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    Xenophobia Run Amuck It’s a sad day for the United States when a majority of its congress, governors, and all too many of its presidential candidates turn their backs on innocent refugees. But why would a country of immigrants and believers in the American dream turn away the Syrian refugees now seeking to be part of that American dream? Xenophobia and racial stereotyping. Just a few weeks ago the GOP lead house of representatives passed a bill at a 289 to 137 vote to devastatingly hinder if not

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    Buthelezi, M. (2009). An investigation of the experiences and meaning of xenophobia at the University of Johannesburg by international students. Unpublished masters thesis. Kwazulu Natal: University of Zululand. Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in Psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3:2, 77-101. Chinomona, E., & Maziriri, E.T. (2015). Examining the Phenomenon of Xenophobia as Experienced by African Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Johannesburg, South African: Intensifying

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    country. Now imagine if the America they arrived in was a place where immigrants were not welcome at all and were treated with unadulterated hatred and violence. Would we even be here? Believe it or not, there are countries today that struggle with xenophobia, which is the intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries. I bet you didn't know it is one of South Africa's biggest current issues. General background info on your topic--what is the issue at hand? Why should we care about

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    have commonly been used to address these types of issues ever since these outlets were started. In the film Dracula, directed by Tod Browning in 1931, many controversial issues of the 1920s and 1930s including science, superstition, religion, and xenophobia are addressed. An argument that has been extremely controversial and debated for centuries is science versus religion. Dracula takes the side of religion in this debate, which is shown throughout the novel. Many times the protagonists attempt

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    Joann Huynh Lee AP Language, 3 September 3rd 2017 Fantastic Beast Extra Credit Discuss the parallel between xenophobia and the discrimination of witches of wizards. In the movie Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them, they show one of the main points in the movie in the beginning of how the Magical Congress of the United States of America which is an organization that helps maintain the peace in the U.S but also protect the No-Maji, people with no magic aka humans from the magical world of wizards

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    state. It can also be related to Racism as racism goes together. They both operate on the same basis of assumptions and beliefs and result in the same level of hatred, although Racism is based on the race and Xenophobia is based on Nationality (Valerie-Claire Duffield, 2010) According to Xenophobia and Violence in South Africa (2008) the reasons for the attacks differ and they include: • blaming the contestation for scarce resources • others attribute it to the country’s violent past • inadequate service

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    Rigoberto Ramos English 114A Prof. Hamalian February 25, 2015 La Mota vs. Government Xenophobia The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America in simple terms protects Americans from irrational searches and seizures made by government officials in situations where one would expect a certain degree of privacy. Except if the official suspects probable cause, in which case they can, legally search you or they could obtain a search warrant from a judge that allows a police

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    For the great majority of people, it is generally agreed today that there is much racial discrimination and xenophobia in the United States. Also, it is scarcely possible to ignore the problem of racism and xenophobia based on many types of discrimination such as age, disability, equal/pay compensation, genetic information, harassment, national origin, pregnancy, race/color, religion, retaliation, sex, and sexual harassment. One of the most eye-catching discrimination is racial discrimination. The

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    The Legacy of 20th Century Xenophobia and Racism “She turned on him in scorn. ‘Listen, Nigger,’ she said. ‘You know what I can do to you if you open your trap?’ Crooks stared hopelessly at her, and then he sat down on his bunk and drew into himself” (Steinbeck 116-117). In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the author presents motifs such as xenophobia and racism in the 1900’s with the example of the African American, Crooks. Although Crooks lived in an era without segregation and slavery, racism

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    and how I respond to reading the books as an adult. This series draws upon ideas of xenophobia, psychoanalysis, ethics, empathy, and much others. In the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, there was a reference toward xenophobia that a child may not have noticed compared to something an adult would have noticed. In particular, a direct quote from the first book that exemplifies the idea of xenophobia is, “His last, comforting thought before he fell asleep was

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