"But a massive new study, based on detailed interviews of nearly 30,000 people across America, has concluded just the opposite. Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam -- famous for "Bowling Alone," his 2000 book on declining civic engagement -- has found that the greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer, the less they give to charity and work on community projects. In the most diverse communities, neighbors trust one another about half as much as they do in the most homogenous settings. The study, the largest ever on civic engagement in America, found that virtually all measures of civic health are lower in more diverse settings.So much for diversity for diversity's sake.
"The extent of the effect is shocking," says Scott Page, a University of Michigan political scientist."
Thomas Sowell on affirmative action.
Over time, human ingenuity turns luxury items into common items and eventually necessities. Then liberals claim they are rights.
And that is the reason for promoting diversity. When you no longer trust your neighbor, you start to trust the Government.
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