The authors report a study in which 86 Haifa University students (38 Arabs and 48 Jews) were interviewed on their experiences of injustice. Three major differences between the groups emerged. For the Arabs, 92% of their experiences of injustice took place on campus, compared to 40% for the Jews. More than one-half of the Arabs (60%) attributed injustice to discrimination; a similar proportion of the Jews (58%) attributed the experiences to the actors’ personal characteristics. The authors state that the Arabs interpreted the injustice events within the context of a political struggle for national recognition, identity, and narratives. The authors imply that Arabs’ “social identity” is being constituted through the staging of negative expressive acts, and the contracting poles of respect/contempt and power/weakness.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/josi/2003/00000059/00000001/art00004
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