Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2023 Jun;49(6):969-984. doi: 10.1177/01461672221086175. Epub 2022 Apr 28.
Previous research has argued that a growing multiracial population will blur boundaries between racial groups, reducing racism and improving interracial relations. However, this is unlikely to happen if multiracial groups are judged according to their proximity to Whiteness. We examined how having White ancestry shapes status perceptions of multiracial groups. Studies 1 and 2 showed that multiracial groups with White ancestry (e.g., Black/White) are considered higher status than dual minority multiracial (e.g., Black/Latinx) and monoracial minority (e.g., Black) groups. Study 3 revealed that multiracial groups with White ancestry are perceived as more competent and warmer than monoracial minority and dual minority multiracial groups, leading to higher status perceptions for multiracial groups with White ancestry. Thus, multiracial people, like other racial minorities, may be judged according to White, Eurocentric standards. The results imply that, without anti-racist intervention, the treatment of multiracial people will reinforce, rather than challenge, the existing racial hierarchy.
先前的研究认为，不断增长的多种族人口将模糊种族群体之间的界限，减少种族主义并改善种族间关系。然而，如果根据与白人的接近程度来评判多种族群体，这种情况不太可能发生。我们研究了拥有白人血统如何影响对多种族群体的地位认知。研究 1 和 2 表明，具有白人血统的多种族群体（例如，黑/白）比双少数种族的多种族（例如，黑/拉丁裔）和单一种族少数群体（例如，黑）更受青睐。研究 3 揭示，具有白人血统的多种族群体被认为比单一种族少数群体和双少数种族的多种族群体更有能力和更热情，从而使具有白人血统的多种族群体获得更高的地位认知。因此，像其他少数族裔一样，多种族群体可能会根据白人、欧洲中心主义的标准来评判。研究结果表明，如果没有反种族主义的干预，对多种族群体的待遇将加强而不是挑战现有的种族等级制度。
