Reply #1: Not sure what that study has to do with racism...

[pipi_k]

"Outsiders" don't have to be a different color or race.

Sometimes all it takes for a group of people to be wary of others is that the others be from a different town.

In fact, in my town, there's a little bit of half-serious/half-kidding animosity between the people who live in town vs the people who live in the more rural area "on the hill". There aren't that many differences color-wise or race-wise or income-wise.

And one lady in particular that I know has complained on many occasions about being made to feel like an outsider because she wasn't born in this town but in a neighboring one. Although I personally feel most of the issue is probably of her own making...

I think the point I'm trying to make here is that it's natural for any creature to be wary of those they're not familiar with.