Cousin marriage is claimed to prevent integration and create an underclass

Evidence

Quoting extensively from a Danish researcher, Anders Hede, on cousin marriage, Storhaug reiterates his central conclusions: ‘1. cousin marriage largely involves force; 2. rate of cousin marriage is higher among immigrants than in their homelands; 3. cousin marriage is tied to immigration; 4. cousin marriage prevents integration and creates an underclass.’ In sum, cousin marriages lead to continual rape and even death, assertions backed up by scant evidence. … Citing a British study of fifty-nine young people, Storhaug points out that when women resist cousin marriage they are punished, a punishment that can go as far as death. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 264

Categorization

• XREF: This is a textbook example of the ‘cultural deficiency’ explanation of underclass status, echoing earlier work on the culture-of-poverty thesis and how groups get blamed for their own marginalization.