Résumé Cet article se situe à l’interface de deux champs de la psychologie sociale : la psychologie des normes et la psychologie interculturelle. Il s’agissait de montrer dans quelle mesure les choix d’orientations d’acculturation de la communauté d’accueil sont influencés par une norme de non racisme et de non distinction des groupes d’immigrés. L’étude 1 a montré que certains items de l’ÉACA sont perçus comme racistes. Les études 2 et 3, mettent en évidence le caractère socialement désirable des réponses non racistes (paradigme de l’autoprésentation). Enfin, l’étude 4 met en avant l’aspect socialement utile des propos non racistes (paradigme des juges). Les résultats permettent de penser qu’une norme de non racisme existe. Cependant, concernant la norme de non distinction, les résultats ne nous permettent pas de conclure de façon définitive.

The main goal of this study was to examine the relationships between two types of separation orientations, namely forced and consensual separation, and the use of French social service community centers. Participants were two groups of young women, both members of ethnic minorities: Turkish (n=42) and North African (n=41). The results showed that young Turkish women were more oriented towards consensual separation than young North African women. Preference for a separation strategy was positively associated with both the perception of a threat to heritage culture and difficulties in understanding the language of the social workers. The more participants perceived social workers as a source of threat to their heritage culture and as speaking a language they had difficulty understanding, the less frequently they made use of the services offered at the community centers. Socio-demographic variables such as education level and marital status were found to play a significant role in these findings.