Xenophobia

The Border Builder by Carol Rumens Main Idea: Carol Rumen expresses her frustrations with the hypocrisy of racism and xenophobia by visiting an immigration office. There is a presence of only good and bad, one cannot be in the middle and the entire system just brings up more questions than answers. The officer only cares for which side you are on. Theme(s): Immigration, Racism, Racial Prejudice, Racial Discrimination, Dehumanization. Methods: Rumens suggest that division in society is a natural…

Jorawar and Yeung theorize that arguments by lawmakers and anti-abortion lobbyists in favor of sex-selective abortion bans in the U.S., rooted in racial stereotypes and justified by information from Asian countries, are “wolves in sheeps clothing.” This means that such arguments are said to be based in the desire to combat women’s oppression and promote equality, but they are actually harmful and insidious methods used by anti-abortionists, promoting racial stereotypes regarding Asian American…

Synopsis: "If You Prick Us," by Stephan Greenblatt explores the literary history of xenophobia directed at Jewish people. The piece opens with a personal story of the author’s experience when he tried to get a research assistant position. The disturbing stereotype of the money hungry Jew ended up costing Greenblatt a valuable opportunity. A trend in the comedies discussed was the necessity of the Jewish characters to convert to Christianity before they can be taken seriously. Saved by falling in…

Causal Argument Racial discrimination is still quite prevalent in present America. African-Americans make up 14% of drug users in America, but comprise of 37% of people arrested for drug-related offenses. Legally, African-American men are three times more likely to be searched at a traffic stop and six times more likely to go to jail than white men. The jail sentences for African-Americans are often longer than whites for similar crimes. Additionally, the concern of police brutality…

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump shockingly mentioned in a series of conversations last month that he would “absolutely” require “Muslims in the United States to register in a database" (Gabriel), also having earlier demanded the "surveillance of certain mosques" (Haberman). Ever since he started running for president, Donald Trump has been criticizing minorities and immigrants in a racist and stereotypical manner. But the most shocking part is that his poll numbers, increased…

might think when comparing Octavia Butler’s Dawn and the film District 9 they share more than just solely being in the alien science fiction genre. Though they indeed differ in many ways, both focus on themes regarding manipulation, alienation and xenophobia, consequently leading the protagonist to experience cognitive dissonance and subsequent reflection upon one’s sense of self-identity. Both protagonists, Lilith and Wikus, after experiencing alien genetic mutation exhibit mental stress…

1. When beginning this journal, I initially thought Nativism referred to the Native American Indians that were the first inhabitants of America. The definition of nativism is a word that makes reference to a policy that is set to conserve or protect the wellbeing and interest of a native population within a country. So I figured I was on the right track, right? Wrong. The real context of the word “nativism” skips over the Indian reference and goes right to when Columbus discovered America. Thus…

I worked as a professional racehorse groom for most of my life. Horseracing history is the basis of two distinct American narratives slavery and immigration. For the purpose of this audience, I will attempt to show how these narratives have been utilized to create deep divisions among America's labor forces. Illegal immigration is a wedge it is a means of retarding wages and curtailing labor rights. I have witnessed illegal immigrants use their legal status to bargain for American jobs,…

status and the lack of social assistance for refugees and asylum seekers in Johannesburg and other cities in South Africa have been stemmed by the Immigration Act of 2002 and the Refugee Act (Maharaj). In addition to the UNHCR’s attempts to reduce Xenophobia, the South African government needs to increase the ability of Zimbabweans to be self-sufficient and reduce their need for humanitarian support in South Africa. They must also implement whatever programs are necessary to “increase the…

Racism still exists in North America because of Xenophobia, the “Other”, and because it’s in human nature. Recent reports showed how racism of the Canadian government could be a factor of the plight of the Innu People. There are three possible reasons to why there is still racism and they are because of economic and social insecurity, the “Other”, and intrinsic human nature. Economic and social insecurity can lead to racism because it makes people hate foreigners, it makes the immigrants feel…