June 3, 2019
DRIVEN SNOWFLAKES:
A FEAR OF 'WHITE EXTINCTION' IS PROVOKING RACIAL BIAS AMONG AMERICAN WHITES: New research finds that such fears are provoked by demographic shifts, and in turn prompt stronger support for conservative policy positions. (TOM JACOBS, 6/03/19, Pacific Standard)
Remember white people? Once upon a time, they dominated American life. But at some point in the 21st century, beset by low birth rates, they gradually died out.Yes, that's an absurd notion. But new research suggests that, for some white Americans, it's a real fear--one that stimulates racial bias and political conservatism."White population decline does not merely trigger the threat considered in most studies of demographic change--that is, status threat," write University of Minnesota psychologists Hui Bai and Christopher Federico. "Our work suggests that it may additionally elicit fears that the in-group will actually cease to exist."
Victimology is always repellant, but especially coming from us.
Posted by Orrin Judd at June 3, 2019 7:30 PM