Macro-historical narratives can produce collective victimhood absent any present-day relative deprivation.

Evidence

This may explain why ingroup identity was found to be the most efficacious predictor of collective victimhood in the case of Hindus followed by negative emotions that ensued from it and also from FRD. This finding was a little surprising as Hindus were not found relatively deprived in comparison to Muslims in the present study. A possible explanation for this is that negative affect has been found to generalise to other similar situations (Johnson & Tversky, 1983). This is more likely in the case of first-order emotions such as anger, sadness and fear. — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised, 127

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the weak-identity/accountability-evasion pattern beyond US racial resentment — India’s dominant Hindu majority claiming victimhood via 17th-century Moghul harms without current deprivation. — connects to: 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; Majority groups often narrate their history as victimised despite holding power — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised:…, 12; Beliefs about collective victimization depend on exposure to narratives. — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 17 (+1 more)
• SEED: Angles toward an essay on how inherited grievance outlives its material basis when emotions generalize across similar situations.

Broader Connections

• Majority groups often narrate their history as victimised despite holding power #corroborates (0.95) — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised, 12
• Beliefs about collective victimization depend on exposure to narratives. #expands (0.90) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 17
• Hereditary victimhood operates through imagined memory, not genetic or family ties. #expands (0.85) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 675