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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-diversity-cr https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-diversity-cr... > Putnam’s study, which used a lar

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-diversity-cr https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-diversity-cr... > Putnam’s study, which used a large, nationally representative sample of nearly 30,000 Americans, found that people living in more diverse areas reported lower levels of trust in their neighbors. They also reported less interest in voting, volunteering, and giving to charity. In other words, greater diversity seemed to be linked to both feelings and behaviors that threaten a sense of community. The finding was alarming to many people, including Putnam himself, because the U.S. continues to grow in racial and ethnic diversity with each passing decade. The authors hand wave his data by saying white people are to blame. > In other words, greater distrust may stem from prejudice rather than from diversity per se. Therefore, Putnam’s conclusion that racial diversity leads to less altruism and cooperation amongst neighbors was incorrect. If there is a downside to diversity, it has less to do with the behavior of racial minorities and more to do with how Whites feel when living amongst non-Whites. They attempt to decouple diversity and prejudice, but that is completely illogical. Their logic is if you asked a minority if they feel more comfortable with a jury that is made of people who are not of a similar culture and racial background as them they would, but white people wouldn’t. That is ridiculous.

whatshisface 5y ago
>Past research has shown that Blacks and Hispanics, on average, report less trusting attitudes than do Whites. Without controlling for this, neighborhoods with more Blacks and Hispanics will appear to have lower “trust,” but for reasons having nothing to do with the degree of diversity. The linked article has a lot of stuff about how the Putnam study misinterprets its data.
- GhettoComputers 5y ago
  Sure, you can say the data is misinterpreted, but real world results also show the same conclusion and there is no evidence that shows multi racial areas that have programs that work as well as those in homogeneous societies. I linked it saying it refuted the data: yet it has nothing to prove the contrary. They interpreted it in a politically correct statement to blame white people and call them racist: but they don’t prove any opposite conclusions. They just hand wave it away by blaming white people. They have no respectable information. You asked about why they aren’t implemented in small towns that are homogeneous, what do you think happens in suburbs?
  - whatshisface 5y ago
    >what do you think happens in suburbs? ... HOAs enforce strict driveway maintenance codes? I don't think there are any suburbs with a national healthcare system or a social safety net.
    - GhettoComputers 5y ago
      You being snarky are you? Suburbs have much better pilot school programs and why would a suburb have a national healthcare system? Do you have an global warming prevention program for carbon credits in your backyard?

whatshisface 5y ago

>Past research has shown that Blacks and Hispanics, on average, report less trusting attitudes than do Whites. Without controlling for this, neighborhoods with more Blacks and Hispanics will appear to have lower “trust,” but for reasons having nothing to do with the degree of diversity. The linked article has a lot of stuff about how the Putnam study misinterprets its data.

GhettoComputers 5y ago
Sure, you can say the data is misinterpreted, but real world results also show the same conclusion and there is no evidence that shows multi racial areas that have programs that work as well as those in homogeneous societies. I linked it saying it refuted the data: yet it has nothing to prove the contrary. They interpreted it in a politically correct statement to blame white people and call them racist: but they don’t prove any opposite conclusions. They just hand wave it away by blaming white people. They have no respectable information. You asked about why they aren’t implemented in small towns that are homogeneous, what do you think happens in suburbs?
- whatshisface 5y ago
  >what do you think happens in suburbs? ... HOAs enforce strict driveway maintenance codes? I don't think there are any suburbs with a national healthcare system or a social safety net.
  - GhettoComputers 5y ago
    You being snarky are you? Suburbs have much better pilot school programs and why would a suburb have a national healthcare system? Do you have an global warming prevention program for carbon credits in your backyard?