Social harmony and redressing historical injustice can coexist through equal-power intergroup contact.

Evidence

However, countering this critique, research has shown that the experience of empowering and accepting intergroup contact between members of minority and majority groups—which, in many contexts, involved historical transgressions—was associated with a greater commitment to intergroup equality (Hässler et al. 2022). This finding suggests that promoting social harmony and addressing the legacy of historical injustices do not have to be mutually exclusive. — Nurit Shnabel and Johannes Ullrich, Identity Needs in Intergroup Relations, 111

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Symmetric violence war zones retain intergroup friendship and helping acts. — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 153; Equal status and cooperation are critical conditions for contact to reduce prejudice — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2002; Structured equal-status intergroup contact reduces prejudice when institutionally supported — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 129 (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• Structured equal-status intergroup contact reduces prejudice when institutionally supported #expands (0.90) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 129
• Equal-status group contact reduces prejudice when institutions sanction it. #expands (0.90)
• Equal status and cooperation are critical conditions for contact to reduce prejudice #expands (0.88) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2002
• Optimal intergroup contact requires equal status, shared goals, and community sanction #expands (0.88) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 540
• Close intergroup contact can sustain inequality through paternalistic affection rather than reduce it #complicates (0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 671
• Formal citizenship equality coexists with inequality that provokes social conflict #complicates (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 824
• Intergroup contact reduces prejudice best when group categories stay salient. #qualifies (0.78) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 556
• Societies that prize equal opportunity and mobility breed intergroup competition and animosity #complicates (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1479
• Societies promoting equal opportunity paradoxically generate more intergroup competition and animosity. #complicates (0.75)
• Racism operates at a structural level irreducible to interpersonal group rivalry #complicates (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1388
• Unstable power structures intensify intergroup conflict more than settled ones do. #complicates (0.74)
• Modern equality makes ineradicable natural differences the basis of cruel group conflict #complicates (0.73)
• Intergroup relations are hypothesized to progress from contact through competition to assimilation #complicates (0.72)
• Intragroup solidarity and intergroup hostility mutually reinforce each other #complicates (0.72) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 136