Times are changing, and power is starting to be distributed more equitable. For white/heterosexual/christian/male as a group, this necessarily a loss in relative power.
Some people are apparently scared by this and start to defensively strengthen their identification with that group, which is followed by all the usual problems with in-group/out-group behaviour.
What's actually surprising is that a rather large group of people seem immune to this effect. I can totally see how the above behaviour can be beneficial in some game theory setting. Yet emotionally, I feel absolutely nothing like fear of these changes.
Some people are apparently scared by this and start to defensively strengthen their identification with that group, which is followed by all the usual problems with in-group/out-group behaviour.
What's actually surprising is that a rather large group of people seem immune to this effect. I can totally see how the above behaviour can be beneficial in some game theory setting. Yet emotionally, I feel absolutely nothing like fear of these changes.