When people from diverse racial groups live together in the same neighbourhood, each individual might be constantly reminded of their own group membership, and of the differences between their own group and other groups living around them.
Many prominent social scientists, such as Professor Robert Putnam at Harvard University, have claimed that people in more diverse neighbourhoods are less likely to trust one another, and that this lack of trust can have massive negative effects on neighbourhood cohesion and sense of community.
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