Gee’s Reviews > Race Differences in Ethnocentrism > Status Update

The ideology of Multiculturalism allows its European advocates to attain socioeconomic status and so they advocate and enforce it; but they are also often able to insulate themselves from many of its short-term negative effects such as inter-ethnic violence. The failure to consider the long-term implications of such an ideology, in terms of genetic interests, would seem to imply a low level of ethnocentrism.

The Industrial Revolution can be understood to have considerably weakened Natural Selection by, in numerous respects, reducing natural harshness. Its achievements have included inoculation against childhood diseases, ever-improving standards of medical science, hugely improved sanitation and living conditions for most people, considerably cheaper nutritious food

ethnic minorities will tend to support immigration. This is because displacing the majority population will be in their interests since it will reduce the influence of this population and potentially increase the influence of their minority group. So, we might expect certain minority groups to actively collaborate with an invading force, especially if they were more genetically similar to it than they were to the maj

The strategy of Middle Easterners must also be more ethnocentric than that of Europeans. Their average intelligence is considerably lower, as is their general level of K, due to a relatively more unpredictable, though relatively more easy, ecology. This would lead to high levels of conflict.

There are two kinds of groups that will lack genius. Firstly, there is the group which is extremely K evolved, such as the Northeast Asians. This will have a very small gene pool and, hence, a lower level of genius than a group that is only slightly less K evolved and has slightly lower average intelligence but has a larger gene pool

Jews were the most ethnocentric (or group-oriented) religious group despite being the least religious and they maintained this status when factors such as religiousness and intelligence were controlled for. A plausible explanation is that their high levels of ethnocentrism are a function of their small gene pool or, if this is incorrect, their isolation and persecution has selected for

if Arabs are assumed to be lower in K than Europeans, due to a less harsh and less predictable ecology? We would argue that this can be partly explained by relatively high levels of cousin marriage. This would reduce the gene pool down to a series of competing tribes that would be internally strongly related. This would motivate high levels of both kinds of ethnocentrism

East Asians: a slow Life History strategy would be expected to manifest itself in high positive ethnocentrism and low negative ethnocentrism. However, this is combined with a relatively high level of Neuroticism — selected for due to the dangerous nature of the environment, very low Openness, very high Conscientiousness (predicting a desire for rules and order), and a very small gene pool

DRD4 7-Repeat, National Frequency (DRD4). This is a dopamine receptor genes which is associated with many aspects of a fast Life History, such as, on the 7-repeat, impulsiveness, financial risk-taking, gambling, and delinquency

5HTTLPR S-Allele National Frequency (5HTT). This serotonin transporter gene is associated with sensitivity to context and especially stressful situations. Those possessing the s-form display