Felix Danbold, Ivuoma N. Onyeador, and Miguel M. Unzueta — Dominant groups support digressive victimhood claims to counter accusations of discrimination
22 published claims from this book.
- Digressive victimhood claims confound topic-shifting with universal-rights framing and higher construal level
- Digressive victimhood deflects discrimination accusations onto an unrelated topic
- Digressive victimhood shifts debate to a different dimension of suffering rather than denying bias
- Dominant groups adopt victimhood claims even when they reject the principle the claim invokes.
- Dominant groups counter bias accusations by claiming a distinct liberty is threatened
- Dominant groups prefer abstract rights claims as a strategic silencing tactic
- Dominant groups prefer shifting victimhood to a new harm dimension over claiming reverse discrimination.
- Dominant-group members endorse digressive victimhood claims more than competitive ones
- Endorsement and perceived effectiveness of victimhood claims are mutually reinforcing
- High outgroup prejudice outweighs weak belief in the invoked principle
- Highly prejudiced individuals endorse free speech arguments they do not personally value
- Insincerity marks some dominant-group victimhood claims meant to forestall criticism.
- Majority Christians endorse religious-freedom victimhood claims more than claims that Christians themselves are victims.
- Modern prejudice scales frame marginalized groups as seeking unfair advantages
- Non-dominant and dominant groups may prefer the same framing for different reasons
- Outgroup prejudice predicts support for both competitive and digressive victimhood
- People endorse digressive victimhood claims without believing the principle they invoke
- Preference for digressive over competitive victimhood persists beyond general conservative ideology.
- Prejudice alone can drive endorsement of freedom-based justifications for rejecting bias accusations
- Support for digressive victimhood claims tracks outgroup prejudice.
- Victim-memory arguments against mosque construction deny rights while claiming sensitivity
- White Americans deflect minority discrimination claims by recasting free speech as the harmed party.