Cooperation the powerful see as benevolent is read as degrading dependency by the weak.
Evidence
Our Palestinian interviewees repeatedly expressed their reluctance to rely on Israeli help, while ironically, at the same time, Israeli interviewees viewed themselves as benevolent cooperators sharing their knowledge and resources with Palestinians. Therefore, it seems that if equality is not systematically designed and implemented, what the powerful party views as cooperation will be viewed by the weaker party as degrading dependency (see Nadler, 2002b for a discussion of power relations in intergroup helping). — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1533
Categorization
- XREF: Mirrors themes of help and dependency in cross-status relations and resonates with criticisms of aid paternalism. — connects to: Benevolent, sugar-coated treatment of subordinates enlists them in their own oppression — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 768; Ethical systems that despise happiness often unconsciously provide outlets for cruelty and power. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2347; Cooperation is symmetric while dependence is asymmetric. (+1 more)
- SEED: Angle for an essay on how the ‘helper’s’ self-image of benevolent cooperation is systematically inverted by the recipient into dependency and humiliation.
Broader Connections
- Benevolent, sugar-coated treatment of subordinates enlists them in their own oppression
#expands(0.95) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 768 - Benevolent beliefs can recruit subordinates into supporting their own oppression.
#exemplifies(0.90) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 773 - Cooperation is symmetric while dependence is asymmetric.
#qualifies(0.78) - Ethical systems that despise happiness often unconsciously provide outlets for cruelty and power.
#corroborates(0.75) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2347