New research suggests that group identification mitigates feelings of disgust, necessarily placing out-groups in an unfavourable light.
The evolutionary advantage of being more sensitive to the smell and sight of outsiders would be the protection of kin and community from foreign pathogens. The social consequence in modern times is a physical reaction framed as a moral failing.
Possible solutions include a reeducation program to present outsiders as part of the same society, or people just following their noses, and limiting the condemnation of association with one's kind.
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