Dehumanizing portrayals can lead victims to be seen as less capable of suffering and less deserving of humane treatment.

Evidence

5 Reasons Why People Blame Victims (Psychology Today)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Accusations of extreme wrongdoing can dehumanize scapegoats. — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 82; Participants who witnessed an exclusion game judged the victim as less human on both Human Nature and Human Uniqueness domains. — Observing Social Exclusion Leads to Dehumanizing the Victim; Dehumanizers make targets appear deserving of abuse and never entitled to humane social treatment. — Dehumanization of Whistleblowers and Scapegoats common Narcissistic Abuse tactics (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Rare positive portrayals of Muslims cannot offset the dominant dehumanizing narrative #expands (0.70)