Perceived Racial Identity Shapes Blacks’ Empathy Towards Ingroup Members with Prejudicial Beliefs about the Group

We examined whether perceived racial identity predicted Blacks’ empathy towards racial ingroup members who have prejudiced beliefs about their ingroup. Participants viewed Black targets with prejudiced (vs non-prejudiced) beliefs as weakly identified and, in turn, reported less empathy after the target was discriminated against. Participants’ racial centrality moderated the mediation.