Scientific basis: Ethnic diversity damages social cohesion

John Newman jnn at synfin.org
Wed Nov 30 20:29:43 PST 2016


Zen, master phrenologist, confronting the issues.

On November 30, 2016 9:36:18 PM EST, Zenaan Shitlord Harkness <zen at freedbms.net> wrote:
>Let's begin to confront this one head on:
>
>http://thealternativehypothesis.org/index.php/2016/04/15/ethnic-diversity-and-social-cohesion/
>"
>Summary: Research shows that people like those who are similar to them.
>Moreover, the more heritable a trait is the more important similarity
>in
>it is to friends and spouses. Thus, people enjoy the company of those
>who are genetically similar to them. This may explain why people to
>marry, befriend, and live near, members of their own race for more than
>randomness would predict. Moreover, a rich literature of correlational,
>longitudinal, and experimental, data shows that people get along better
>with members of their own race and that ethnic diversity damages social
>cohesion.
>
>...
>
>The experimental evidence is pretty straightforward: researchers
>measure
>various traits of individuals before they meet and then see whether pre
>meeting similarity predict who ends up liking who. The finding,
>repeated
>over dozens of studies, is that the more similar people are the more
>they end up liking each-other (Bryne, 1971; NewComb, 1961; Lee, 1996;
>Myers, 2008 pg 400
>[links in original article]
>).
>
>...
>In conclusion, the totality of evidence clearly shows that ethnic
>diversity damages how well people get along, how much they trust one
>another, and how satisfied they are with their lives. These findings
>should be kept in mind when thinking about any form of racial
>diversity,
>regardless of the races involved.
>"
>
>
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