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    officer, which would have only fueled the xenophobic and racial anxiety of audience members that watched this play in the early production phase of this play. This textual analysis defines the important aspects of Iago as a primary source of the xenophobia that brings about the great tragedy of Othello as a heroic figure due to racial anxieties of 17th century British…

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    That’s just hypocritical for us being known as the “melting pot”. The reign of the long, long history of xenophobic paranoia will rise. And in the past, language enactment have not gone well for other countries. First of all, this advocates xenophobia- the fear and hatred of anything that’s foreign. This argument would raise fears that American values and ideals are under the attack of immigrants. An article from qz.com by Jake Flanagin mentioned that recent comments by the Republican Party…

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    concepts of gender and sexuality in societies by desensitizing sex and it’s societal aversion.Western culture and society has inserted traditionally social policy in regard to gender and sexuality through religious institution, while propagating xenophobia to segregate…

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    War Of The Worlds Themes

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    the humans, releasing all of their prisoners of war, and disappearing as suddenly as they appeared. This style of book and movie uses these themes to appeal to people’s xenophobic, and western-centric view of the universe. Because of this western xenophobia, this genre tends to depict the westerners as the victors of those intergalactic battles. To appeal to the xenophobic western culture, Science fiction media tends to depict aliens in a negative light. H.G Wells’ War of the Worlds, describes…

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    American would not have been as effective. These two cultures were ones the Brits already knew well enough not to fear. Stoker was clever to make Dracula a character from an exotic location. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula there is an underlying tone of xenophobia. Stoker seems to be playing on the British nation’s fear of new cultures immigrating into the British Empire. On the surface this is just an entertaining…

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    Canada is home to a long-standing democracy. Canada had embraced its nationalistic moments at Vimy Ridge and the Somme. However, these periods created tensions, as many foreigners received internment. Although my response to racial profiling against certain individuals, regardless of race, religion etc. would be of strong disapproval, due to terrorist activities occurring from unsecured immigration, I would personally have mixed feelings. Developing radical xenophobic thoughts and profiling…

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    Greek. As Zinovieff worked to become a Greek citizen she faced the same difficulties all citizen seekers faced, and that was the public workers. As discussed xenophobia is a huge problem in Greece, and is most present in public offices argued by Zinovieff. In the text she says, “Some of the worst culprits of xenophobia towards both foreign and Greek strangers tend to be the employees in public offices, who put up a barrage of hostility to the interloper who dares interrupt their…

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    the most racist country in the world. The Indian people are known for having xenophobia. The definition for xenophobia is the intense or dislike or the fear of other people from other countries but in India’s case it is outsiders from particular countries and even states from the country(“India Has Been Ranked As One Of The Most Racist Countries In the World, Here’s What Makes Us So”). Racism, Prejudice, and xenophobia is throughout India. It is all just a bundle of prejudice, centuries-old…

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    Causes Of The Red Scare

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    The Red Scare America 1917-1929 The main cause was a distrust of immigrants. The Red Scare applies to a period of strong anti-communism in history. The period was characterized by heightened suspicion of communists and other radicals and the fear of widespread infiltration of communists in the US government. Communism is a system the government enforces in which property is owned by the society and people receive equal pay, land, education, etc. Every being under communism is equal. Eastern…

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    of such men and women. We have discriminated against many different people over the course of our great and noble history, including Africans, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, and Germans. An article entitled “Xenophobia: American Nativism” deals with this very issue. It tackles the issues of xenophobia…

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