Saturday, August 18, 2018 1:15:45 AM
White America is quietly self-segregating
"Briboy, Nearly half of white Americans say life was better in the 50s and 60s "
Everyone wants diversity. But not everyone wants it on their street.
By Alvin Chang@alv9nalvin@vox.com Updated Jul 31, 2018, 8:26am EDT
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"These findings are consistent with a concept known as Group Threat Theory, which is the
idea that when minority groups grow in size or power, the majority group feels threatened," wrote ..
http://theconversation.com/new-study-did-americas-growing-diversity-make-voters-more-xenophobic-70509 ..
Washington University researcher Allison Skinner.
It plays out in broader polls too.
A recent PRRI survey .. https://www.prri.org/research/american-democracy-in-crisis-voters-midterms-trump-election-2018/ ..
showed that half of Republicans — and one in three Americans — believe
more racial diversity would have a negative impact on America:
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https://www.vox.com/2017/1/18/14296126/white-segregated-suburb-neighborhood-cartoon
"Briboy, Nearly half of white Americans say life was better in the 50s and 60s "
Everyone wants diversity. But not everyone wants it on their street.
By Alvin Chang@alv9nalvin@vox.com Updated Jul 31, 2018, 8:26am EDT
[...]
"These findings are consistent with a concept known as Group Threat Theory, which is the
idea that when minority groups grow in size or power, the majority group feels threatened," wrote ..
http://theconversation.com/new-study-did-americas-growing-diversity-make-voters-more-xenophobic-70509 ..
Washington University researcher Allison Skinner.
It plays out in broader polls too.
A recent PRRI survey .. https://www.prri.org/research/american-democracy-in-crisis-voters-midterms-trump-election-2018/ ..
showed that half of Republicans — and one in three Americans — believe
more racial diversity would have a negative impact on America:
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11896653/PRRI_2018.png)
[...]
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7823501/7.png)
https://www.vox.com/2017/1/18/14296126/white-segregated-suburb-neighborhood-cartoon
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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