Colorado Technical University

Can any one help me to explain more on these two sentences?

I am an exchange student studying Business administration, while English is not my native language. On the course of intercultural communication we're using the textbook of Guirdham, an englishman. Unfortunately it contains some sentences that are extremely long which I cannot get its exact meaning. Here are two sentences. 1.On the section of "Managerial beliefs" However, studies in Greece and five developing countries showed 'a low level of industrialization' to be such a potent explanatory varialbe as to offset the effects of cultural diversity. The researchers commented that national cultures seems to have more explanatory power for mature industrialized countries. 2. The following sentence (I think) should be stating that culture differences should not be the mask of racism. But in fact I don't totally understand it... There is a phenomenon known as 'new racism' which draws attention to cultural incompatibility. It confines racism to 'situations in which groups of people are hierachically distinguished from one another on the basis of some notion of stock difference and where symbolic representations are mobilized which emphasize the social and cultual relevance of biologically rooted characteristics'. Can any one explain those sentences for me? It would be much better if you would like to explain the difficult phrases. Especially the last sentence of the second case.

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1. 1. These counties that don't have a lot of industry and depend mostly on agriculture also are without much of the cultural divides that seem to exist in industrial areas. To simplify: those farm boys seem to get along better than factory workers. 2. Basically this very long sentence is saying that the "old" actions of racism have been modernized to include heritage and not just color or nationality. This could be that because you resemble an unfavorable group you are a subject of descrimination even if you are not at all attached to them.