Whites display an asymmetry when detecting discrimination—disparate treatment from high-status groups directed toward low-status groups constitutes discrimination but not the opposite. Whites also believe they experience just as much racial discrimination as Blacks. This latter pattern could be especially true for Whites with higher social dominance orientation (SDO)—preference for intergroup dominance and inequality. Three studies (including one pilot study) investigated whether Whites with higher (vs. lower) SDO perceived examples of institutional and individual instances of racial discrimination as evidence of racism when happening to White (vs. Black) victims. Results revealed partial support for our prediction that the asymmetry in discrimination detection for Whites with higher (vs. lower) SDO would be opposite to the previously identified asymmetry, especially for examples of institutional (vs. individual) discrimination. Implications are discussed in the context of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and 2021 Capitol siege.

白人在检测到歧视时表现出不对称性——高地位群体针对低地位群体的不同待遇构成歧视，但并非相反。白人也相信他们和黑人一样遭受种族歧视。对于具有较高社会支配地位（SDO）的白人来说，后一种模式尤其如此——偏好群体间支配地位和不平等。三项研究（包括一项试点研究）调查了具有较高（与较低）SDO 的白人是否将种族歧视的机构和个人实例视为发生在白人（与黑人）受害者身上的种族主义证据。结果显示部分支持我们的预测，即白人的歧视检测不对称性较高（vs. 更低）SDO 将与先前确定的不对称相反，特别是对于机构（与个人）歧视的例子。在 2020 年“黑人的命也是命”抗议活动和 2021 年国会大厦围攻的背景下讨论了其影响。