{"id":128432,"date":"2019-08-08T14:59:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T22:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=128432"},"modified":"2019-08-08T14:59:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T22:59:44","slug":"diversity-virtue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=128432","title":{"rendered":"Diversity &#038; Virtue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.unz.com\/isteve\/diversity-inclusivity-equity-die\/\">Link<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Diversity increases social adversity.<\/p>\n<p>A 10% increase in diversity doubles the chance of psychotic episodes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bjp.rcpsych.org\/content\/201\/4\/282.abstract?etoc\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bjp.rcpsych.org\/content\/201\/4\/282.abstract?etoc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diversity reduces voter registration, political efficacy, charity, and number of friendships.<\/p>\n<p>Ethnic diversity reduces happiness and quality of life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1467-9477.2007.00176.x\/abstract;jsessionid=279C92A7EB0946BBA63D62937FC832A9.f04t03\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1467-9477.2007.00176.x\/abstract;jsessionid=279C92A7EB0946BBA63D62937FC832A9.f04t03<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diversity reduces trust, civic participation, and civic health.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/globe\/ideas\/articles\/2007\/08\/05\/the_downside_of_diversity\/?page=full\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/globe\/ideas\/articles\/2007\/08\/05\/the_downside_of_diversity\/?page=full<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ethnocentrism is rational, biological, and genetic in origin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/108\/4\/1262.abstract\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/108\/4\/1262.abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ethnic diversity harms health for hispanics and blacks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ajph.aphapublications.org\/doi\/abs\/10.2105\/AJPH.2012.300787\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ajph.aphapublications.org\/doi\/abs\/10.2105\/AJPH.2012.300787<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Babies demostrate ethnocentrism before exposure to non-whites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1467-7687.2012.01138.x\/full\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1467-7687.2012.01138.x\/full<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ethnocentrism is universal and likely evolved in origin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www-personal.umich.edu\/~axe\/research\/AxHamm_Ethno.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www-personal.umich.edu\/~axe\/research\/AxHamm_Ethno.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diversity primarily hurts the dominant ethnic group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theindependentaustralian.com.au\/node\/57\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.theindependentaustralian.com.au\/node\/57<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ethnic diversity reduces concern for the environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs10640-012-9619-6\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs10640-012-9619-6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ethnic diversity within 80 meters of a person reduces social trust.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/curis.ku.dk\/ws\/files\/130251172\/Dinesen_S_nderskov_Ethnic_Diversity_and_Social_Trust_Forthcoming_ASR.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/curis.ku.dk\/ws\/files\/130251172\/Dinesen_S_nderskov_Ethnic_Diversity_and_Social_Trust_Forthcoming_ASR.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ethnic diversity directly reduces strong communities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msu.edu\/~zpneal\/publications\/neal-diversitysoc.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.msu.edu\/~zpneal\/publications\/neal-diversitysoc.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ethnically homogenous neighborhoods are beneficial for health.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mailman.columbia.edu\/public-health-now\/news\/living-ethnically-homogenous-area-boosts-health-minority-seniors\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.mailman.columbia.edu\/public-health-now\/news\/living-ethnically-homogenous-area-boosts-health-minority-seniors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diversity in American cities correlates with segregation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/the-most-diverse-cities-are-often-the-most-segregated\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/the-most-diverse-cities-are-often-the-most-segregated\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Races are extended families. Ethnocentrism is genetically rational.<\/p>\n<p>It is evolutionarily rational to be friends with someone genetically similar to you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/46791-friends-share-genes.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/46791-friends-share-genes.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Racism and nationalism are rational and evolutionary advantageous strategies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk\/16\/3\/7.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk\/16\/3\/7.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Homogeneous polities have less crime, less civil war, and more altruism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theindependentaustralian.com.au\/node\/57\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.theindependentaustralian.com.au\/node\/57<\/a><\/p>\n<p>States with little diversity have more democracy, less corruption, and less inequality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theindependentaustralian.com.au\/node\/57\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.theindependentaustralian.com.au\/node\/57<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is extensive evidence people prefer others who are genetically similar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/psychology.uwo.ca\/faculty\/rushtonpdfs\/n&#038;n_2005-1.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/psychology.uwo.ca\/faculty\/rushtonpdfs\/n&#038;n_2005-1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our analysis shows that peace does not depend on integrated coexistence, but rather on well defined topographical and political boundaries separating groups<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0095660\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0095660<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The more integrated a neighborhood is, the less socially cohesive it becomes, and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/msutoday.msu.edu\/news\/2013\/study-asks-is-a-better-world-possible\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/msutoday.msu.edu\/news\/2013\/study-asks-is-a-better-world-possible\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The more ethnically diverse the people we live around, the less we trust them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/eportfolios\/benediktsson2013\/files\/2013\/04\/Putnam.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/eportfolios\/benediktsson2013\/files\/2013\/04\/Putnam.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ethnocentrism, often thought to rely on complex social cognition and learning, may have arisen through biological evolution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk\/16\/3\/7.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk\/16\/3\/7.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diversity experiments in Germany end in disaster<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany-s-immigrants-integration-in-theory-alienation-in-practice-a-433006.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany-s-immigrants-integration-in-theory-alienation-in-practice-a-433006.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Immigrants in Norway are a net loss to the economy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emnbelgium.be\/publication\/report-norwegian-welfare-and-migration-committee\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.emnbelgium.be\/publication\/report-norwegian-welfare-and-migration-committee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Immigrants in Sweden are a net loss to the economy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amid.dk\/pub\/papers\/AMID_48-2006_Jan_Ekberg.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.amid.dk\/pub\/papers\/AMID_48-2006_Jan_Ekberg.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Denmark saved billions by restricting immigration:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/putting-a-price-on-foreigners-strict-immigration-laws-save-denmark-billions-a-759716.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/putting-a-price-on-foreigners-strict-immigration-laws-save-denmark-billions-a-759716.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/denmark\/8492822\/Denmarks-immigration-laws-save-country-6-billion.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/denmark\/8492822\/Denmarks-immigration-laws-save-country-6-billion.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Increases in diversity correlate with problems worldwide, and the downsides of diversity effect everyone, it\u2019s a universal human problem:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/higher-education\/the-downside-of-difference\/story-e6frgcjx-1111112914289\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/higher-education\/the-downside-of-difference\/story-e6frgcjx-1111112914289<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More diversity in police departments correlates with more abuse, poorer performance and less trust:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?1fe8x0egftpbp6f\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?1fe8x0egftpbp6f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Decreased community spirit, decreased altruism, and depressed social capital, less ethical behavior, more crime, fear, isolation and depression:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/html\/eon2007-06-25jl.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/html\/eon2007-06-25jl.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, a nice little study from Cornell University about how segregation creates peace:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1110.1409\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1110.1409<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=128432\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29733],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diversity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Link: Diversity increases social adversity. 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