This study proves that what we all knew all along is true: That “diversity” is a division of people into classes and/or groups and is only divides people. It does not to bring them together.
Do you trust your neighbors?
Your answer may depend on how many people in your area look like you.
New research says the more racially or ethnically diverse the community, the less people trust one another. That holds true for trust among groups as well as within them. So whites in diverse communities distrust whites as well as Latinos, blacks and Asians.
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Published this month in Scandinavian Political Studies and presented in a lecture in Sweden last fall, the research is making waves in the U.S. and abroad as leaders struggle to govern increasingly multicultural countries.
The study includes results from central Oregon, Seattle and Yakima. But the conclusions carry special relevance for Portland — among America’s whitest cities and lauded nationally and by Putnam himself for its community cohesion and activism.
Putnam, an international guru of sorts on what makes democracies work, is best known for his book, “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community.” The 2000 book plots a decline in civic involvement — from voting to attending public meetings — as Americans increasingly hole up in front of their televisions.
He launched his newest research, also in 2000, to better understand what makes communities cohesive. He surveyed people from Los Angeles to Lewiston, Maine.
One trend leapt out.
In example after example, those who reported the biggest civic disconnect lived in more diverse places.
When you tell people over and over that this person or that group must be treated differently because of they are different or that you must be treated differently because you are different, you’re going to get a lot of discomfort in social situations.
And unfortunately for those who espouse “diversity”, forcing people together doesn’t stop the discomfort.
Of course, the left won’t like the results and will either ignore or downplay the study. The idea that “diversity” programs are actually causing division is just “too diverse” for them to wrap their heads around.
Found at Just Some Poor Schmuck
