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Xenophobia: The Fear of Strangers

Xenophobia, or fear of strangers, is a broad term that may be applied to any fear of someone different from themselves.
Recently, the South African government has been trying to arrest the effects of xenophobia. However, as a country, it is ...
One word that has stealthily found its way into the African lexicon is the word xenophobia. A word search today of this ...
An ultimatum issued by anti-immigrant groups has sparked fear among thousands of foreigners, who have been made scapegoats for the economic crisis gripping the country ...
In public discourse, but often within psychological literature, racism is regularly portrayed as a natural tendency rooted in human nature. We often hear how racism is the natural consequence of our ...
The only interventions capable of disrupting xenophobia are those that lower, or ideally eliminate, its political, economic ...
At every level of society, there are “us” vs. “them” divisions. Cliques abound in high schools, and high schools themselves compete against rival high schools. People in Indiana tell derisive Kentucky ...
“I have a Kalmyk friend who is a doctor,” a man who lives in Elista, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Kalmykia, told RFE/RL. “He told me yesterday that his granddaughter in Moscow had been stopped ...