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I hope you don't mean racial homogeneity, because that would be a load of _equine excrement_ If you didn't, homogeneity really isn't the best word to convey th
by diordiderot 4y ago
I hope you don't mean racial homogeneity, because that would be a load of _equine excrement_
If you didn't, homogeneity really isn't the best word to convey the idea that social trust comes from long-standing, slow moving cultural traditions.
Even then there are counter examples but it could be one of those 'necessary but not sufficient' situations
- cercatrova 4y agoLike it or not, racial tensions fuel a lot of conflict inside nations. America itself has had a lot of racial tension based conflict in its short lifespan than many other countries much older than it. I'm not condoning it of course, just explaining it.
- GameOfFrowns 4y ago>I hope you don't mean racial homogeneity, because that would be a load of _equine excrement_ I'd argue that Mumbai/India or Lagos/Nigeria are overwhelmingly racially homogeneous. So there must be some additional factor beyond racial homogeneity.
- diordiderot 4y agoI agree
- quacked 4y agoOnly if you see "races" as the American-style social construct and not as people in India and Africa see it, which is at a tribal level. I had an hour-long discussion with a Ugandan once that explained to me the major tribes in Uganda, and he says that anyone can tell the tribes apart just by look and dialect. A European looks at Lagos and sees "Nigerians", a Nigerian looks at Lagos and sees Yoruba, Igbo, etc. The Indians also have a brutal caste system and thousands of sub-dialects originating from provincial clan systems and would never call any of their major cities "homogeneous". Europeans also had a lot more tribal-based racism in the past; southern vs. northern Italians, Scottish vs. Welsh, even sub-clans inside both of those nations, etc.