Majority groups often narrate their history as victimised despite holding power

Evidence

It is not unusual to find that the majority group members perceive their group members as victims in intergroup conflicts. This, one learns from the manner in which stories of the two world wars are narrated in the USA and Japan. The attack on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese is still recounted by the Americans as a horrific attack on the USA discounting the destruction that they heaped on Japan through two nuclear attacks. In a similar vein, the group of Hindus in India perceive Muslims as their victimisers, although, they always have been the majority group in the country. — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised, 12

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallels the US whiteness/weak-identity victimhood pattern the reader set out to test cross-nationally, aligning with the reader’s own reading purpose. — connects to: Insincerity marks some dominant-group victimhood claims meant to forestall criticism. — Felix Danbold, Ivuoma N. Onyeador, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Dominant groups support digressive…, 18; Dominant majority and the group it harmed show asymmetric victimhood dynamics. — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised:…, 127; A majority, advantaged group reports feeling more victimised than the minority it once victimised. — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised:…, 52 (+4 more)
• QUESTION: The Pearl Harbour vs. nuclear attacks asymmetry is a striking US example—worth chasing the comparative victimhood-narrative literature on historical memory.

Broader Connections

• A majority, advantaged group reports feeling more victimised than the minority it once victimised. #corroborates (1.00) — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised, 52
• Dominant majority and the group it harmed show asymmetric victimhood dynamics. #corroborates (0.95) — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised, 127
• Objectively powerful groups claim victim status by merging current and past enemies #expands (0.95) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 2146
• Chroniclers of in-group atrocities shift attention to their own group’s suffering #expands (0.90)
• Dominant-group members endorse digressive victimhood claims more than competitive ones #expands (0.85) — Felix Danbold, Ivuoma N. Onyeador, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Dominant groups support digressive…, 90