Reconciliation interventions must diagnose the source of resentment before targeting anyone.

Evidence

However, we argue that one should always first consider the sociopolitical context and the source of ongoing resentment before deciding who needs to be targeted in interventions and how. — Johanna Ray Vollhardt and Michelle Sinayobye Twali, Emotion-Based Reconciliation Requires…, 33

Categorization

• QUESTION: This diagnostic-first principle has a methodological corollary worth probing: how does one empirically distinguish structurally-grounded resentment (legitimately reappraised?) from residual bias before deciding what interventions apply?
• XREF: connects to: Emotion reduction that enables reconciliation must follow actual structural change, not precede it. — Johanna Ray Vollhardt and Michelle Sinayobye Twali, Emotion-Based Reconciliation Requires…, 32

Broader Connections

• Emotion reduction that enables reconciliation must follow actual structural change, not precede it. #qualifies (0.72) — Johanna Ray Vollhardt and Michelle Sinayobye Twali, Emotion-Based Reconciliation Requires…, 32