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Xenophobia in the United States is the fear or hatred of any cultural group in the United States that is perceived as being foreign or strange or un-American. It expresses a conflict between an ingroup and an outgroup and may manifest in suspicion by the one of the other's activities, and beliefs and goals.
An early example of xenophobic sentiment in Western culture is the Ancient Greek denigration of foreigners as "barbarians", the belief that the Greek people and culture were superior to all other peoples and cultures, and the subsequent conclusion that barbarians were naturally meant to be enslaved. [10]
[1] While their precise cause is unknown, the clashes are considered to be an example of xenophobic violence by some and economic tensions by others. [2] The clashes are known for creating new laws towards the city's growing immigrant population and destroying the stereotype of Dutch tolerance. [ 3 ]
In 2008, at least 62 people were killed in the xenophobic uprising and attacks. [2] In 2015, another nationwide spike in xenophobic attacks against immigrants in general prompted a number of foreign governments to begin repatriating their citizens. [3]
People more easily disgusted by body-related odours are more likely to express xenophobic views, a new study suggests. Many species use smell to detect and avoid potential diseases, with the odour ...
In January 2018, a group of young people launched incendiary bombs at 900 Venezuelans who were in a refuge in a sports center in Cúcuta. [39] In May 2018, an audio clip began circulating in which military threats were made against immigrants who did not leave the municipality of Subachoque within two weeks. [40]
We are actually not just not xenophobic, we are the most open, most pluralistic and in many ways the most understanding society in the world,” Jaishankar said at a roundtable organized by the ...
From 1880 to 1915, almost 15 million Italians would immigrate to the United States, the largest mass migration in modern history. Many immigrants came from the troubled island of Sicily, where crime and disorder were rampant. The large-scale immigration of Italians to North America brought elements of the Sicilian Mafia.