Racial minorities vary in their sociopolitical views, as figures such as Barack Obama and Ted Cruz often demonstrate. Here, I examine the implications for interracial behaviour, proposing that Black and Latinx conservatives—specifically, those who are more supportive of hierarchy—upshift competence relative to liberals in mostly white settings, distancing themselves from stereotypes. Analysing 250,000 Congressional remarks and 1 million tweets revealed that Black and Latinx conservatives (determined by voting behaviour) referenced high power and ability more than liberals. No such pattern emerged for white politicians. A meta-analysis of four experiments further revealed that Black conservatives (determined by social dominance orientation) referenced high status more than liberals when responding to a white (but not Black) partner. This was robust to controls and unique to hierarchy-based conservatism. Finally, analysing 18,000 editorials suggested the following implications: the more minority conservatives referenced power in Congress, the more journalists referenced power in editorials about them. The findings highlight the diverse ideology of racial minorities, as well as the behavioural implications.

正如巴拉克奥巴马和特德克鲁兹等人物经常展示的那样，少数民族的社会政治观点各不相同。在这里，我研究了对跨种族行为的影响，提出黑人和拉丁裔保守派——特别是那些更支持等级制度的人——在大多数白人环境中相对于自由派提升能力，使自己远离刻板印象。分析 250,000 条国会言论和 100 万条推文后发现，黑人和拉丁裔保守派（由投票行为决定）比自由派更多地提到高权力和能力。白人政客没有出现这样的模式。对四个实验的元分析进一步表明，黑人保守派（由社会支配取向决定）在回应白人（但不是黑人）伴侣时比自由派更多地提到高地位。这对控制来说是稳健的，并且是基于等级制度的保守主义所独有的。最后，对 18,000 篇社论的分析表明了以下含义：少数派保守派越多地提到国会中的权力，就越多的记者在关于他们的社论中提到权力。调查结果突出了少数民族的不同意识形态，以及行为影响。