Another view of “we”: Majority and minority group perspectives on a common ingroup identity

Abstract

Drawing on the evidence of the role of social categorisation and identity in the development and maintenance of intergroup biases, research on the Common Ingroup Identity Model (Gaertner & Dovidio, 2000) has investigated how modifying the ways that the self and others are categorised can reduce prejudice and discrimination. In this article, we review more recent research that extends our initial formulation of the model by considering more fully alternative forms of recategorisation (a dual identity as well as a one-group representation), the different preferences of majority and minority groups for these different forms of recategorised representations, and the potential implications of these different preferences on the content of intergroup interaction and on the possibilities for social change towards equality.

Keywords:

• Acculturation
• Conflict resolution
• Common Ingroup Identity Model
• Contact hypothesis
• Ingroup favouritism
• Intergroup relations
• Power
• Social categorisation
• Social identity
• Status