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Hearing Null's bit on second generation immigrants being trash drove me nuts trying to find a specific study I read a few years back- I think this was the study and I'm mixing in commentary I read in an additional article...
But basically, children of immigrants are at a dramatically increased risk of developing schizophrenia. Regardless of country of origin, regardless of destination, but especially when a Black family moves to a White country. It's a finding that's been found repeatedly around the world for decades, and has been studied to try and understand the social factors that trigger schizophrenia separate from genetics.
The most compelling explanation I read drawn from the study linked above was that there are two social conditions that elevate risk of psychosis- being alienated and isolated from those around you, creating unchecked anxiety, or the opposite, being in a socially dense setting where you're constantly observed and never alone, promoting paranoia and overstimulation.
Children of immigrants get the worst of both worlds. They are often alienated from peers in school by race, culture, and language, often never quite feel like they fit in, are viewed with suspicion or like they're not ~really~ whatever country they were born in- especially ethnically homogeneous countries like the Nordic states. But then they're being raised in close knit ethnic enclaves/ghettos where everyone knows everyone's business and gossips constantly and my auntie knows your auntie and you're bringing shame on the family, etc.
But yeah, children of immigrants really are at a higher risk of snapping and doing crazy bullshit, in addition to everything else.
But basically, children of immigrants are at a dramatically increased risk of developing schizophrenia. Regardless of country of origin, regardless of destination, but especially when a Black family moves to a White country. It's a finding that's been found repeatedly around the world for decades, and has been studied to try and understand the social factors that trigger schizophrenia separate from genetics.
The most compelling explanation I read drawn from the study linked above was that there are two social conditions that elevate risk of psychosis- being alienated and isolated from those around you, creating unchecked anxiety, or the opposite, being in a socially dense setting where you're constantly observed and never alone, promoting paranoia and overstimulation.
Children of immigrants get the worst of both worlds. They are often alienated from peers in school by race, culture, and language, often never quite feel like they fit in, are viewed with suspicion or like they're not ~really~ whatever country they were born in- especially ethnically homogeneous countries like the Nordic states. But then they're being raised in close knit ethnic enclaves/ghettos where everyone knows everyone's business and gossips constantly and my auntie knows your auntie and you're bringing shame on the family, etc.
But yeah, children of immigrants really are at a higher risk of snapping and doing crazy bullshit, in addition to everything else.
