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STUDY: Diverse and Socially Cohesive Communities Are Not Possible

http://www.universityherald.com/articles/5716/20131121/diverse-socially-cohesive-communities-michigan-state-university-economical-religious.htm

"The reason why neighborhoods integration and cohesion cannot co-exist is based on how humans form relationships..."

"...people usually build relationships with others who are closer and similar to themselves, be it through race, religion, social class, etc."

STUDY: The Downside of Diversity

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/05/the_downside_of_diversity/?page=full

"...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."

39 posted on 03/04/2014 6:02:38 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (If Barack Hussein Obama entertains a thought that he does not verbalize, is it still a lie?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
STUDY: Diverse and Socially Cohesive Communities Are Not Possible

"Immigrants from all over da world comin' thru Ellis Island, settlin' in this country, where they were all free, free to settle down in their own little sections, where they'll bust your head for goin' in there."

Archie Bunker, 1975


41 posted on 03/04/2014 6:15:22 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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