Later Nigrescence stages pursue empowerment rather than self-esteem repair

Evidence

The middle stage of the Nigresence Model, Immersion-Emersion, depicts two dynamics – intense Black involvement and anti-White sentiment. This stage maps directly onto Allport’s strengthening ingroup ties and outgroup prejudice. However, these are not intropunitive, and they are not related to self-esteem. The last stage, Internalization, consists of two subidentities, Black Nationalist – an activist orientation with high race salience – and Multiculturalist, in which positive race salience combines with activism in concert with other groups. This last set of identities seems to address the strategies of empowerment more than the psychological feelings of inferiority or well-being. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1076

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the Immersion-Emersion and Internalization stages of Cross’s Nigrescence Model and their distinct psychological functions.