Xenophobia Xenophobia is an intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries. Xenophobia can also be described as a cruel and unfair treatment of a person or group because of their religious or political beliefs or their race. The difference between xenophobia and racism is simple. Xenophobia is the threat to one’s national Identity and racism is an overall hatred of a group for cultural or other reasons. Discussing Xenophobia‚ I will focus on the relationship between the Dominican
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CAUSES OF XENOPHOBIA 1.) Failure to maintain the rule of law The government’s repeated failures to bring levels of violent crime under control contributed to an environment which saw people resort to violence without fear of arrest or successful prosecution. In failing to maintain the rule of law the state had conditioned many poor communities to violent behaviour. The failure to protect communities from criminal elements and to remove those elements had allowed criminals to take full advantage
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Crucible‚ Reverend Parris’s character clearly displays‚ through actions and characteristics alike‚ that Miller is using him as an allegorical counterpart to the American government during the time period in which the play was written. At this time‚ xenophobia and fear of communism were rampant within the United States‚ and towards the beginning of this era of panic‚ the government attempted to use this hysteria to distract from internal problems that they were dealing with‚ like lack of finances and
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There is no way that xenophobia does not exist in the contemporary world‚ you can see it in political campaigns and when an epidemic threatens western civilization. However‚ The Walking Dead is not an example of xenophobia. The graphic novel The Walking Dead shows a civilization trying to come back after a zombie apocalypse‚ in which they are living in complete survival mode and never know what is coming for them next. Some people believe that The Walking Dead only has to do with humanity’s deepest
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In Book 6 of the Odyssey‚ a reoccurring theme is Xenophobia- more commonly known as the irrational fear of someone or something foreign. The greatest example of xenophobia in this book is in lines 148-153 on page 172. “So Odysseus moved out… about to mingle with all those lovely girls‚ naked now as he was‚ for the need drove him on‚ a terrible sight‚ all crusted‚ caked with brine0 they scattered in panic down the jutting beaches‚” In this scene in the book‚ Odysseus is woken up by Nausicaa’s
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Racism and Xenophobia Globalization resulted in the easy access to foreign countries and gave birth to new types of problems‚ which are xenophobia and racism. Xenophobia is the fear or distrust of individuals from other countries. The Ku Klux Klan and the Jewish holocaust are proof that racism and xenophobia can result in the suffereing and deaths of many people. Racism and Xenophobia are serious growing problems because of their harmful physical and psychological effects to the victims. A closer
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Additionally‚ Carmilla feeds off of young women‚ just as Dracula does. She exerts an agency that is not socially permissible‚ since she‚ as a female‚ is the predator and not the prey. Carmilla’s physical appearance causes much anxiety‚ as she comes across as innocently as other women and therefore undetectable‚ just as new ideas were spread amongst women. She is even stronger than the men‚ which is explicitly stated in her encounter with the general‚ in which Carmilla’s hand is compared to a “vice
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Shantel Mayinoti 11A English Oral Task 19 August 2013 Topic : XENOPHOBIA Xenophobia is the fear of foreigners resulting in violent actions . A report by the Human Sciences Research Council identified four broad causes for the violence: intense competition for jobs‚ commodities and housing group processes‚ including psychological categorization processes that are nationalistic rather than superordinate a feeling of superiority in relation to other Africans and exclusive citizenship
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Moor of Venice (1603)‚ the issue of whether Othello’s weakness lies only in himself‚ and not in the xenophobia or malice of others‚ is one that is enmeshed in a great deal of complexities due to the extenuating circumstances which can be seen to deeply impact the protagonist’s sense of self throughout the course of the plot. Furthermore‚ these extenuating circumstances do indeed involve the xenophobia and the malice of others to a large extent. For example‚ there is racial prejudice that Othello is
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Muslims entering the United States‚” (Donald J. Trump) The extent of Xenophobia means to have a fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners; fear of anything that is strange or foreign. Xenophobia has risen since the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers and it is something that has been shown a lot lately‚ mainly because of the 2016 presidential election. The term‚ xenophobia‚ was first used 1903 and it originated from New Latin. Xenophobia has two parts of the word‚ xeno‚ which means “stranger” or “guest”
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