Hindu victimhood arises from ingroup identity, not from relative disadvantage.
Evidence
In the case of the Hindus, it was found that ingroup identity and negative emotions associated with collective victimhood and FRD predicted collective victimhood significantly but not the factors associated with their advantageous position in the social structure such as relative power and FRD. Thus, in the case of Hindus, greater awareness of identity appeared behind their feelings of victimhood. — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised, 53
Categorization
- XREF: This is precisely the weak-identity/accountability-evasion mechanism the reader seeks to test cross-nationally — identity, not actual powerlessness, predicts claimed victimhood. — connects to: An advantaged Hindu majority reports stronger collective victimhood than the Muslim minority — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised:…, 2; Hindu victimhood claims run on historical memories, not discrete events. — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised:…, 11; Hindu victimhood narratives rest on medieval Muslim invasions — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised:…, 12 (+4 more)
- DEEPTHINKING: The claim that privileged-group victimhood is predicted by identity salience rather than structural disadvantage is a core, transferable finding.
Broader Connections
- Collective victimhood drives Hindu revenge more than raw negative emotions do
#expands(0.85) — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised, 114 - Intergroup discrimination arises from ingroup favoritism, not outgroup hostility.
#corroborates(0.80) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 182 - Racial ideology arises from inequality interacting with positive ingroup identity, not outgroup hostility.
#corroborates(0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3385 - Ingroup prejudice targets the different and stems from ancestral fear, not threat of harm.
#corroborates(0.75) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 502