Negational identity is manipulated by writing about not being a Caucasian

Evidence

The first task asked participants to think and write about their experiences living in the United States. In the affirmational condition, participants were asked to write about how being Asian has affected their life in the United States. In the negational condition, they wrote about how being not a Caucasian has affected their life. — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 24

Categorization

• DEFINE: This is the exact operationalization of the negational vs. affirmational identity manipulation that anchors the whole study.
• XREF: Directly ties to the We-They Engine thread already built around this finding; crucial for reporting experimental design precisely. — connects to: Adjectives and predication can reorient racial labels into negotiated identity categories — Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall, Identity and Interaction: A…, 54; Racial subjection is never complete because imposed identity provokes internal redefinition — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1681; Racial ascription can override a person’s own refusal of that identity — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 526 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• The negational-identity experiment sampled Latino college students split into affirmational and negational conditions #expands (0.88) — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 31
• Mixed-race people articulate a counter-language against imposed racial negation #exemplifies (0.82) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2471
• Negational identity is a strategy for escaping low status or low self-esteem #qualifies (0.80)
• Racial identity arises as a negative product of oppression #expands (0.80)
• Negational identity may stem from low-status individuals’ need to feel superior #qualifies (0.78)
• Racial minorities support minority candidates more when negational racial identity is salient #expands (0.78) — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 20
• Racial subjection is never complete because imposed identity provokes internal redefinition #corroborates (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1681
• Intergroup warmth is a hypothesized mechanism for the negational identity effect #expands (0.75) — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 27
• Racial ascription can override a person’s own refusal of that identity #complicates (0.72) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 526
• Negational identification can unite people who cannot agree on positive identity #expands (0.72) — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 19
• Identity is constructed through opposition to a continuously reinterpreted other #expands (0.70)