Antecedents and consequences of collective guilt

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Racial attitudes in response to thoughts of white privilege (2007, background): “Indeed, privileged groups are unlikely to experience threat when they consider their privilege, unless they see their relative advantage as potentially illegitimate (Branscombe et al., 2002).”
Dehumanization and guilt as distinct but related predictors of support for reparation policies (2008, background): “together with the assertion that these actions have brought about the disadvantaged group's position (Branscombe et al., 2002; Leach et al., 2002; Zimmermann, 2007).”
Collective Guilt as Distress over Illegitimate Intergroup Inequality (2006, background): “Therefore, collective guilt should primarily result when the ingroup’s relative advantage is perceived as illegitimate (Branscombe et al., 2002; Schmitt, Behner, Montada, Muller, & Muller-Fohrbrodt, 2000).”
Collective guilt: Emotional reactions when one's group has done wrong or been wronged (2006, background): “Given that self-focused distress is associated with collective guilt, collective guilt can be considered a threat to positive social identity because it can undermine perceptions that the ingroup is moral (Branscombe et al., 2002).”