Perceived racial-mixture threat restructured a group’s core character into defensive rigidity

Evidence

The development from Dutch to Afrikaner was motivated and mobilized substantially in reaction to the projected threats of mixture. Where the Dutch came to pride themselves as robustly individualistic, Afrikaners were nothing if not invested in a homogenizing collective; where the Dutch deemed themselves diplomatic, Afrikaners were dogmatic; where the Dutch were entrepreneurial, Afrikaners were dour, even paranoid; where the Dutch are famously marked by their particular brand of repressive tolerance, Afrikaners collectively came to be known for their intolerant repression. Or so the stereotypes suggest. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1383

Categorization

• XREF: The Dutch-to-Afrikaner character shift under mixture-threat is a near-perfect case for testing threatened-privilege mobilization across identity axes and through national-religious boundary shifts. — connects to: Perceived racial threat drives zero-sum fears that justify defensive aggression — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 151; Anticipatory threat of mixture forged Afrikaner ethnic mobilization and racial theology. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1383; Outward racial rigidity masks internally contradictory individual subjectivities (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Outward racial rigidity masks internally contradictory individual subjectivities #complicates (0.82)