Perceived feasibility explains which historical harms are actually repaired

Evidence

This may explain why Japanese-Americans interned by the United States government have received reparations, but restitution for even more severe harm (e.g., slavery experienced by African-Americans) has not been forthcoming. Factors that make reparations seem feasible (e.g., the victim group is limited) should encourage collective guilt. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 2129

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the collective-guilt antecedents catalogued earlier in this reading project and to general moral-reparations debates. — connects to: Equity theory organizes how perceived inequity becomes collective guilt and reparative action. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 427; Apologies feel more appropriate than money for repairing irreplaceable historical harms — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 1105; Constructive reparations for climate harm follow from acknowledging its layered distributive causes — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 315 (+2 more)
• SEED: Article angle: ‘guilt must be affordable’ as an economic lens on which historical atrocities ever get reparations, contrasting Japanese-American internment with slavery.

Broader Connections

• Ongoing historical harms trigger defensive denial where ended ones allow acknowledgment #corroborates (0.75) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1078
• Constructive reparations for climate harm follow from acknowledging its layered distributive causes #corroborates (0.72) — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 315
• Cultural destruction was performed to make later denial plausible #complicates (0.72) — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 384