Xenophobia

the term ‘xenophobia’ is typically used to denote a phobic att-tude towards foreigners or strangers, or even of the unknown. racism in general is described as a form of xenophobia.
-“why do we have to have white people at the front of the bus, and black people at the back of the bus? why can’t we all be green?”

-“light green at the front of the bus, and dark green at the back please!”
having a fear or hatred of foreigners; racism
americans showed a strong feeling of xenophobia during the red scare.
taken to the extreme, an irrational fear of strangers or more broadly, a fear of those who are different. taken in a more moderate way, a rational fear of those who are different in some significant way, such as race, ethnicity, culture, politics, religion. since people live together in families and communities where blood ties and cultural similarities foster cooperation, those who are different undermine this social solidarity. the very presence of people who are different in appearance or belief or language make the majority of people in a community wary of those who do not share a common interest in preserving the dominant group.

this fear is justified since people naturally view those who look, believe, and act in a similar manner as extensions of themselves. since people are naturally selfish, they will lend aid and befriend those whom they see as similar to themselves. conversely, since people are naturally selfish and seek to dominate others to enhance their own power, they will naturally first seek to dominate those who are different. people who are different are more likely to be seen as objects rather than fellow humans.

when confronted with these threats to social cooperation based on viewing others as objects, it is rational to foster laws, social and economic policy, and att-tudes that preserve one’s own kind in power. to do otherwise is to hand power over to those who will destroy one’s own way of life, culture, and political system.

political power as well as cultural and social power are zero-sum games. when one group gains in the same geographical region, other groups must lose.
campus leftist: “oh, those conservatives really show their xenophobia in opposing open immigration. that shows what closed minds they have and how paranoid they are. of course, we had to shout down a conservative speaker last night at the lecture series, and drive him off campus in order to promote diversity and pluralism. we would never be prejudiced as those conservatives are.”
one of humanity’s poorer acquisitions;
being scared of multi-ethnicism.
a: “whitepower!”
b, to c: “what’s wrong with that poor kid?”
c: “suffering from xenophobia…”
the belief that your country is the best and no other compares.

this is often due to ignorance and stereotypes
look up any country on urban dictionary and you will find an example of xenophobia somewhere
a fear of the evil alien from scientology.
scientologist: xenu is coming. he will destroy you. you must remove the souls from your body so he can’t eat you!
person: wow, that’s a new one. xenophobic much?
scientologist: xenophobia??? are you a… noof?
and; incredibly well put together, rockin’ 5-piece girl band from vancouver bc, combining a variety of punk rock, and cl-ssic rock styles. arrived on the underground scene around late 2002. very innovative senses for scene fashion but should not be discredited as they’re lyrics are conceptual and very artistic.
xenophobia is the best band to hit the scene. better than human puke shield, marie 43, and artificial sugar combined. amen.

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