Fusing a movement with a preexisting ascriptive group makes involvement feel permanent

Evidence

Instead, being a member of the Nazi social movement was framed as part of being a member of the “Aryan race,” a preexisting ascriptive group; in this way, being Nazi and being German were linked, making social movement involvement more permanent. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 1061

Categorization

• XREF: This is the bridge the reader wants: identity-constitutive in-group membership is the precondition for later scapegoating-driven mobilization. — connects to: Flimsy group affiliation conjures presumptive filiation and presumed familiarity — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 70
• QUESTION: Does framing the movement as an ascriptive race also harden the boundary that makes out-group targeting inevitable rather than contingent?

Broader Connections

• Flimsy group affiliation conjures presumptive filiation and presumed familiarity #expands (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 70