1/OK, time for a thread about nativism. One central belief of nativists is that you can draw conclusions about immigrants from a country by looking at the characteristics of that country. This often (but not always) ends up being pretty racist.https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/960004921574621184 …
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2/You see this idea CONSTANTLY when talking to nativists. Example from a recent conversation: Me: "I think the real mistake is in thinking that shithole-ness springs from the nature of the people living in a shithole." Nativist: "What would you say it springs from, then?"
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3/This idea, though, is pretty much bullshit, for several reasons. Reason #1 is SELECTION. The people who immigrate to America tend to be FAR from average for their countries.
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