A prevailing theme in White nationalist rhetoric is nostalgia for a time when Whites dominated American culture and had unchallenged status. The present research examines a form of collective nostalgia called racial nostalgia and its association with negative intergroup attitudes and extreme ideologies (White nationalism). In Studies 1 and 2, racial nostalgia was associated with higher racial identity, anti-immigrant attitudes, and White nationalism. Study 2 revealed that racial nostalgia was related to extreme ideologies, in part, through perceptions that immigrants and racial minorities posed realistic/symbolic threats. Study 3 manipulated nostalgia using a writing prompt (“America’s racial past” vs. “games of America’s past”) and an identity prime (prime vs. no prime). Racial nostalgia was higher in the racial prompt versus the games prompt condition, regardless of identity prime. Furthermore, there were significant indirect effects of the nostalgia manipulation on support for anti-immigrant policies and endorsement of White nationalism through increased racial nostalgia and its association with perceived threats. These findings show that racial nostalgia can be a maladaptive form of collective nostalgia linked to a sense of loss and threat, and can make people sympathetic to extreme racial ideologies.

白人民族主义言论中的一个普遍主题是怀念白人主导美国文化并拥有无可争议的地位的时代。本研究探讨了一种称为种族怀旧的集体怀旧形式及其与负面的群体间态度和极端意识形态（白人民族主义）的关联。在研究 1 和 2 中，种族怀旧与更高的种族认同、反移民态度和白人民族主义有关。研究 2 表明，种族怀旧与极端意识形态有关，部分原因是认为移民和少数族裔构成了现实/象征性的威胁。研究 3 使用写作提示（“美国的种族过去”与“美国过去的游戏”）和身份素数（素数与非素数）来操纵怀旧情绪。种族提示与游戏提示条件相比，种族怀旧情绪更高，无论身份是否素数。此外，通过增加种族怀旧及其与感知威胁的关联，怀旧操纵对支持反移民政策和支持白人民族主义产生了显着的间接影响。这些发现表明，种族怀旧可能是一种与失落感和威胁感相关的集体怀旧的适应不良形式，并且可以使人们同情极端的种族意识形态。