https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/41

This episode examines the difficult issues that surround diversity, injustice, and trust. Multiple studies in the United States and Europe found that more ethnic diversity in residential settingis is associated with lower trust among neighbors. And an analysis from 2011 found that many African regions that were raided during the transatlantic slave trade developed cultures of distrust, which can still reverberate in the day-to-day interactions of people who inhabit these areas.

Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach.

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Show NotesEthnic Diversity and Social Trust: A Narrative and Meta-Analytical ReviewThe Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa