Race Differences in Ethnocentrism

When ‘The Great Migration’ began in 2015, over a million Africans and Arabs entered Europe.

• Many Western European countries welcomed them with open arms, while the countries of Eastern Europe reacted with horror at the prospect of accepting them.
• Similarly, countries in the Middle East and Far East also showed resistance.

Key Questions Explored in This Book:

• Why are some nations so much more welcoming to immigrants than others?
• Why are some ethnic groups more ethnocentric than others?
• Why do Europeans seem to be so low in ethnocentrism?

This highly original book sets out to answer these crucial questions. It is the first book to examine race differences in ethnocentrism and to survey cutting-edge genetic research on differences in ethnocentrism.

Insights and Conclusions:

Ethnocentrism, Dutton concludes, is predicted by factors that Europeans have largely abandoned, including:

• Cousin marriage
• Religiousness
• A small gene pool
• High levels of infant mortality

Ultimately, his research suggests that the more ethnocentric groups almost always dominate over time.