Situational fit and personal readiness jointly determine which identity becomes salient.

Evidence

However, not all collective identities of a person are salient at the same time. Which specific collective identity becomes salient while others remain dormant depends on which socially shared place or group membership moves into the psychological foreground, which is in turn a joint function of person variables (“readiness”) and more immediate social context variables (“fit”; Turner et al., 1987). — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4402 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

While I single out the agency of subaltern subjects within contradictory locations, I do not mean to suggest that the formation of subjectivity is a self-selecting phenomenon. Subjects become who they are in relation to larger sociocultural politics, and they learn to maneuver within ever-increasing attempts to stifle their growth, progress, and creativity. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2510 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Situationally salient dimensions drive which heritage identity a Mixed person foregrounds. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 79; Mixed individuals strategically select contextual identity to jointly satisfy affiliation and uniqueness. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 92; Which collective identity surfaces depends jointly on readiness and context fit — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4402 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Which collective identity surfaces depends jointly on readiness and context fit #corroborates (0.96) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4402
• Identity formation responds to external social pressures rather than pure self-selection #complicates (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2510