Although White Americans increasingly express egalitarian views, how they express
egalitarianism may reveal inegalitarian tendencies and sow mistrust with Black Americans.
In the present experiments, Black perceivers inferred likability (Experiments 1-2), allyship
(Experiment 1a), and trustworthiness (Experiments 1b-2), and accurately inferred underlying
racial attitudes and motivations from White writers' declarations that they are nonprejudiced
and egalitarian (Experiments 1 and 2). White writers believed that their egalitarianism …