Xenophobia

In late August, the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute revealed that they had detected a strange signal that was 94 light years away from Earth. During the time of the signal’s discovery, senior astronomer for SETI, Seth Shostak, could only describe the signal as “interesting”. However, he rhetorically asks, “Could it be another society sending a signal our way?” Shostak, like many other scientists who had heard about the mysterious SETI signal, had hoped for signs of…

strain on the economy, especially as much of Europe is shifting politically to the right. Anti-refugee rhetoric will cause Greek citizens to push for reform against aid spending and potential changes to the immigration policy currently in place. Xenophobia puts both the refugees and their institutions that grant them aid at great risk. Hostility towards migrants puts medical relief organizations at risk as it increasingly becomes politically unpopular to support them. SAMS, for example, is…

The European Union is an economic, social, and political union of 28 nations in Europe. Created in the aftermath of the Second World War, a union of European states was sought out and was believed to be the solution to the endless bloodshed that, fueled by the nationalist rivalries between its neighbors, had been ravaging the continent for more than a thousand years. Today, with the institution of the Treaties of Rome and Maastricht, the European Union uses the powers it has acquired from its…

Poverty: Arguably, the main struggle of the family in Upton Sinclair's, The Jungle, is that of money. In fact, if the family was well off financially, almost none of their problems would be of existence, and the story wouldn't be nearly as controversial. Take the beginning of the novel for example when the family foreshadowed all the misery they would face due to monetary issues, “Jurgis, too, had heard of America. That was a country where, they said, a man might earn three rubles a day; and…

not assimilate instantly the acculturate which is what we see in the United States. Acculturation is when a culture keeps its cultural traits while adopting complimentary traits from the dominate. (Osio, n.d.) Can we reduce prejudice or forms of xenophobia? There are many theories on how to do just that but the can be in turn a way to advance the agenda of the WASP America as suggested by Huntington. Gordon Allport’s theory of intergroup contact is one of them. Before we can get into how…

2.2.2 Nationalism To define nationalism is not easy, many scholars have tried and comes with different definition. Hans Kohn, one of the prominent figure in international relations describe nationalism as an idea, which fills man’s brain and heart with new thoughts and sentiments and the natural tendency of human, which is to love his birthplace, its surroundings, climate, the hills, valleys, rivers, and trees. Therefore, nationalism is a state of mind, permeating the large majority of people…

As they flee from war and violence, Syrian refugees are trying to find better lives in other countries, whether it is temporary or permanent. Only recently has the refugee crisis been brought to people’s attention around the world, but it has been in existence since the Arab Spring in 2011. The Arab Spring brought about rebellion against Syria’s President al-Assad’s regime and Al-Assad fought back, creating a devastating civil war. Now, 4.6 million Syrians are seeking safe havens. Syria’s…

happened when an influx of Germans, Irish and Chinese immigrants began coming to the US. the first two groups, the German and Irish, were welcomed rather warmly. The Chinese on the other hand, had a rough time living in a country where racism and xenophobia were a common occurrence. In 1882 passed the Chinese exclusion act to keep any Chinese from entering the country. Side note: this…

Immigration isn’t a brand new topic that we are facing in the world. It something that has been present in the world since the defining of “nations” as people move from one location to another for a multitude of reasons. Whether it is the fleeing from an attacking group, such as the Mongols in the 13th century, the movement of Europeans to the Americas in the 15th and 16th century, the migration of thousands of Mexicans into the United States, or the migration of refugees into countries like…

In his work the territorial imperative Philips, draws from the Zoological parallels and indicates that in a paradox, a threat to peoples' security at the personal level is an effective stimulus to seek a certain identity (5). A good example is when the society is in conflict. Religion gains the greater prominence when there is no security and helps nurture a particular identity that is under threat or undermined. In such conditions, the societies are able to develop the need for identification,…