Ahhhh, very good. Didnt take long for this to come up, did it?
Do you like that word cuz it has an X at the beginning, or its got more syllables than "racist"?
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xenophobia: fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
racism: a belief that
race is the primary
determinant of human traits and capacities and that
racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
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I don't equate the two. Xenophobia is based on fear.
Fear that foreigners will come and take one's job,
fear that they will drive down wages,
fear of becoming a minority,
fear that one's taxes will be taken to pay for their healthcare...