Greater prejudice predicts lower collective guilt via justifiability construals

Evidence

Indeed, Swim and Miller (1999) found that the higher one’s level of prejudice, the lower reports of collective guilt. It may be that highly prejudiced individuals have a different interpretation of the fairness of group differences; therefore, they do not report feeling a sense of collective guilt. Future research should investigate whether the role of prejudice in predicting collective guilt is a function of perceiving the inequity as being justifiable. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 453

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Group-protective self-interest biases fairness judgments and suppresses collective guilt among the highly identified — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 451; Prejudice level determines who experiences guilt versus mere discomfort from should-would discrepancies — Janet K. Swim and Deborah L. Miller, White Guilt: Its Antecedents and…, 34; Perceived justification of ingroup harm blocks collective guilt regardless of harm severity — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 156 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Perceiving a group’s wrongdoing as situationally justifiable blocks collective guilt #corroborates (0.92) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 297
• Perceived justification of ingroup harm blocks collective guilt regardless of harm severity #corroborates (0.90) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 156
• Prejudice level determines who experiences guilt versus mere discomfort from should-would discrepancies #expands (0.75) — Janet K. Swim and Deborah L. Miller, White Guilt, 34
• The same prejudice lapse triggers guilt or threat depending on motivation source #expands (0.72) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2123
• Perceived justifiability of prejudice tracks cultural norms, not objective warrant #expands (0.72)