Fostering Solidarity Among Ethnic Minority Groups: Addressing the Role of Inter-Minority Contact in Cross-Cultural Contexts.

ABSTRACT: The present research investigates when and how contact among ethnic minority groups members is linked with solidarity, as a joint effort aimed at mitigating social inequalities. Two cross-sectional studies in Belgium (Study 1a) and Turkey (Study 1b) with North African immigrants and Iraqi immigrants respectively, were conducted. Convergent results supported the assumptions that having positive inter-minority contact is linked with solidarity with other ethnic minorities and the association is mediated by affective injustice. In addition, across both studies, having positive inter-minority contact attenuated the link between positive contact with the majority group and lower inter-minority solidarity and it enhanced the link between negative contact with the majority group and higher inter-

SUBMITTER: Policardo GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12539338 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature