Around the world, protests tied to the Black Lives Matter movement are highlighting myriad forms of unjust treatment that racial and ethnic minorities face, and prompting countries to reckon with these injustices. When considering racial/ethnic minorities' motivation to engage in these collective actions (alongside allies), it is certainly spurred in part by witnessing and experiencing such unjust treatment. Yet because this intergroup mistreatment commands strong attention (rightly so), less attention has been given to another potential force behind minorities' collective action motivations – the (positive) treatment coming from members of their own racial/ethnic group. Bridging theory on intragroup relations and collective action, in four studies we demonstrate that when racial/ethnic minorities are shown appreciation for the ideas and insights they bring to their group – for instance, when fellow members seek them out for their ideas during conversation; expressions of distinctive treatment – it positively affects their sense of value to the group as a whole, and, in turn, their motivation to engage in collective action. Moreover, we demonstrate how these processes feed into other established explanations for collective action, outlined in the social identity model of collective action (SIMCA; e.g., perceived injustice). We also show that even a single expression of distinctive treatment from a few unknown ingroup members can have positive effects, especially when those members have high standing within the group. Overall, this illustrates the power of the ingroup – how taking opportunities to seek out a fellow member's ideas and perspectives can be a potent force for promoting collective action.

在世界各地，与“黑人的命也是命”运动相关的抗议活动凸显了少数族裔面临的无数形式的不公正待遇，并促使各国正视这些不公正现象。在考虑种族/少数民族参与这些集体行动（与盟友一起）的动机时，肯定部分是由于目睹和经历了这种不公正的待遇。然而，由于这种群体间的虐待引起了强烈的关注（这是正确的），很少有人关注少数群体集体行动动机背后的另一种潜在力量——来自他们自己种族/族裔群体成员的（积极）待遇. 关于群体内关系和集体行动的桥接理论，在四项研究中，我们证明了当少数族裔对他们为他们的群体带来的想法和见解表示赞赏时——例如，当其他成员在谈话中寻求他们的想法时；特殊待遇的表达– 它积极影响他们对整个群体的价值感，进而影响他们参与集体行动的动力。此外，我们展示了这些过程如何融入集体行动的其他既定解释中，这些解释在集体行动的社会认同模型（SIMCA；例如，感知的不公正）中进行了概述。我们还表明，即使是来自少数不知名的内部成员的独特待遇的单一表达也会产生积极影响，尤其是当这些成员在团队中具有很高的地位时。总体而言，这说明了内群体的力量——如何抓住机会寻求其他成员的想法和观点可以成为促进集体行动的强大力量。