Vox: Psychologists surveyed hundreds of alt-right supporters. The results are unsettling.

[Jolly_Penguin]

Why can't humanity be one tribe?

Would be nice wouldn't it? But unfortunately for a lot of humans, that would require intelligent space aliens or super intelligent dolphins. A lot of people inately need an "other" to unite against.

 

[jab]

What would they find in China or Japan?

I dunno--do you? And, um, why do you ask?

 

[fromderinside]

I believe top tribe or tribe in charge or originating tribe whichever dominates law in a particular place is bumping up against the same obstacle to their continued privilege, the browning of their nation as the result of communication and immigration.

When pressures become significant a nation can change IAC with demands of social and economic commerce or it can encourage distinguishing movements like religion and overt tribalism to settle things internally while posing as valued trade partners or hefty foes externally.

 

[Underseer]

I don't think they were ashamed before. Maybe afraid a little but not ashamed.
What changed is that they managed to unite and get loud.

The level of shame would clearly decrease as they find more and more people who share their views, and those views would become more extreme. This is especially the case when their views become echoed by people with wealth, fame, and/or power. If their view is objectively incorrect, then it is immoral, because it would clearly cause unjust harm to others. Even when people espouse a view confidently, they often have some level of insecurity about it. The more people you find who agree, especially people with "authority" (however, illegitimate), the more confident they become in their view, and that confidence would shield them from the shame caused by any doubts that they might be wrong and thus harming others unjustly.

It would be foolish to assume that even racists do not have a moral code where they shouldn't harm others unjustly. They simply form and ideology that allows them to thing that racism and racist acts don't qualify as such.

And like the researcher said, racist used to respond to the same surveys differently, by trying to mask their racism. Yet these surveys have always been completely anonymous, with no possible consequences to the person no matter how they respond. Thus, it is more likely that was some form of shame rather than "fear" that was making them hide their views.

Racism is getting normalized ^^{re-normalized} now.

Sure, we aren’t eastern Europe, but that is the goal it seems.

Fixed it for you.

 

[Elixir]

Would be nice wouldn't it?

Not for those who require division and identifiable enemies for their own self-aggrandizement... not to name any names (Trump).

 

[Underseer]

Why can't humanity be one tribe?

Because if we admit that no one is better than anyone else, then racists can't think they are special snowflakes for being born white. They think they should get trophies for just showing up.