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When does dual identity predict protest? The moderating roles of anti‐immigrant policies and opinion‐based group identity
Author(s) -
Wiley Shaun,
Figueroa Jessica,
Lauricella Taylor
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.2004
Subject(s) - immigration , salience (neuroscience) , ethnic group , disadvantaged , nationality , national identity , residence , ingroups and outgroups , dual (grammatical number) , social psychology , social identity theory , deportation , identity (music) , political science , gender studies , psychology , sociology , criminology , social group , law , politics , art , physics , demography , literature , acoustics , cognitive psychology
Dual identities are defined as immigrants' identification with their ethnic ingroup as well as the national community in their country of residence. Dual identities have been argued to increase protest, because they make immigrants feel entitled to advocate for their disadvantaged ethnic group as part of a larger national community. In a study of Latino immigrants to the United States, however, we found that dual identities no longer predict protest when immigrants learn that other members of the national community have passed laws or enacted policies that would exclude immigrants or restrict their rights, through deportation and detention. Further, we found that immigrants who identify with those fighting to change such anti‐immigrant policies support protest regardless of the level of their dual identity and regardless of policy salience. We argue that these results point to the importance of dual identity recognition for research on immigrant protest. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.