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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've mostly seen the term used by libertarians or right-wingers to explain why they don't think the various social programs in Nordic countries would work here. Which I guess sounds better than "[b]we're a bunch of f**kin racists" and/or "black people can't be trusted not to be lazy criminals.[/b]" [/quote]

[quote]Most of the world is homogenous, whether an African nation or Asian nation or eastern / Northern Europe. In many of these countries, the homogenous nature is something they take pride in because it's a cultural pride rooted in a shared common heritage. [b]There have been solid research, if unpopular, showing that greater homogeneity often comes with greater social trust and community spirit, while greater diversity is often the opposite.[/b] On the flip side, people who don't fit the homogenous nature of a country can often be marginalized. A political football, certainly, but it does show how politicized the word homogenous has become, used as a political tool by opposite forces.[/quote]

I'd like to make sure that I'm understanding your point of view. Your opinion is that when people say there is "[i]solid research that showing that greater homogeneity often comes with greater social trust and community spirit, while greater diversity is often the opposite[/i]"; what that really means is "[i]we're a bunch of f**kin racists" and/or "black people can't be trusted not to be lazy criminals.[/i]" ?[/quote]

In the absence of racism, why would greater diversity (of a type not present in Nordic countries) result in diminished social trust and community spirit?[/quote]

OK? I still do not understand why mentioning research on this topic when discussing different cultures makes someone a " f**kin racist" who believes that "black people can't be trusted". Can you please explain that a bit?  [/quote]

it's someone with a big racial chip on their shoulder that they reduce everything to a black-white racism situation while ignoring the vast diversity of human experience across history and the world.

The concept of homogeneity equally applies to a white Nordic country or Asian country or a black African tribal region, for example. Or areas where a religion dominates such as an Islamic country. The shared common heritage is what fosters the community trust within that group and out of that trust you do get greater solidarity. One certainly sees this attitude on a more local scale too. It's a classic and ancient human psyche and way of relating to the world around them that certainly spans all racial groups and even beyond that to factors like faith, class, ethnicities, and so forth.

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