TY - JOUR
T1 - Yesterday redeemed and tomorrow made more beautiful
T2 - Historical injustice and possible collective selves
AU - Greenwood, Ronni Michelle
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 International Society of Political Psychology.
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - 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,and Herrera, 2008) and possible selves (Cinnirella, 1998; Markus and 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.
AB - 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,and Herrera, 2008) and possible selves (Cinnirella, 1998; Markus and 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.
KW - Collective continuity
KW - Collective selves
KW - Historical injustice
KW - Reparations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84925273262&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/pops.12184
DO - 10.1111/pops.12184
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84925273262
SN - 0162-895X
VL - 36
SP - 19
EP - 34
JO - Political Psychology
JF - Political Psychology
IS - 1
ER -