The 2020 US Presidential election was historic in that it featured the first woman of color, Kamala Harris, on a major-party ticket. Although Harris identifies as Black, her racial identity was widely scrutinized throughout the election, due to her mixed-race ancestry. Moreover, media coverage of Harris's racial identity appeared to vary based on that news outlet's political leaning and sometimes had prejudicial undertones. The current research investigated racial categorization of Harris and the role that political orientation and anti-Black prejudice might play in shaping these categorizations. Studies 1 and 2 tested the possibility that conservatives and liberals might mentally represent Harris differently, which we hypothesized would lead the two groups to differ in how they categorized her race. Contrary to our prediction, conservatives, and liberals mentally represented Harris similarly. Also surprising were the explicit racial categorization data. Conservatives labeled Harris as White more than liberals, who tended to categorize Harris as multiracial. This pattern was explained by anti-Black prejudice. Study 3 examined a potential political motivation that might explain this finding. We found that conservatives, more than liberals, judge having a non-White candidate on a Democratic ballot as an asset, which may lead conservatives to deny non-White candidates these identities.

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身份政治：政治取向对卡玛拉·哈里斯种族分类的意外作用

2020 年美国总统大选具有历史意义，因为它的主要政党选票上出现了第一位有色人种女性卡玛拉·哈里斯。尽管哈里斯认为自己是黑人，但由于她的混血血统，她的种族身份在整个选举期间受到了广泛的审查。此外，媒体对哈里斯种族身份的报道似乎因该新闻媒体的政治倾向而异，有时带有偏见。目前的研究调查了哈里斯的种族分类以及政治取向和反黑人偏见在塑造这些分类中可能发挥的作用。研究 1 和 2 测试了保守派和自由派可能在心理上以不同方式代表哈里斯的可能性，我们假设这会导致两组在如何对她的种族进行分类方面存在差异。与我们的预测相反，保守派和自由派在精神上同样代表哈里斯。同样令人惊讶的是明确的种族分类数据。保守派将哈里斯标记为白人多于自由派，后者倾向于将哈里斯归类为多种族。这种模式可以用反黑人偏见来解释。研究 3 检查了可能解释这一发现的潜在政治动机。我们发现，与自由主义者相比，保守派更倾向于将民主党选票上的非白人候选人视为资产，这可能导致保守派否认非白人候选人的这些身份。研究 3 检查了可能解释这一发现的潜在政治动机。我们发现，与自由主义者相比，保守派更倾向于将民主党选票上的非白人候选人视为资产，这可能导致保守派否认非白人候选人的这些身份。研究 3 检查了可能解释这一发现的潜在政治动机。我们发现，与自由主义者相比，保守派更倾向于将民主党选票上的非白人候选人视为资产，这可能导致保守派否认非白人候选人的这些身份。