Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election largely due to support from White Americans. This win created a new sociopolitical reality in which White Americans as a group became associated with Trump and his anti-egalitarianism. Four studies (N = 3,245) explored how liberal-leaning White Americans negotiate their racial identity to contend with group-image threat arising from the association between their racial ingroup and Trump. Trump-related group-image threat (i.e., White Americans’ support for Trump’s anti-egalitarianism or his continuation in office) led liberal-leaning White Americans to disidentify from their racial ingroup. In turn, racial disidentification predicted greater signaling of egalitarian beliefs (i.e., expressing intentions to advocate for racial equity and supporting policies designed to benefit racially minoritized groups) and behaviors (i.e., donating money to racial equity-focused organizations). These results suggest that the process of negotiating Trump-related group-image threat has implications for both White Americans’ racial identities and ongoing efforts to achieve racial equity.

唐纳德特朗普赢得 2016 年总统大选主要是由于美国白人的支持。这场胜利创造了一个新的社会政治现实，其中美国白人作为一个群体与特朗普及其反平等主义联系在一起。四项研究（N= 3,245）探讨了自由主义倾向的美国白人如何协商他们的种族身份，以应对由于他们的种族内群体与特朗普之间的关联而产生的群体形象威胁。与特朗普相关的群体形象威胁（即美国白人支持特朗普的反平等主义或他继续任职）导致自由主义倾向的美国白人与他们的种族内群体不认同。反过来，种族歧视预示着平等主义信念（即表达倡导种族平等的意图和支持旨在使少数族裔群体受益的政策）和行为（即向以种族平等为重点的组织捐款）的更大信号。