“…Intergroup comparisons of victimization result in comparative victim beliefs (Vollhardt, Twali, et al, ), which is an overarching term for the different conclusions members of victim groups may draw when they compare their own and other groups’ experiences of collective victimization. Generally, people can either recognize that other groups have also been victimized (inclusive victim consciousness [Vollhardt, 2012, ]; also referred to as common victimhood or stigma‐based solidarity: Craig & Richeson, ; Shnabel, Halabi, & Noor, ); they can deny that other groups have suffered at all, or as much as their group (referred to as exclusive victim consciousness: Vollhardt, ; or competitive victimhood: Noor et al, ); or they may acknowledge that some groups experienced more severe violence or oppression than their own group, resulting in downward comparisons of suffering (Nair & Vollhardt, ; Vollhardt, Twali, et al, ).…”