Anyone claiming diversity is strength is anti-science. As a matter of fact, there are countless scientific studies that demonstrate diversity is a weakness.
Here is a META STUDY of 1,001 estimates from 87 studies from countries from the Western world. It found a “statistically significant negative relationship between ethnic diversity and social trust across all studies”.
It is surprising that no one commenting here seems to be aware of this, despite me having posted this link plenty of times before.
I read the study you posted. Essentially it shows that in neighborhoods with more recent immigrants and ethnic diversity, there tends to be less trust.
That proves correlation, not causation.
For example, many studies have shown that in extremely poor neighborhoods that have all white people or all black people, there is less social trust because in neighborhoods that are poor, violence and theft is common, leading neighbors to be wary of each other(Just look at the all black ghettos of downtown Chicago, dangerous ghettos of Mexico, and the dangerous, all white ghettos of Poland/Ukraine). Again, this is true regardless of the race.
Neighborhoods with high levels of racial diversity and recent immigrants are usually poor because immigrating to a new country when you don't speak the language makes it hard to find a decent job. Therefore, because new immigrants can't find good jobs, they move into poor neighborhoods. Because the neighborhoods are poor, there is more violence. Because there is a lot of violence, neighbors don't trust each other. Poverty/violence causes distrust, not diversity.
I grew up in a very poor, very dangerous all white neighborhood in downtown Boston. I was scared walking to school each morning not because of my neighbor's race, but because they were violent crackheads. If they had been black or Mexican crackheads would it have made my situation worse? Of course not, I didn't give a fuck. I just wanted to be safe.
My sister lives in Cambridge, a wealthy suburban town west of Boston. It is highly racially diverse, the 2010 U. S. Census found that 66.6% of Cambridge residents are White, 11.7% Black, 15.1% Asian or Pacific islander and 6.6% classified themselves as some other race or a member of two or more races.
The average income is $75,909, and many residents make much more than that, its is also one of the safest and cleanest towns I have ever been to. The town is home to Harvard University, and many wealthy, highly respected intellectuals of Indian, Asian, and African descent have university jobs there and contribute greatly to the local economy. Obviously, sometimes diversity does NOT cause distrust.
Anyone claiming diversity is strength is anti-science. As a matter of fact, there are countless scientific studies that demonstrate diversity is a weakness.
Here is a META STUDY of 1,001 estimates from 87 studies from countries from the Western world. It found a “statistically significant negative relationship between ethnic diversity and social trust across all studies”.
It is surprising that no one commenting here seems to be aware of this, despite me having posted this link plenty of times before.
I read the study you posted. Essentially it shows that in neighborhoods with more recent immigrants and ethnic diversity, there tends to be less trust.
That proves correlation, not causation.
For example, many studies have shown that in extremely poor neighborhoods that have all white people or all black people, there is less social trust because in neighborhoods that are poor, violence and theft is common, leading neighbors to be wary of each other(Just look at the all black ghettos of downtown Chicago, dangerous ghettos of Mexico, and the dangerous, all white ghettos of Poland/Ukraine). Again, this is true regardless of the race.
Neighborhoods with high levels of racial diversity and recent immigrants are usually poor because immigrating to a new country when you don't speak the language makes it hard to find a decent job. Therefore, because new immigrants can't find good jobs, they move into poor neighborhoods. Because the neighborhoods are poor, there is more violence. Because there is a lot of violence, neighbors don't trust each other. Poverty/violence causes distrust, not diversity.
I grew up in a very poor, very dangerous all white neighborhood in downtown Boston. I was scared walking to school each morning not because of my neighbor's race, but because they were violent crackheads. If they had been black or Mexican crackheads would it have made my situation worse? Of course not, I didn't give a fuck. I just wanted to be safe.
My sister lives in Cambridge, a wealthy suburban town west of Boston. It is highly racially diverse, the 2010 U. S. Census found that 66.6% of Cambridge residents are White, 11.7% Black, 15.1% Asian or Pacific islander and 6.6% classified themselves as some other race or a member of two or more races. The average income is $75,909, and many residents make much more than that, its is also one of the safest and cleanest towns I have ever been to. The town is home to Harvard University, and many wealthy, highly respected intellectuals of Indian, Asian, and African descent have university jobs there and contribute greatly to the local economy. Obviously, sometimes diversity does NOT cause distrust.