Xenophobia

Astonished by German Astonishment Over Nazi Attacks

Lia Petridis Maiello | Posted 11.22.2011 | World

Read More: Anders Behring Breivik Norway Bombing, Geert Wilders Anti-Islamic Film, Germany, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Alessandra Mussolini, Xenophobia, Geert Wilders, Neo Nazis, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Thilo Sarrazin, World News

I am not for the first time writing on behalf of the immigrant community to Germany, as the daughter of a Greek immigrant in Germany. On October 21st ...

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Dogs Bark Because We Gallop

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 12.06.2011 | Latino Voices

Read More: President Obama, Kfi, Xenophobia, Cir, Jorge-Mario Cabrera, Alabama, Jack and Ken, Los Angeles, Deportation, Ice, Immigration Reform, Anti-Immigrant Legislation, Racism, Enforcement, Hate Speech, Milford, Chirla, Latino Voices News

There is no room for second-guessing, Mr. President. Congress and the White House must hold onto courage, heart, and mind to stop the types of ill-intentioned, myopic, inhumane laws such as SB1070 and SB56, and get back to work on smart, humane, and sensible updates to our nation's broken and inconsistent immigration laws.

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Know Nothings and Immigrants: Some Things Never Change

James Peron | Posted 12.05.2011 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Nativism, Immigrants, Immigration, Irish, Bigotry, Xenophobia, Politics News

The complaints that were made about Irish immigrants are pretty similar to those we hear today about Mexican immigrants. The xenophobes insisted the Irish were lazy, prone to crime, drank too much, and were stealing jobs from good white Americans.

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What's Behind Putin's Push To Tame Far-Right Racism In Russia?

Le Temps/Worldcrunch | Posted 10.09.2011 | World

Read More: Russia, Far Right Racism, Xenophobia, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Putin Russia, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Racism, World News

MOSCOW -- Five months to go before the next legislative elections, the Kremlin is turning its attention to the issue of inter-ethnic racism. In recent...

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Islam-Baiting Doesn't Work

Stephan Salisbury | Posted 09.17.2011 | Politics

Read More: Islam, 2012 Election, Ground Zero Mosque, Rick Lazio, Andrew Cuomo, Islamaphobia, Xenophobia, Muslims, Anti-Muslim Bias, Tea Party, Politics News

Sharia has become a convenient way to harp on nonexistent, yet anxiety-producing, "threats." Since no one knows what you're talking about when you decry Sharia, it's even easier than usual to say anything, no matter how bizarre or duplicitous.

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For Romney, Slow and Steady Wins the Zzz...

Karl Frisch | Posted 09.05.2011 | Politics

Read More: Godfather's Pizza, Michele Bachmann 2012, Ronald Reagan, Ron Paul, Thaddeus McCotter, Michele Bachmann Founding Fathers, Democratic Party, Newt Gingrich 2012, George H.W. Bush, 2012 Election, Sarah Palin Paul Revere, Bob Dole, Rick Santorum 2012, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Tea Party, Republican Presidential Candidate, John McCain, Rick Santorum Google, President Barack Obama, Xenophobia, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Democrats, Libertarian, Barack Obama, Jon Huntsman 2012, Herman Cain 2012, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Bain Capital, Mitt Romney 2012, Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Ron Paul 2012, Thaddeus Mccotter 2012, Tim Pawlenty, Tim Pawlenty 2012, Newt Gingrich Affair, Republicans, Politics News

You've got to hand it to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. What he lacks in consistency and charisma as the 2012 Republican presidential frontrunner, he makes up for with stunning political awkwardness.

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GOP Candidate Under Fire For 'Xenophobic' Ad Warning Of A Chinese Takeover

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.22.2011 | Politics

Read More: Mark Amodei, Mark Amodei Ad, Nevada Congress, Xenophobia, Elections 2012, Us China Debt, Judy Chu, Nevada China Ad, Nevada Election, China, China Debt, Mark Amodei China, Amodei China Ad, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A Republican congressional candidate in Nevada is facing criticism from Asian-American groups for his controversial new ad that portrays...

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Arizona's SB1070: A Year After

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 06.18.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Immigration Reform, Cir, Xenophobia, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, sb1070, Arizona, Chirla, Anti-Immigration Legislation, Chicano, Los Angeles News

Not much and yet all has changed since the first major anti-immigrant legislation in a quarter of a century became law one year ago.

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Has Anti-Latino Sentiment Peaked?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Population, Latino, Undocumented Immigrants, Ethnicity, Illegal Immigration, Utah Immigration Law, Immigrants, Immigration, Arizona, Hispanics, Prejudice, Utah, 2010 Census Population Growth, Kansas, Virgil Peck, Illegal Immigrants, U.S. Census, Racism, Gop, Discrimination, Sb 1070, Arizona Immigration Law, Adam and Steve, Republican Party, Bigotry, Latinos, Liberal Media, Racial Hostility, Anti-Latino, Xenophobia, Hispanic, Undocumented Immigration, Population Demographics, Racial Discrimination, Ethnic Hatred, Anti-Hispanic, Gay Marriage, Undocumented, Politics News

Virgil Peck's feeble attempt at humor lines up with the more overt shrieking of those conservatives who are terrified of Latinos, immigrants, undocumented people, or all three. They know that their mindset, once the default setting for the nation, is fading away.

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Ron Schiller, Truth-Telling And The Problem of Fear

Ben Daniel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Fear, Economic Woes, Xenophobia, Npr, Truth-Telling, Racism, Tea Party, Ron Schiller, Religion News

As far as I can tell, Schiller said what is merely obvious, what I've said more times than I can count in my work as a preacher, writer, and activist. Do I also deserve an angry response? Should I resign from my job?

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Immigration And The U.S.: Dasha's Story

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 06.26.2011 | Impact

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Education, Manhattan, Central Park, Xenophobia, Brighton Beach, Odessa, Ukraine, Statue of Liberty, Immigration, Museum Mile, Family, u.s. Immigration, U.S. Immigrant, Immigrant U.S., Impact News

When you hear someone talk about how we can't afford to have any more immigration to this country, why not remind that person of the talents, love and commitment that new immigrants bring to our culture?

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Leading the Way on Immigration Reform

Sayu Bhojwani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Census, Immigration Reform, Mayor Bloomberg, Xenophobia, Immigration, Immigrants, New York City, State of the City, Michael Bloomberg, Politics News

Anti-immigrant sentiment and xenophobia shape too much of the discourse in our country. Bloomberg's call to fix our broken immigration system is a policy call our new Congress needs to hear.

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Why Americans Don't Travel Overseas

Matt Kepnes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

Read More: Politics, Fear, Travel, News, Backpacking, Xenophobia, Overseas, Travel News

Only about 20% of Americans own a passport. This number may be on the rise, but the number of Americans who have traveled overseas has been on the decline since 2006. Why is it that America turns a blind eye to the planet?

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Our Precious Bodily Fluids: Beck, Soros and Obama

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Obama Racism, Racism, George Soros, Right Wing, Glenn Beck, Xenophobia, Politics News

Watching the sad spectacle of Glenn Beck's defamation of George Soros, it is difficult to avoid pessimism about human nature.

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What's This Year's Thanksgiving Message?

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

It might appear a bit jarring to some to be engaged in such a furious debate over the controversial airport patdowns at a time intended for celebration. Does this represent the state of our country today?

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Let's Boycott Geography Awareness Week

Kim Mance | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

Honestly, no one should really care about things like outside geography when we already know the US is the center of the universe.

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Macacas and Turban Toppers: Xenophobic Rhetoric and the 2010 Elections

Deepa Iyer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Saalt, Xenophobia, Racist, Muslims, Racism, Xenophobic, South Asians, Arab Americans, Nikki Haley, Sikhs, Politics News

It is important not to underestimate the chilling effects that xenophobic rhetoric can have on the full civic and political involvement of new American voters and on candidates from our communities.

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Our Historic Stand Against the Bank Cabal's Coalition of Darkness

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Misogyny, American Falange, History, Xenophobia, Bank Cabal, Steve Earle, Racism, Citizens United, Tea Party, Corporatocracy, New American Falange, Mickey Mouse, Disney Company, Politics News

Perspective's hard to come by in the heat of the moment, but it's already clear that this week's election is profoundly important. The forces of smal...

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Hello, 21st Century Yellow Peril

Cody Gault | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Fear, Tea Party, Midterm Elections, Conservatives, Xenophobia, Sarah Palin, Rebublicans, Yellow Peril, Youtube, Obama, China, Voter Apathy, Chinese Professor, Citizens Against Government Waste, Recession, Politics News

For the sake of a Congressional majority, the conservative movement in America has exploited the anxieties of white people who cannot cope with the changing demographics of their country.

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Obama Restored Honor and Dignity to the White House. He's the Real Thing.

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Bikini Graph, Dignity, Right-Wing, Elena Kagan, Morning Joe, Violence, Jobs, Dover AFB, Integrity, Sarah Palin, Ideology, Infrastructure, Joe Scarborough, Character, Tax Cuts, Candidates, The Daily Show, Professional Left, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Valerie Jarrett, Karl Rove, Humor, Xenophobia, Science, Lilly Ledbetter Act, Health Care Legislation, Barack Obama, Election, Nobel Prize, Stoking Fear, Rachel Maddow, Jon Stewart, Sonia Sotomayor, Birther, Fox News, Nazi, Politics News

Watching President Obama on Jon Stewart's Daily Show last night reminded me of why I think so highly of him. In no particular order, my incomplete lis...

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Does Fear Rule Your Life?

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Fear Politics, Intolerance, Media Fear, Politics Fear, The Inner Life, Xenophobia, Fear Media, Healthy Living News

As fear spreads, it reassures us that we are not alone in this unfounded fear, that we are right to believe the enemy is the "other."

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That Nazi Analogy Thing

Peter Clothier | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Hitler, Nazis, Xenophobia, November Election, Politics, Politics News

I'm not one to readily use the Adolf Hitler/Nazi analogy, but a front page article in today's New York Times about this exhibition at the German Histo...

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Is France Leading Europe Towards a Future When Discrimination Against Minorities Is the Norm?

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: France, Xenophobia, Romania, Racism, European Union, Discrimination, Justice, Europe, Minorities, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News

Discrimination against minorities in Europe has become more blatant in the last ten years than it ever has been before. Intolerance on the continent is in danger of going mainstream.

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"I Love The Mosque" Shirts Printed by Activists to Challenge Islamophobia

Andy Stepanian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Ground Zero Mosque, Hate Crimes, park51, Xenophobia, 9/11, Cab Driver Stabbing, Media, Tolerance, New York City, Mosque Shirt, I Love New York, Gzm, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Religion News

People say you worry more as you get older. I am wondering if it is that exact sentiment that is resonating in me now. It's 10pm on Friday night, Se...

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African-American Voter Turnout in 2010 May Hinge on the President Who Happens to be Black

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama African American Voters, Gop, African-American Voters, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, African Americans, African-American Issues, Right Wing, Islam, Right Wing Radio, Rush Limbaugh, Xenophobia, Cnn, Right Wing Extremism, Muslims, Obama Get Out the Vote, Fox News, Republicans, Get Out the Vote, African American Voters, Republican Party, 2010 Elections, Black Democrats, Democrats, Democratic Party, Elections 2010, Politics News

An African-American friend told me that "Obama is not the African-American President. He's a black man who happens to be the President." Will that no...

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