Hey @visiblynoisy, not sure if you remember our Dufferin Grove Park convo from ages ago, but when we were talking about @UsePolis, you expressed that you felt people of mixed [race] backgrounds seemed better able to sit in the uncomfortable space between groups...
Anyhow, I've come back to that conversation a whole lot in the past few years. So thanks. It gives me hope that many folks caught between tribes of all sorts are the heroes we need in this moment. Came across research today that validates what you sensed: citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/downlo…
"Social Identity Complexity & Outgroup Tolerance" sounds boring, but the tl;dr is this: People with more complex social identities (membership in multiple distinct groups) are more tolerant of outgroups.
Assuming this is true, thinking on how our social systems should be rejigged to repair the current damage to our social fabric, and thread the needle of this moment...
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