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Do racial majority members prefer society to be ‘color-blind’ by rising above racial identities, or ‘multicultural’ by openly discussing and considering them? We tested an ideology-rationality model to understand support for these diversity perspectives. Results showed that higher levels of conservatism were related to a relative preference for color-blindness over multiculturalism. Crucially, this relationship was qualified by individuals’ level of rationality, either operationalized within a dual process theory (Study 1, N = 496) or experimentally induced within a tripartite model of cognition (Study 2, N = 497). Specifically, rationality increased ideological alignment; higher levels of rationality guided people high in conservatism towards a stronger preference for color-blindness, but those low in conservatism towards a stronger preference for multiculturalism. These results suggest that rational considerations about racial policies may further divide rather than unify people along ideological lines. |
