Inequality is felt as injustice only when groups share a superordinate identity

Evidence

Consider intergroup strife in Northern Ireland and Quebec. These societal contexts severely limit all forms of intergroup contact. Moreover, they render the contact that does occur less than optimal. Implicit in Allport’s equal-status condition is equivalent group power in the situation. This is difficult to achieve when a struggle over power fuels the larger intergroup conflict. — Thomas F. Pettigrew, Intergroup Contact Theory, 95 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Economic inequality is the universal form that local oppressions take. — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 337; Whites accept individual inequality but reject group-based inequality — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2182; Shared superordinate identity is neither necessary nor sufficient for intergroup tolerance — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 800 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Group power inequalities make equal-status contact structurally unattainable #complicates (0.72) — Thomas F. Pettigrew, Intergroup Contact Theory, 95