Essay about xenophobia

The word “xenophobia” has ties to the Greek words “xenos,” which means “stranger or “guest,” and “phobos,” which means “fear” or “flight.” It makes sense that today we define “xenophobia” as a fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

Xenophobia easily emerges from these ideas. Minorities feel the consequences of a rise in nationalism most keenly. Raveena Chaudhari is a junior accounting major and staff writer for The Red and Black, a nonprofit corporation that circulates the largest college newspaper in Georgia.

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 in South Africa Claims that South Africans were becoming increasingly antagonistic towards foreign citizens began to surface in the mid 1990s. Violent attacks on non-South African traders erupted on the sidewalks of Johannesburg in 1996 and assaults on foreign citizens became increasingly common in a number of cities.