As multiracial children of foreign-born parents, Kamala Harris and Barack Obama embody diversity in politics for many perceivers. Yet some have also questioned their loyalty to their respective groups. We explored perceptions of dual group members’ (DGM; dual nationals, multiracial people, and dual state residents) loyalty among first-party (those who share a group membership with a DGM target) and third-party perceivers (those who do not). Studies 1a–2b showed that first- and third-party perceivers rated DGMs as less loyal than their single group member (SGM) counterparts. However, only first- (Studies 2a–2b) but not third-party (Studies 1a–1b) perceivers preferred SGMs to DGMs for loyalty-dependent roles. Study 3 revealed that perceivers who were higher in patriotism supported DGMs for loyalty-dependent roles less when they were first- (vs. third) party observers. These studies suggest that perceivers readily intuit that DGMs are less loyal than SGMs and, under some conditions, this may lead to discrimination.

作为外国出生的父母的多种族孩子，卡马拉哈里斯和巴拉克奥巴马体现了许多感知者的政治多样性。然而，有些人也质疑他们对各自群体的忠诚度。我们探讨了第一方（与 DGM 目标共享团体成员的人）和第三方感知者（不与 DGM 目标相同的人）对双重群体成员（DGM；双重国籍、多种族和双重州居民）忠诚度的看法. 研究 1a-2b 表明，第一方和第三方感知者认为 DGM 的忠诚度低于他们的单一群体成员 (SGM) 同行。然而，只有第一（研究 2a-2b）而不是第三方（研究 1a-1b）感知者更喜欢 SGM 而非 DGM 来扮演忠诚依赖角色。研究 3 表明，爱国主义较高的感知者在 DGM 担任忠诚依赖角色时较少支持他们（与 第三方）观察员。这些研究表明，感知者很容易直觉 DGM 不如 SGM 忠诚，在某些情况下，这可能会导致歧视。