University of Maryland at College Park College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, College Park, MD 20742.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Jul 26;119(30):e2118525119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2118525119. Epub 2022 Jul 12.
In an environment that is high in racial justice saliency, how do identities inform motivation for supporting specific issues in the crowd? This study examines the role that intersectionality played in mobilizing participants to join the mass demonstrations sparked by the murder of George Floyd. Building on recent studies that show how protest participants connect issue-based concerns with their identities to boost support for movements, we analyze data collected through surveys with a random sample of activists participating in the protests after George Floyd's death in Washington, DC, in 2020. We find that intersectional motivations played a significant role in mobilizing protest participants. Analysis of these factors helps explain the diversity of the crowd and provides insights into how the movement may contribute to greater success for racial justice and the degree to which the movement has staying power.
在一个种族正义凸显度高的环境中，身份如何影响人们支持群体中特定问题的动机？本研究考察了交叉性在动员参与者加入由乔治·弗洛伊德谋杀案引发的大规模示威中的作用。本研究建立在最近的研究基础上，这些研究表明，抗议参与者如何将基于问题的关注点与他们的身份联系起来，以增强对运动的支持，我们通过对 2020 年在华盛顿特区乔治·弗洛伊德去世后参加抗议活动的随机样本活动人士进行调查，分析了收集到的数据。我们发现，交叉性动机在动员抗议参与者方面发挥了重要作用。对这些因素的分析有助于解释人群的多样性，并深入了解运动如何为种族正义带来更大的成功，以及运动的持久力程度。
