POLL: Should we bring back racial segregation? Yes or No.

***This is not a race bait thread, so fuck off if you want to be racist.***

This is meant to be an honest discussion on whether racial segregation should be brought back or not.

The Case For Segregation:

Professor Robert Putnam of Harvard University is one of the leading experts on diversity and he concluded after years of research that the following consequences arise from diversity:

1. Diversity lowers confidence in local government, local leaders, and the local news media.
2. Diversity lowers political efficacy (lowers the confidence in one's own political influence)
3. Diversity lowers frequency in voter registration
4. Diversity lowers peoples' expectations that others will cooperate to solve community dilemmas
5. Less likelihood of people working together on a community project
6. Less likelihood of giving to charity or volunteering
7. Fewer close friends and confidants
8. Less happiness and lower perceived quality of life
9. More time spent watching television

Source: From Robert D. Putnam's "E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century", Scandinavian Political Studies, Vol. 30, No. 2, 2007, p. 153.

The downside of diversity
[link to www.boston.com]

-In all countries studied, ethnic diversity reduces trust among individuals. (Same source mentioned above)

-Dutch researchers found that immigrants in Holland were more likely to develop schizophrenia if they lived in racially mixed neighborhoods. ("Dutch Study: Schizophrenia Risk Higher in Mixed Neighborhoods," Deutsche PresseAgentur GmbH, Dec. 17, 2007)

-The crime and violence that result from diversity is common knowledge. I take it I don't need a source to back that up, right?

"Study of online dating suggests people prefer partners of their own race"
[link to articles.philly.com]

3-month-old infants demonstrate a visual preference for faces from their own ethnic group
[link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Kids as young as 6 months judge others based on skin color
[link to www.thedailybeast.com]


Is Diversity a Strength?


[link to www.youtube.com]

Why Diversity Is Not A `Strength,’ And Why Some Countries Are Better Off Than Others
[link to reasonradionetwork.com]

Racial profiling is justified
[link to www.youtube.com]

Diversity is NOT a Strength
[link to www.authorsden.com]

Diversity is an obstacle, not a strength
[link to newsbusters.org]