Three studies tested whether witnessing incidents of racial discrimination targeting Black people may motivate White people to engage in collective action for racial justice. In studies of White Americans (Study 1) and self‐identified White activist “allies” (Study 2), witnessing incidents of racial discrimination predicted greater willingness to participate in collective action for racial justice, through the pathway of enhanced awareness of racial privilege. Studies 1 and 2 showed that awareness of racial privilege uniquely predicted the link between witnessing incidents of racial discrimination and willingness to participate in collective action for racial justice; these effects were consistent both with and without controlling for Whites’ sense of identification with their own racial group. Study 3 tested experimentally how witnessing incidents of racial discrimination may compel White people to become more motivated to engage in collective action for racial justice. Compared to those in a control condition, White participants who were randomly assigned to watch a brief video depicting recent discriminatory incidents targeting Black people (e.g., Starbucks incident in Philadelphia, housing incident at Yale University) tended to show greater motivation to engage in collective action for racial justice, an effect accounted for largely by enhanced awareness of racial privilege. How witnessing incidents of racial discrimination can transform views of privilege and willingness to stand up for racial justice among members of advantaged racial groups is discussed.

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见证种族歧视塑造了种族正义的集体行动：增强优势群体对特权的认识

三项研究测试了目击针对黑人的种族歧视事件是否可能激发白人为种族正义采取集体行动。在对白人美国人（研究1）和自我确定的白人活动家“盟友”（研究2）的研究中，目睹种族歧视事件预示着人们将通过增强对种族特权的认识，更加愿意参加集体诉讼，以实现种族正义。研究1和2表明，对种族特权的认识可以独特地预测目击到的种族歧视事件与参与为种族正义采取集体行动的意愿之间的联系。这些影响无论是否控制白人对自己种族的认同感都是一致的。研究3通过实验测试了目睹的种族歧视事件如何迫使白人变得更有动力为种族正义而采取集体行动。与处于控制状态的参与者相比，被随机分配观看简短视频的白人参与者，这些视频描述了最近针对黑人的歧视性事件（例如，费城的星巴克事件，耶鲁大学的住房事件）倾向于表现出更大的参与集体行动的动力。在种族正义方面，这种效果在很大程度上是由于人们对种族特权的意识增强了。讨论了目睹种族歧视事件如何改变特权族群成员之间的特权和支持种族正义的意愿。