Seeing the Other in the Self: The Impact of Barack Obama and Cultural Socialization on Perceptions of Self-Other Overlap among African Americans

Ong, Anthony D.; Burrow, Anthony L.; Cerrada, Christian

doi:10.1521/soco.2016.34.6.589

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“…The Venn diagrams were labeled “Me” and “Black/White Biracial People,” and higher numbers indicated greater perceived similarity to Biracial people. Past research has validated comparable measures with Black participants (Ong et al, 2016).…”

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How Black is biracial? Black people’s empathy toward Black/White biracial people following racial discrimination in the United States.

Albuja¹,

Franco²,

Smith³

2023

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Objectives: Two studies investigate how Black people's empathy toward Black/White Biracial people experiencing racial discrimination relates to Black/White Biracial people's identification in the United States. Method: Study 1 (N = 151, M age = 36.3 years, SD = 11.1, 57% female) examines how Black people's perceptions of whether Black/White Biracial people identify as Black at a group level are related to empathy toward them through correlational methods. In Study 2 (N = 590; M age = 32.3 years, SD = 11.4, 71% women), we experimentally manipulate Black/White Biracial people's racial identity through vignettes and assess Black participants' perceived similarity, racial identification of the Black/White Biracial target as Black, linked fate, and empathy. We tested Black participants' empathy toward a Black/White Biracial target who selfidentified as Black, self-identified as White, or self-identified as Biracial, consistent with common identification patterns among Biracial people. Results: Black participants empathized least with Black/White Biracial people who were perceived as identifying as White, or who explicitly self-identified as White. This association was mediated by perceptions that Black/White Biracial and Black people's fates are linked. Overall, Black people were most likely to empathize with Black/White Biracial people identifying as Black. Conclusions: For liminal group members, identification confers information regarding similarity, shared identity, and linked fate that relate to procuring empathy. Public Significance StatementBlack/White Biracial people in the United States are often considered to be on the boundaries of Black and White monoracial groups and can racially identify as Black, White, or Biracial. Two studies tested how Black participants' empathy toward Black/White Biracial people who experience discrimination differs based on Biracial people's identity. The results show Black participants empathized least with Black/White Biracial people who were perceived as identifying as White, or who explicitly self-identified as White.

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How Black is biracial? Black people’s empathy toward Black/White biracial people following racial discrimination in the United States.

Albuja¹,

Franco²,

Smith³

2023

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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“…In the most basic sense, “racial attitudes,” refer to how favorable a person's viewpoints are toward African Americans. Moreover, those who study the Obama effect on racial attitudes (e.g., Columb and Plant 2011; Goldman 2012; Goldman and Mutz 2014; Ong, Burrow, and Cerrada 2016; Plant et al 2009; Schmidt and Nosek 2010) conceptualize Obama's prominence in terms of his media activity (the degree to which the press covers him and/or voters are exposed to coverage about him).…”

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Role-Model-In-Chief: Understanding a Michelle Obama Effect

Haynes

Block

2019

Pol & Gen

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Because of the national conversation about her status as a role model, the former First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS) presents an opportunity to analyze an Obama effectparticularly, the idea that Michelle Obama's prominence as a political figure can influence, among other things, citizens' impressions of black women in America. Using evidence from the 2011 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation/Washington Post survey, we demonstrate that Michelle Obama's status as a role model operates as a "moderated mediator": it transmits the effect of the former FLOTUS' media activities to respondents' racial attitudes, and the degree to which role model status functions as a mediating variable differs by race (and, to a lesser degree, by gender). Thus, our research provides both a theoretical and an empirical contribution to the Obama-effect literature.

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The Roles of In-Group Exemplars and Ethnicracial Identification in Self-Stereotyping

Rivera¹,

Benitez²

2016

Social Cognition

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Seeing the Other in the Self: The Impact of Barack Obama and Cultural Socialization on Perceptions of Self-Other Overlap among African Americans

Cited by 3 publications

References 59 publications

How Black is biracial? Black people’s empathy toward Black/White biracial people following racial discrimination in the United States.

How Black is biracial? Black people’s empathy toward Black/White biracial people following racial discrimination in the United States.

Role-Model-In-Chief: Understanding a Michelle Obama Effect

The Roles of In-Group Exemplars and Ethnicracial Identification in Self-Stereotyping

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