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Steve Taylor<\/a>, Leeds Beckett University<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Research from Europe<\/a> and Australia<\/a> in recent years has found a rise in the number of people experiencing racism. Reports from the US<\/a> and UK<\/a> have indicated that most ethnic minority participants felt racism was getting worse. And a global study<\/a> has found rising incidents of discrimination.<\/p>\n

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Animosity to those who appear different to us seems easy to arouse, especially in times of hardship and upheaval. Throughout history, human groups have scapegoated minorities, such as Jews, the Roma and immigrants.<\/p>\n

Some scientists have suggested that racism is an innate human trait that evolved in the distant past. According to the evolutionary psychologist Pascal Boyer<\/a>, racism is \u201ca consequence of highly efficient economic strategies\u201d that enables us to \u201ckeep members of other groups in a lower-status position, with distinctly worse benefits\u201d. <\/p>\n

In other words, why would our ancestors decrease their own chances of survival by sharing resources with other groups? <\/p>\n

Another theory<\/a> from evolutionary psychology is that racism may have evolved as an \u201cenergy-saving\u201d strategy. To interact or mate with ethnically different groups would have involved a lot of time and energy, through coordinating with different social norms. Therefore, we developed a tendency to view different groups as different species to avoid, saving ourselves \u201ccostly interaction with outgroup members\u201d. <\/p>\n

However, I argue the above theories are dubious. First of all, evidence suggests<\/a> that, due to tiny populations, there was an abundance of resources for early human beings, and so no need to actively deny others from accessing food and water. Second, the above theories don\u2019t fit with what anthropology tells us about the behaviour of early human groups. <\/p>\n

There is a great deal of anthropological<\/a> and archaeological evidence showing that prehistoric groups didn\u2019t avoid each other. They often intermarried, frequently mixed and changed membership. The same pattern is shown by an absence of territorial behaviour<\/a> and a strikingly low level of warfare<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Alternative explanations<\/h2>\n

Maybe other areas of psychology can provide a better explanation. Research shows<\/a> a link between prejudice and poor psychological functioning, including poor relationships with insecurity and aggression. This can often be traced back to a disturbed and insecure childhood. Other research<\/a> has shown a link between racism and anxiety, demonstrating that people become more prejudiced during challenging times. <\/p>\n

More generally, studies demontrate<\/a> that when people are made to feel insecure or anxious, they are more likely to identify with their national or ethnic groups. This enhances their self-esteem and their sense of identity, as a defence against insecurity and anxiety.<\/p>\n

There are clearly social and economic factors that encourage racism, such as hierarchy and inequality. But the above research suggests that racism is largely a psychological defence mechanism against anxiety and insecurity.<\/p>\n

Five stages to racism<\/h2>\n

From this psychological perspective, it\u2019s possible to identify different stages in the development of racism. According to the theory I propose in my book DisConnected<\/a>, the process begins when a person lacks a sense of security and identity, which generates a desire to affiliate themselves with a group. This affiliation strengthens their identity and provides a sense of belonging. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s wrong with this? Why shouldn\u2019t we take pride in our national or religious identity, and feel a sense of brotherhood or sisterhood with others who share our identity? <\/p>\n

\n \"Milwaukee,<\/a>
\n Tensions have been rising in the US for many years.<\/span>
\n Vic Hinterlang\/Shuttestock<\/a><\/span>
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Because group identity often leads to a second, more dangerous stage. In order to further strengthen their sense of identity, members of a group may develop antagonism towards other groups. Such hostility may make the group feel more defined and cohesive<\/a>, as if they can see themselves more clearly in opposition to others. <\/p>\n

A third stage of the process is when members of a group withdraw empathy from members of other groups, limiting their concern and compassion to their peers. They may act benevolently towards members of their own group but be indifferent or callous to anyone outside it. As I show in DisConnected<\/a>, the withdrawal of empathy turns other human beings into objects, and enables cruelty and violence. <\/p>\n

Fourth is the homogenisation<\/a> of individuals belonging to other groups. People are no longer perceived in terms of their individual personalities or behaviour, but in terms of prejudices about the group as a whole. Any member of the group is a legitimate target and can be punished for the alleged transgressions of other individuals from the group. In contemporary terms, any asylum seeker can be punished for the alleged crime of an individual asylum seeker. <\/p>\n

Finally, people may project their own psychological flaws and personal failings onto another group, as a strategy of avoiding responsibility. Other groups become scapegoats<\/a>, and consequently are liable to attacked or even murdered. People with strong narcissistic and paranoid personality traits are especially prone to such projection<\/a>, since they struggle to accept their personal faults, instead searching for others to take the blame. <\/p>\n

In other words, racism is a symptom of psychological ill-health, a sign of anxiety and of a lack of identity and inner security. Psychologically healthy people with a stable sense of identity and security are very rarely (if ever) racist. They ultimately have no need to strengthen their sense of self through group identity. <\/p>\n

In my view, racism is an aberration, not an innate human trait. It\u2019s also worth remembering that the very concept of race is baseless. There is no genetic or biological basis<\/a> for dividing the human race into distinct \u201craces\u201d. <\/p>\n

There are just groups of human beings \u2014 all of whom came from Africa originally<\/a> \u2014 who developed slightly different physical characteristics over time as they travelled to, and adapted to, different climates and environments.\"The<\/p>\n

Steve Taylor<\/a>, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This article is republished from The Conversation<\/a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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