén Pérez, Jessica HyunJeong Lee, Ana Oaxaca, Tania Solano Cervantes, Jasmine García Rodríguez, Kimberly Lam, and David McFall, Manifold Threats to White Identity and…, 30; External political conflict can politicize a broad group identity into predicting collective action. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4451; Different intergroup threats trigger distinct emotions and behavioral responses. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 66

Broader Connections

• Different intergroup threats trigger distinct emotions and behavioral responses. #expands (0.95) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 66
• Distinct threat types can push White identity toward rather than against outgroups. #expands (0.90) — Efrén Pérez, Jessica HyunJeong Lee, Ana Oaxaca, Tania Solano Cervantes, Jasmine García Rodríguez, Kimberly Lam, and David McFall, Manifold Threats to White Identity and…, 30
• External political conflict can politicize a broad group identity into predicting collective action. #expands (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4451