Beyond Allyship: Motivations for Advantaged Group Members to Engage in Action for Disadvantaged Groups

• Published in: Personality and social psychology review Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 291 - 315
• Main Authors: Radke, Helena R. M., Kutlaca, Maja, Siem, Birte, Wright, Stephen C., Becker, Julia C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.11.2020; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Attitude; Black Lives Matter movement; Culture; Disadvantaged; Emotions; Empathy; Guilt; Humans; Minority groups; Morality; Motivation; Political Activism; Poverty; Psychological theories; Social Behavior; Social Change; Social Identification; Vulnerable Populations; motivations; protest; allies; social change; collective action

White Americans who participate in the Black Lives Matter movement, men who attended the Women’s March, and people from the Global North who work to reduce poverty in the Global South—advantaged group members (sometimes referred to as allies) often engage in action for disadvantaged groups. Tensions...