Undercuts attributing one's success to effort and deservingness. Causes collective guilt. Does lead to greater willingness to make reparations. Low identifiers more likely to accept collective guilt - especially when situations is ambiguous. Justification as a way of avoiding collective guilt Branscombe et al.-White participants asked to think about either privileges or disadvantages they get because of their race.
High identifiers increase racism as a way of avoiding guilt.
Claiming disadvantages might be a way of counteracting the effects of perceptions of privilege. Privileged groups might not want to recognize privilege because they don't want to give it up. Like things the way they are.