OBJECTIVE Consequences of colorism are well documented, yet little is known about its relationship with political views of racial/ethnic minorities. Although a very small literature found no evidence that skin tone shapes political attitudes of Latinx Americans, the present study was the first to extend this to immigration and language policy preferences. Because support for public policies is an important mechanism through which inequality is either reduced or reproduced, this filled an important gap in the literature on colorism and political behavior. METHOD Using binary or ordered logistic regression, skin tone, perceived discrimination, and demographic characteristics were examined as predictors of Latinxs' policy preferences for U.S. border security and/or mandated use of English. Several probability samples were analyzed: one national sample (N = 430), as well as other national (N = 349, mean age 41), regional (N = 256, mean ages 36-40), and nationally representative samples (N = 8,065, mean ages 32-35). RESULTS Relative to their counterparts, the lightest-skinned Latinx women were more tolerant of restrictive policies-tighter border security and a preference for English as the only official language. Among Latinx men, medium-skinned subgroups reported the most unfavorable opinions about a U.S. border wall policy whereas lighter-skinned men were less opposed to this policy. CONCLUSIONS Findings suggested that skin tone biases may be tied to men's engagement on border security issues and women's support for language and border policies. Therefore, colorism may be implicated in important processes that shape American politics and Latinx public opinion. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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谁属于美国？拉丁裔的肤色、感知到的歧视以及对多元文化政策的反对。

目标 有据可查的色彩主义后果，但对其与种族/少数民族政治观点的关系知之甚少。尽管很少有文献发现肤色影响拉丁美洲裔美国人的政治态度的证据，但本研究首次将其扩展到移民和语言政策偏好。由于对公共政策的支持是减少或再现不平等的重要机制，因此填补了有关色彩主义和政治行为的文献中的一个重要空白。方法 使用二元或有序逻辑回归、肤色、感知歧视和人口统计特征作为拉丁美洲人对美国边境安全和/或强制使用英语的政策偏好的预测因素进行检查。分析了几个概率样本：一个全国样本 (N = 430)，以及其他国家样本 (N = 349，平均年龄 41)、区域 (N = 256，平均年龄 36-40) 和全国代表性样本 (N = 8,065，平均年龄 32- 35)。结果 相对于她们的同行，肤色最浅的拉丁裔女性更能容忍限制性政策——更严格的边境安全和更喜欢将英语作为唯一的官方语言。在拉丁裔男性中，中等肤色的亚组报告了对美国边境墙政策最不利的看法，而肤色较浅的男性则不太反对这项政策。结论 调查结果表明，肤色偏见可能与男性在边境安全问题上的参与以及女性对语言和边境政策的支持有关。因此，色彩主义可能与塑造美国政治和拉丁裔公众舆论的重要过程有关。