Mixed identities involve ambiguously crossing mutually exclusive categories within a single social domain

Evidence

We characterize Mixed identities by the ambiguity resulting from an individual’s association with multiple social categories along one singular social domain, which are usually perceived as mutually exclusive. We thus separate this conceptualization from dual or hyphenated identities that combine social category membership of different social domains, such as ethnicity and nationality (e.g., Asian-American). — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 15

Categorization

• DEFINE: Draws the key boundary between ‘Mixed identities’ (ambiguity within one domain, e.g. two races) and hyphenated/dual identities (different domains combined, e.g. ethnicity + nationality).
• XREF: Directly frames the reader’s reading purpose about homogenizing pressure on members who don’t fit a category cleanly. — connects to: Static categories only partly explain identity positioning — Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall, Identity and Interaction: A…, 46; Social identity theories presume unambiguous single-category membership that mixed individuals lack — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 16; Mixed individuals shift identification within a single social domain. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 79 (+15 more)

Broader Connections

• Mixed individuals shift identification within a single social domain. #exemplifies (0.90) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 79
• Mixed-identity individuals shift between racial identities to meet context-specific needs. #exemplifies (0.88) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 64
• Mixed individuals categorically shift toward whichever mono-racial prototype is absent #exemplifies (0.85) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 51
• Mixed-identity individuals shift identification toward whichever group is the local numerical minority #exemplifies (0.85) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 88
• Social identity theories presume unambiguous single-category membership that mixed individuals lack #expands (0.82) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 16
• Mixed-identity individuals shift ingroup identification according to which dimension holds higher status #exemplifies (0.80) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 73
• Mixed-identity people shift self-categorizations situationally because prototype-similarity assessments stay inconclusive #expands (0.78) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 60
• Mixed individuals strategically select contextual identity to jointly satisfy affiliation and uniqueness. #exemplifies (0.78) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 92
• Mixed-identity self-categorization strategies exceed what social identity complexity theory predicts. #qualifies (0.76) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 48
• Intergroup and intragroup context boundaries blur for mixed-identity individuals #expands (0.74) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 56