Xenophobia Case Study

An Individual is a single human that is distinct from a group. A social group is having two or more people interacting with one another and sharing similar characteristics. They also have a sense of unity. A society is a group of people involved in social interaction or a group that shares a common or same social territory subjected to the same political authority and cultural expectations. There would be no society if no one was talking to each other, interacting and cooperating with one another. But to learn how to behave in a society or to differentiate between what is right and what is wrong - this has to be learnt in the society. All societies have their own set of rules, customs, traditions, values and beliefs. What society means is to …show more content…
In the case study mentioned, we have established that the UK people are gaining more courage to get their message across of not liking having foreigners in their country and this is happening after Brexit. People are more direct and open in voicing out how they feel and think by using symbolic interaction. Symbolic interaction is understanding what something means based on interpretation of objects and events. This includes non-verbal hand gestures and other physical acts. The hate crimes that is happening includes having dog excrement shoved through letter boxes and having racist abuse from young children. Xenophobia is on the rise worldwide with it happening in South Africa too. Europeans are xenophobic because they are afraid that the immigrants will try to force their own culture, traditions and beliefs and that they will fail to assimilate in their country. It is understandable why the nationals are feeling this way because it is like the concept of inviting people over to your house and they start to enforce new rules instead of adhering to yours. This will result to you not inviting them again in the future. It is the same logic with what is happening in Europe. The people are expressing their disapproval for the foreigners now after Brexit because they are afraid that the foreigners might force their own culture and traditions in Europe. A European Value survey was done in 2008 and 15 countries from Europe was involved in this survey. The numbers might have increased with the recent hysteria surrounding immigrants. The survey questions include one that asked, 'On this list are various groups of people. Could you please mention any that you would not like to have as neighbors?' and the majority answered 'Immigrants/Foreign