Excessive social segregation between groups raises genocide likelihood

Evidence

All cultures have categories to distinguish people into “us and them” by ethnicity, race, religion, or nationality: German and Jew, Hutu and Tutsi. If societies are too segregated (divided) they are most likely to have genocide. The main way of preventing genocide at this early stage is to develop opportunities in a society for people to work and live together who are from different ethnic, social, national or religious backgrounds. This will allow people to become more tolerant and understanding of each other. In the United States, public schools serve this function, as they are places where all young people can go regardless of their ethnic, social, national or religious backgrounds. This search for common ground is vital to early prevention of genocide. — Gregory H. Stanton, Ten Stages of Genocide, 0

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Apartheid’s hostel system created demographically skewed enclaves prone to conflict — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 591; Societal blending of groups could eventually make ethnic prejudice obsolete — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2032; Group isolation produces collective misperception and redirected violence against outsiders (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Group isolation produces collective misperception and redirected violence against outsiders #expands (0.85)
• Complete segregation emerges even when individuals only mildly avoid being a minority #expands (0.80) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 824
• Societal blending of groups could eventually make ethnic prejudice obsolete #qualifies (0.78) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2032