With increasingly divisive politics and social media echo chambers, research suggests that we might be happier if we spent ...

These are basic tenets of social psychology (Clark et al., 2019). The problem, however, is that tribalism also leads to some very bad behaviors and cognitive distortions. Though some might believe ...

provide the best examples. Not surprisingly, none has been accused of practicing negative ethnicity. Negative ethnicity (toxic tribalism) occurs when an individual(s) use their tribe to harm or ...

Charles talks to Andrew Heaton about his new book, Tribalism is Dumb: Where It Came from, How It Got So Bad, and What to Do about It. Is tribalism bad per se, or is it just bad in politics.

The former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has criticized the ongoing ...

Tribalism arises when one or more communities ... which then became embedded in popular belief. The Kikuyu for example were given the impression that the fish-eating Luo’s were lazy and ...