"Yesterday Redeemed and Tomorrow Made More Beautiful": Historical Injustice and Possible Collective Selves
In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 36, Heft 1, S. 19-34
ISSN: 0162-895X
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In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 36, Heft 1, S. 19-34
ISSN: 0162-895X
In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 36, Heft 1, S. 19-34
ISSN: 1467-9221
This research examines the ways in which talk about reparations for historical injustice demonstrates individuals' ambitions for future collective identities. Interviews with White Tulsans (n = 25) illustrate how discursive temporal constructions justify support for or opposition to reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. It is argued that White Tulsans strategically employed these constructions to either transform or maintain collective identities. These findings bring a discursive approach to theories of collective continuity (Sani, Bowe, & Herrera, 2008) and possible selves (Cinnirella, 1998; Markus & Nurius, 1986; McAdams, 2006; Vignoles, 2008). From this perspective, reckoning with the past is as much about who we can be tomorrow as it is guilt for who we were yesterday. Adapted from the source document.
In: Social categories in everyday experience., S. 103-129
In: Feminism & psychology: an international journal, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 321-325
ISSN: 1461-7161
In: Small group research: an international journal of theory, investigation, and application, Band 45, Heft 1, S. 89-113
ISSN: 1552-8278
Seeking help from an outgroup can be difficult, especially when the outgroup is known to stereotype the ingroup negatively and the potential recipient cares strongly about its social image. However, we ask whether even highly identified ingroup members may seek help from a judgmental outgroup if doing so allows them to disconfirm the outgroup's negative stereotype of the ingroup. We presented participants with one of two negative outgroup stereotypes of their ingroup. One could be disconfirmed through seeking help, the other could not. Study 1 ( n = 43) showed group members were aware of the strategic implications of seeking help for disconfirming these stereotypes. Study 2 ( n = 43) showed high identifiers acted on such strategic knowledge by seeking more help from the outgroup when help-seeking could disconfirm a negative stereotype of their group (than when it could not). Implications for the seeking and acceptance of help are discussed.
In: Feminism & psychology: an international journal, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 358-367
ISSN: 1461-7161
In: Human services organizations management, leadership & governance, Band 46, Heft 4, S. 324-345
ISSN: 2330-314X