Xenophobia

I remember that during Halloween, people would come throw eggs at our house, maybe because of the idea that we were doing financially well, despite being immigrants or maybe they had xenophobia. At that time, all I remember was hiding behind a wall, hoping that the window would protect us, that the window would protect us from the discrimination and racism against Asian-Americans. That, if I were to stay inside the house, I wouldn’t have…

When our founding fathers were creating the Declaration of Independence they had to keep in mind that this document has to be applicable at that time and in the future that they could not foresee. They tried to cover all issues and needs from securing American from outside invasion to keeping the governments reach limited and preventing strife between states. All of the things they wrote are important principles in the modern day and age. Five key points are in the declaration of independence…

The Holocaust took place between 1938 and 1945. The Holocaust was the systematic murder of Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, and political opponents of the Nazi party. The Holocaust killed between 5-6 million Jews. Many people feel that the Germans who were not being persecuted by the Nazis should have said something to the United States, but this simply was not an option. The Germans that were not held in the concentration camps had a good reason for not saying anything about the atrocities of the…

From 1849, the beginning of California’s gold rush, to 1940, the Chinese in Chinatown faced harsh lives. The Chinese were never treated fairly-the town was treated like a “different planet altogether,” according to San Francisco's Chronicle. Still, the Chinese persevered and endured through their harsh lives in San Francisco. After struggle after struggle, the organized Chinese reestablished their town, gained strong bonds, and soon became a great landmark of San Francisco. San Francisco's…

Race relations in Britain definitely improved in the years 1948 to 1997, due to many reasons, such as legislation and improved understanding of other races over time. However, there were still racial tensions and issues in Britain by 1997, such as discrimination in employment. There were also events that showed that relations were not as positive as people may have thought, such as the Brixton Riots and the murder of Stephen Lawrence. In 1948 there was mass immigration from the Caribbean due to…

was a continuation of the previous acts involving immigration in the previous years (Xenophobia, powerpoint). The main point that affected immigration of Mexicans is the Asiatic Barred Zone which expressed that “all immigration from a region extending from Afghanistan to the Pacific”, was banned (Henderson, pg 30). The lack of immigration from the Asia area, created more jobs for Mexicans within farm labor (Xenophobia,…

A person’s ethnicity is often defined by their belonging in a social group that share the same cultural traditions, e.g. language, religion and customs that are passed down through time, from one generation to the next. Ethnic groups can span both a broad and narrow aggregation, an example would be that, people living in the United Kingdom are coined as British, however, they can also be more accurately presented as Scottish, Welsh, Irish or English. This is not to be mistaken for race, the…

Racism and Xenophobia in Modern Soccer 2005, Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto’o is playing for Barcelona, in an away game versus Spanish club Zaragoza. While retrieving a ball from the sidelines, Zaragoza fans began to chant monkey noises and throw trash at the player; he then attempted to storm off the field, only to be stopped and consoled by his teammates. The three-time African footballer of the year went on to finish the game, assisting a goal in Barcelona’s 2-0 win. In soccer, players are…

The film American Sniper is a supposed biographical film of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle. It is inspired from his book, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, and interviews from numerous friends and family. Initially focused on Kyle’s early life and later motivation to join the military, American Sniper then leads the audience through his four tours in Iraq, which are contrasted with his slowly worsening relationship with his wife and children,…

senior military and RCMP officers thus, leading to the incarceration of Japanese Canadians in internment camps. In addition, this mistreatment led to feelings of violation amongst the minority. (Kallen, 1995, p.131). This is an ample example of xenophobia, as it exhibits the characteristic of fear that is most often the root cause of discrimination and prejudice. Furthermore, it reinforces the social economic theory that states that minority groups may become scapegoats for problems within…