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Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Differences in Responding to Distinctiveness and Discrimination on Campus: Stigma and Common Group Identity
Author(s) -
Dovidio John F.,
Gaertner Samuel L.,
Niemann Yolanda Flores,
Snider Kevin
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/0022-4537.00207
Subject(s) - optimal distinctiveness theory , ethnic group , salience (neuroscience) , social psychology , psychology , feeling , stigma (botany) , social distance , collective identity , minority group , psychological intervention , prejudice (legal term) , cultural diversity , racial group , identity (music) , social identity theory , cultural identity , social group , sociology , political science , medicine , psychiatry , anthropology , acoustics , physics , law , cognitive psychology , pathology , covid-19 , disease , politics , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The present article examines how the salience of group membership can moderate or diffuse feelings of stigmatization for members of racial and ethnic minorities. A series of studies is presented that demonstrate that the development of a common group identity can diffuse the effects of stigmatization, improve intergroup attitudes, and enhance institutional satisfaction and commitment among college students and faculty. Strategies and interventions designed to address the effects of stigmatization, however, need to consider the different value and importance of racial and ethnic group identities for Whites and for people of color.