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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.
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 ...
Republicans seem to have largely given up on policing President Donald Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric, and he is now, perhaps ...
Headlines and news cycles are filled with catastrophic proclamations and numbers regarding rising rates of coronavirus in China and growing numbers in the United States. These concerns are also ...
Some letter writers have come close to explaining the problem related to the Un-Fair Campaign, but most actually talk about the symptoms rather than the problem itself. The actual problem is ...
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Al Jazeera on MSNOpinion

Xenophobia runs the world

From Washington to Copenhagen and Pretoria, blaming migrants has become the easiest governing strategy of our time.
NEW YORK — You might have thought about it, heard it. A lot. You might have even felt it: Dictionary.com’s word of the year is “xenophobia.” While it’s difficult to get at exactly why people look up ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. NEW YORK • You might have thought about it, heard it. A lot. You might have even felt it: Dictionary.com’s word of the year is ...