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xenophobia
Pronunciation: /zɛnəˈfəʊbɪə/
noun
[mass noun]
intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries: racism and xenophobia are steadily growing in Europe
racism
Pronunciation: /ˈreɪsɪz(ə)m/
noun
[mass noun]
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races: theories of racism
prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior: a programme to combat racism
Token from the Oxford Dictionaries Online.
Some people uses to associate two bullshits with one single. In example when they says they hates too much the chinese, mexican or american people, this is not going to be precisely racism, but more xenophobia.
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Ah yes, the two words that are constantly confused with one another... such fun stuff.
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that makes sense actually ~ people seem to mostly refer to people's skin color more than anything else when it comes to stereotypes. so when people say stuff about mexicans, they may not necessarily be referring to people from mexico exactly, but people of that bloodline. heck, if you're a black person from asia, people are much more likely to say things about you because of your skin color. now there are also things where people are actually xenophobic because you are from a certain country, like america for example. it just all depends on the context
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Yeah, at first view, like the case of the black person from Asia, many people are going to judge him because of his skin color, or in example a korean or vietnamese person is going to be confused by a chinese person. That proves that, although the xenophobia and the racism are a different shit, there are related in many aspects.
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Racism is a form of xenophobia, but xenophobia need not be racism. Xenophobia can ALSO extend further than the definition suggests. It's pretty broad.
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I think there are separated concepts, but there are very linked when, in example, you associate korean people, japanese people and vietnamese people with chinese people (or with japanese people in the case of some weeaboos) because of their appearance, due to the popular generalizations.
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I guess I understand.
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It's all stems from the same irrational fear of the 'other'. Racism is just irrational fear of somebody who doesn't look like you, xenophobia is just fear of someone unfamiliar to your area.
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Racism is thinking ONE RACE is better. Not an irrational fear of someone of a different ethnicity.
Wikipedia: Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination.
dictionary referance: a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement.
Says NOTHING about fear.
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I agree with you. I don't see how anyone could disagree, but that's my opinion.
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By "you" I meant NatalieBaileyHardin.
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Well I was trying to discuss more of the possible source of racism, and not the strict dictionary definition. I think fear plays a great part in racism. The fundamental fear that the race or class of people they lord over and oppress will someday be the oppressors. A lot of racist tend to stereotype that minorities are more aggressive and violent, and that oppression is justified to 'keep them in line'. It'd hard to find a logical reason or line of thinking when it comes to prejudice, so that's why I classify it as irrational.
Xenophobia is not entirely different, since it's usually a lot of bigoted generalizations and stereotypes of people from a different region, and the fear that they're coming to your own turf.
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Ah. I always thought that xenophobia was the fear of someone different than you. I suppose that's not the case.
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That's what I was referring to as 'fear of the other'. Someone or some group different from you and yours.
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