Financial restitution demands backfire while apology demands succeed in eliciting reparations
Evidence
Victims may also explicitly demand financial restitution from the perpetrators as the Dutch gypsies did after the government promised compensation for the Dutch Jews. Such a public and explicitly financial demand may be perceived negatively by the perpetrator group and may result in less willingness to make reparation. Indeed, a demand for apologies may be perceived as less self-interested by the perpetrator group, and as such may be more effective in eliciting both apologies and financial compensation, although offering apologies may be more painful for people who are highly identified with their perpetrator group. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 734
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Apology-focused racial reckoning can sidestep demands for reparative action — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 166; California’s reparations effort faced a substantial backlash; Framed messaging can shift initial opposition to reparations (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Even sincere institutional apologies rarely lead to restitution or lasting change
#contradicts(0.85) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 163 - Apologies feel more appropriate than money for repairing irreplaceable historical harms
#expands(0.85) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1105 - Apology-focused racial reckoning can sidestep demands for reparative action
#corroborates(0.80) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 166 - Framed messaging can shift initial opposition to reparations
#expands(0.78) - California’s reparations effort faced a substantial backlash
#exemplifies(0.75) - Assuming reparations means direct cash payments drives much opposition
#qualifies(0.75) — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 501 - Sympathy and moral outrage mobilize reparative action better than guilt does
#corroborates(0.75) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1752 - Reframing reparations beyond cash overcame fears of political division
#qualifies(0.72) — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 501