Introduction: Post-Conflict Hauntings

Wale, Kim; Gobodo-Madikizela, Pumla; Prager, Jeffrey

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“…After almost three decades of liberation, however, racial polarization shows no signs of abating, the White minority continues to hold significant economic power and privilege, and wealth and income inequalities continue to be rampant within Black communities (Chatterjee, 2019; Fourie & Verwoerd, 2022; Hino et al, 2018; Sulla & Zikhali, 2018). This lack of structural change is particularly stark for the millions of people who continue to live in ever-expanding and dehumanizing township settlements (Wale et al, 2020).…”

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Hierarchies of being human: Intergroup dehumanization and its implication in present-day South Africa.

Fourie¹,

Deist²,

Moore‐Berg³

2022

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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The 20th century saw the dismantling of several oppressive regimes and an international turn toward greater social justice. Yet structural inequality and intergroup animosity persist in many postcolonial and postslavery contexts, not least because the dehumanization inherent to those regimes remain entrenched socially. Here we examined whether the racialized hierarchy established under the inhumane South African apartheid system is still manifest in patterns of dehumanization today, and how this impacts intergroup relations and behaviors related to structural reform. Specifically, we investigated blatant dehumanization as the explicit attribution of reduced human uniqueness, factors contributing to its tenacity, and its intergroup outcomes in a national sample of the three largest racialized groups: Black African, Coloured, and White. We found that, despite significant changes in power dynamics postapartheid, dehumanization ratings mirrored the apartheid-inspired hierarchy, with White people rated “more human” than Coloured people, and Coloured people rated “more human” than Black African people across participants. Levels of dehumanization were ameliorated by positive intergroup contact and reinforced by feeling dehumanized (meta-dehumanization) and hierarchy-legitimizing beliefs in White and Coloured participants. Finally, White participants’ dehumanization of Black African people predicted, beyond prejudice, several outcomes (social distance, collective action, and petition support) that would sustain the unequal status quo. Our results suggest that intergroup dynamics are influenced by the positions people occupied on the apartheid racial hierarchy, and that curbing dehumanization should be prioritized to advance structural reform in South Africa.

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confidence: 99%

Hierarchies of being human: Intergroup dehumanization and its implication in present-day South Africa.

Fourie¹,

Deist²,

Moore‐Berg³

2022

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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“…Mamdani uses the book title When Victims Become Killers to describe the Rwandan genocide, which expresses the idea that in some political conflicts around the world, the members of a former victim group can turn into perpetrators in later conflicts [1]. In parallel with significant political and social efforts, the peace-building project after violent conflicts also requires a response to individual and collective memory of historical hauntings [2]." Thus, this article aims to explore ways to help societies reconcile with their haunted past and thereby create more possibilities for peace in the future.…”

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Making Peace with the Haunted Past: On the Role of Public Narratives in Treating Historical Trauma

2023

LNEP

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This article is dedicated to investigating the role of public narratives in ameliorating historical trauma. My purpose is to summarize the parts of the literature on this topic that I find the most insightful and then critically engage with and try to elevate some of their discussions. The method of this study is a review of the most pertinent literature. The finding is that the public narratives which frame peoples experience of traumatic events are crucial in healing historical trauma and maintaining peace in the future. Overall, it is recommended that both the victims and the perpetrators can improve the situation by adjusting the public narratives that frame the experience of historical trauma in their culture. The victim group can reorient its focus to universal humanism instead of sticking to antagonistic narratives against the perpetrators. The perpetrator group needs to demonstrate in their public narratives their willingness to acknowledge the past wrongdoings, which is the prerequisite for the victim group to form non-antagonistic narratives.

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Remembering the Violence of (De)colonization in Southern Africa: From Witnessing to Activist Genealogies in Literature and Film

Robbe¹

2022

Regions of Memory

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Introduction: Post-Conflict Hauntings

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Hierarchies of being human: Intergroup dehumanization and its implication in present-day South Africa.

Hierarchies of being human: Intergroup dehumanization and its implication in present-day South Africa.

Making Peace with the Haunted Past: On the Role of Public Narratives in Treating Historical Trauma

Remembering the Violence of (De)colonization in Southern Africa: From Witnessing to Activist Genealogies in Literature and Film

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