Group members reshaped an incident’s meaning only to police outsiders’ impressions

Evidence

I was shaken by the interchange, and eagerly awaited a discussion, but the only comment at the time was from Ron, a big, hefty businessman. He turned eagerly in his seat the instant the meeting adjourned, to correct an impression he thought a newcomer like myself could have got: Were you surprised at how much money we made at our raffle? — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 232

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Threatened group members either reinterpret history or revise their group’s image — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 1054

Broader Connections

• Threatened group members either reinterpret history or revise their group’s image #corroborates (0.75) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1054