Outgroup Bias (Definition + Examples) 

I am pessimistic about that. Outgroup bias or any scientific concept needs people who are affected by it to understand the concept or at least be willing and wanting to educate themselves. Arguably the more one is educated the less these biases are prevalent anyway, which leads to an inherent barrier.

I think if you eradicate outgroup bias towards race people replace it with something else. The new outgroup is largely political these days. "Trumpist and libtards" type thinking. In racially homogeneous countries they tend to have religious and ideological outgroups formed. I'm curious if there is an IQ correlation between extremes of outgroup bias.

I had first hand experience of this around 2005 when I had to buy some OU gym shorts at a thrift store so I could make my appointment with a personal trainer at the gym near my work. I had no idea I would get so many dirty looks. I ended up giving the shorts to a coworker who said he enjoyed getting those looks of disgust because they gave him fuel.

If a group ceases to perceive itself as special while other competing groups believe themselves superior it seems they would inevitably suffer.

@SK SK all successful religions do that dude, invariably they see themselves as “gods chosen people” in some form or another.

That seems to describe what the left is doing with white people right now. It's terrible.

I’ve never heard of this!!! I have to start researching lol

Hmmmm I may have to research this topic (especially because of the holiday season) and perhaps post a video on the topic!

I was hoping somebody would mention this. And it's such a shame because if the study had been conducted sincerely, it would be interesting to know if the experiments would have turned out similar to what we now know were the results of outside influence

The child who is outcasted is willing to have the village burn just to feel the warmth.

Deep feelings of self loathing and lack of self esteem due to an inferiority mindset, as well as a severely warped sense of the nurturing instinct. They essentially see out groups as helpless children or puppies who need their assistance, so by infantilizing the out group and making the out group dependent on their "help," they get the feelings of superiority and self esteem that they lack.

@@vtense6039 that is an interesting comment. Not that I don’t disagree with it, but I think that’s the sentiment felt After the fact rather than the reason. What’s more we were still hunter gatherers far longer than we have been in civilization, so that is to say the villages are relatively recent phenomenon in terms of our development as a species. That is to say I don’t think hunter gather humanity, or even early agricultural humanity would have tolerated outcasting if it meant they came back to destroy The group/village. Edit: that said I do think as civilization has progressed that sentiment can become easier to potentially fulfill.

@@jagpro91 it sounds like you’re describing a savior complex,

All being Human, would only work if there was another group for us to be against... for example space alien's

Only black people can be racist.

It’s usually some white college girl saying that at a frat party after her third solo cup.

Lol right ok