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Category Archives: Diversity
Anyone Who Is Not Us
Depending on your disposition and your situation, knowing about anyone in your vicinity who is not part of your in-group can be important. I converted to Orthodox Judaism and I learned that there are some mysteries in this way of … Continue reading
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Ethnic Diversity and Social Trust: A Narrative and Meta-Analytical Review
Here are some highlights from this 2020 paper in the Annual Review of Political Science: * Does ethnic diversity erode social trust? Continued immigration and corresponding growing ethnic diversity have prompted this essential question for modern societies, but few clear … Continue reading
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Non-native eucalyptus and biodiversity
From Wikipedia: Eucalyptus plantations in California have been criticised, because they compete with native plants and typically do not support native animals. Eucalyptus has historically been planted to replace California’s coast live oak population, and the new Eucalyptus is not … Continue reading
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Diversity & Virtue
Link: Diversity increases social adversity. A 10% increase in diversity doubles the chance of psychotic episodes. http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/201/4/282.abstract?etoc Diversity reduces voter registration, political efficacy, charity, and number of friendships. Ethnic diversity reduces happiness and quality of life. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9477.2007.00176.x/abstract;jsessionid=279C92A7EB0946BBA63D62937FC832A9.f04t03 Diversity reduces trust, … Continue reading
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Black PhDs In Hard Sciences
Heather Mac Donald writes: “Blacks made up 4.7% of all doctorate recipients nationwide in 2006, 4.9% in 2010, and 5.2% in 2016, according to the National Science Foundation. But black PhDs have historically been concentrated in education; in the sciences, … Continue reading
Washington Post: ‘‘They thought black soldiers couldn’t fight’ The tragic stories behind the executive order that eventually desegregated the U.S. armed forces’
The Washington Post essay doesn’t bother to make the case that integration helped to make the American military a more formidable fighting force. That is irrelevant to them. I am sure that integration came at a price to blacks and … Continue reading
The Public Space With JF Gariepy – Schools Impose Diversity (4-30-18)
MP3 This week's schedule on TPS: @lukeford on Monday (around 8:30 PM Est Time), Mike Enoch on Tuesday (7 PM), @LaurenRoseUltra on Thursday (7 PM). Should be wild! — J.-François ? Gariépy (@JFGariepy) April 30, 2018 @JFGariepy: "Israel is not … Continue reading
Daily Mail: Fear of Japanese knotweed which strangles other plants is ‘xenophobic’, says environmental expert
From the English newspaper: An expert says it is ‘xenophobic’ to talk about non-native plants as menaces Fred Pearce says the effects of Japanese knotweed – which strangles other plants – and invasive small animals like grey squirrels are exaggerated … Continue reading
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Hitler’s Press Criticism
Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf: I gradually discovered that the Social Democratic Press was predominantly controlled by Jews. But I did not attach special importance to this circumstance, for the same state of affairs existed also in other newspapers. But … Continue reading
New Yorker: ‘Birth of a White Supremacist – Mike Enoch’s transformation from leftist contrarian to nationalist shock jock’
I have many Jewish friends who find gentile nationalisms, particularly white nationalism, terrifying. Nationalism means that you are devoted to your people. Jews are devoted to their people. Why shouldn’t goyim be devoted to their people? To me, it’s not … Continue reading
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