Minority groups each claim unique oppression, blocking cross-group alliances

Evidence

Scholars have explained the dearth of alliances among racial minorities through processes of social identification. Sociologists, such as Blumer (1958), have focused on beliefs about the rights and resources that group members are entitled to based on their group’s perceived social standing and past injustices (see also Bobo & Hutchings, 1996); members of a minority group may believe that they have been uniquely oppressed and demand commensurate redress for their particular group. Psychologists, most notably social identity theorists, have emphasized the processes through which identification with social categories induces intergroup behavior, with mere membership in a group driving in-group favoritism (e.g., Tajfel, Billing, Bundy, & Flament, 1971). Still others have linked interracial competition to group size, suggesting that members of numerical minorities display both higher in-group identification and more intergroup discrimination (e.g., Leonardelli & Brewer, 2001). — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 7

Categorization

• DEFINE: Provides the two frameworks — unique-oppression beliefs and social identity theory — that set up the study’s negational-identity hypothesis, essential grounding for the We-They Engine thread.
• XREF: The sociological ‘unique oppression demands unique redress’ framing resonates with the sacrifice-as-stabilizer article’s treatment of group-derived grievances and entitlement. — connects to: Alliances flourish where every group is a minority; Minorities may bond with dominant groups through shared hatred of a common outgroup. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 969; Negational identity can build coalitions across minority groups by de-emphasizing in-group. — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 47 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Negational identity can build coalitions across minority groups by de-emphasizing in-group. #contradicts (0.82) — Chen-Bo Zhong, Adam D. Galinsky, and Miguel M. Unzueta, Negational racial identity and…, 47
• Gaining assertive identity can make minority groups disparage other minorities #corroborates (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2751
• Systems of oppression constitute each other rather than merely crossing paths #qualifies (0.80) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 149
• Racisms against different groups bleed into and combine with one another #complicates (0.78)
• Victimized groups also hold prejudice against weaker and other outgroups #corroborates (0.78)
• Alliances flourish where every group is a minority #complicates (0.75)
• Minorities may bond with dominant groups through shared hatred of a common outgroup. #complicates (0.72) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 969