What survives shapes what can be known.
The paper examines how omissions and uneven records can influence collective memory and the interpretation of historical injustice.
SSRN · Adjacent writing
The Whiteboard After the Film: Racialized Record Gaps, Collective Memory, and the Social Psychology of Historical Injustice
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Publication record
Records shape what can be remembered.
Author Bryan Rousey · Chief Marketing Officer, The Hidden Canopy
Date written September 16, 2026
Posted September 18, 2026
Overview
Record gaps are part of the social problem.
The paper connects historical record-making, collective memory, credibility, and institutional legitimacy.
Evidence practices carry consequences.
It treats archives, testimony, and record-making as institutional practices whose credibility affects whether repair and accountability can be discussed responsibly.
A framework, not a measurement claim.
This overview preserves the paper's conceptual scope and does not present its propositions as validated psychological measures or a complete historical account.
Adjacent writing remains attributed.
The paper is attributed to Bryan Rousey and listed separately from Gerron Burford's authored research record.
Suggested citation
Rousey, Bryan, The Whiteboard After the Film: Racialized Record Gaps, Collective Memory, and the Social Psychology of Historical Injustice (September 16, 2026). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7474258 or https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7474258.
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