Distortions of Collective Memory: How Groups Flatter and Deceive Themselves

Roy Frederick Baumeister · Stephen Hastings

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Ifself-deceptionisindeedinvolvedinsuchselectiveidentification,then itispresumablyaproductofaculturethatwishestorewardandcompensatevictims.Aculturethatdidnotholdsimilarviewsmightexhibitthe reversepattern,inwhichdescendantsofmaster-slavematingswouldemphasizethelinktotheslaveowneranddownplayorconcealthedescent fromtheslave.Thus,inmanyslaveowningcultures,evenfreeborndescendantsofslavessufferedfromsomestigma(Patterson,1982).

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