Negational identity can build coalitions across minority groups by de-emphasizing in-group.

Evidence

Regardless of the potential problems and controversies associated with using negational identity to lessen divisions among minority racial groups, it is important to acknowledge that negational identity is an important force for social identification. Simply reminding people of what they are not can transform attitudes towards different groups, shift loyalties and political preferences, and thus drive coalition building. Future research should explore the robustness of negational identification on racial coalition formation, its effect on hostility towards the White majority, and whether it can inspire increased equality for all. — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 47

Unlike affirmational identity, which leads to in-group bias by causing people to assimilate to the in-group (Turner, 1987), negational identity leads people to differentiate from a common outgroup, making the out-group the central focus and psychologically primary. By drawing attention away from one’s own group, negational categorization may offer a route for coalition building among groups that share the same non-membership—i.e., a negational racial identity that emphasizes not being a member of the majority group may break down the racial divide among minority groups and unite them into a common cause. — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 18

Categorization

• XREF: Directly extends the negational-identity/We-They Engine thread this reading purpose targets. — connects to: Minority groups each claim unique oppression, blocking cross-group alliances — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 7; Negational identities produce both out-group derogation and in-group favoritism — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1112; Racial minorities support minority candidates more when negational racial identity is salient — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 20 (+10 more)
• DEEPTHINKING: The counterintuitive claim that shared non-membership (not shared membership) can be the stronger coalition glue among minorities is dense enough to sit with.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 47; Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 18

Broader Connections

• Negational identification unites out-groups through shared non-membership rather than shared membership. #corroborates (0.95) — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 37
• Identity can be formed negationally by focusing on group non-membership. #expands (0.90) — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 17
• Making negational identity salient shifts voting choices toward shared out-group members #exemplifies (0.88) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1115
• Intergroup warmth is a hypothesized mechanism for the negational identity effect #expands (0.87) — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 27
• Racial minorities support minority candidates more when negational racial identity is salient #exemplifies (0.85) — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 20
• Negational identities produce both out-group derogation and in-group favoritism #complicates (0.82) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1112
• Group identity is constructed by designating outsiders as others #expands (0.80)
• In-group familial identity is built on negating the racial other #expands (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 68
• Coalitional antiracist identity politics suppressed internal differences among the nonwhite #complicates (0.78) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 151
• Recategorization into a common identity, not cooperation itself, reduces intergroup bias #qualifies (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 572