Mixed-race individuals use their own observable behavior as similarity evidence when self-categorizing racially.

Evidence

For instance, favourable athletic performance observed in oneself may act as a cue for perceived similarity, encouraging self-categorization as Black, whereas poor performance may act as a dissimilarity cue, inhibiting such self-categorization. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 42

Categorization

• XREF: Self-perception theory (Bem 1972) applied to racial identity — connects to the reader’s interest in how category-fit pressures internalize identity, since self-perception would make mixed members infer category membership from behavior rather than category fit. — connects to: Perceived similarity to a racial category drives self-categorization among mixed-race people — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 37; Stereotype alignment can heighten a mixed person’s felt similarity to a racial category. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 41; Racial categorization of the same person varies by time, place, and context (+3 more)
• QUESTION: This implies identity membership can be inferred backward from behavior — does this create a path by which homogenizing category pressures shape a mixed member’s actual self-concept, making them conform to a stereotype through observation of their own acts?

Broader Connections

• Stereotype alignment can heighten a mixed person’s felt similarity to a racial category. #expands (0.85) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 41
• Mixed individuals shift self-categorization across situations because similarity tests prove inconclusive. #expands (0.82) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 65
• Shared discrimination or invalidation experiences shape Mixed individuals’ felt similarity to groups. #corroborates (0.80) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 45
• Racial categorization of the same person varies by time, place, and context #qualifies (0.75)
• Mixed individuals shift racial self-categorization situationally, but only within boundary conditions. #qualifies (0.75) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 102