Our research centers the underexamined perspective of Black Americans regarding allyship behaviors and investigates their perceptions and experience of a White ally who confronts a White perpetrator of prejudice. In two experimental studies (N = 1176), we found that Black participants reported higher levels of self-esteem after a White ally confronted a White perpetrator of racial prejudice compared to no confrontation. Additionally, we found that White ally confrontations that signaled intrinsic motivations (i.e., driven by personal values) were perceived as less suspicious in motive than those that signaled extrinsic motivations (i.e., driven by image concerns), which related to more target self-esteem. We discuss implications for research on allyship and confrontation as well as practical considerations. Our results strongly suggest that advantaged group members cannot allow overt prejudice to stand unchecked and should consider the motivations they convey in their actions.

我们的研究集中于美国黑人对盟友行为的未充分审视的观点，并调查了他们对面对白人偏见肇事者的白人盟友的看法和经历。在两项实验研究中（N = 1176），我们发现与没有对抗相比，在白人盟友面对白人种族偏见肇事者后，黑人参与者报告的自尊水平更高。此外，我们发现表明内在动机（即受个人价值观驱动）的白人盟友对抗被认为在动机上比那些表明外在动机（即受形象问题驱动）的人更少怀疑，这与更多的目标自尊有关. 我们讨论了对盟友和对抗研究的影响以及实际考虑。我们的研究结果强烈表明，具有优势的群体成员不能让公开的偏见不受约束，应该考虑他们在行动中传达的动机。