Racial conflict and the malignancy of identity |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Kaushik?BasuEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper demonstrates how our sense of identity can emerge out of mere markers of social distinction that may have no innate
significance, but, nevertheless, spread to various aspects of our lives and be the root of conflict. The basis of such conflicts
could arise from the use of race to form conditional judgments about people's behavior. Moreover, there are contexts where
racial conflict is inevitable even though, if individuals had common knowledge of one another's preferences, there would be no conflict. It is argued that this kind of
conflict, where many individuals have no innate aggressive preference, is widespread and understanding the process that gives
rise to such conflict is the key to crafting effective policy that contains it. |
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Keywords: | C72 D74 D80 Z10 |
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