Name: 觀點。仇外心理和種族主義的區別｜BBC思想庫 (Viewpoint: The difference between xenophobia and racism | BBC Ideas)
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Xenophobia is a term used to describe the fear and hatred

It is a fear that the other, the less deserving foreigner,

The Romans and Greeks labelled those outside their borders as barbarians

uncivilised brutes who needed to be conquered

for fears of them contaminating the empire.

And xenophobia is shaping the political debate today.

In the campaign for Britain to leave the EU,

we were starkly warned about the threat of the hordes of foreigners

supposedly swarming to the border of fortress Britain.

The prime minister at the time of the vote, David Cameron,

ushered in Brexit, in part by badly misjudging the power of xenophobia

when he assumed that people would not ...

Across the Atlantic, Donald Trump was elected on a wave of xenophobia

… supposedly pouring across the border with Mexico.

{\an2}"Build the wall" is the perfect slogan of our xenophobic times.

Though it would be wrong to confuse xenophobia with racism,

Racism is more than the fear of the other.

It is a system of oppression based on the belief that so-called races

was based on the desire to curb white migration into Britain,

we have seen xenophobia in places like South Africa,

where migrants from other African countries

have been violently attacked by other black people,

who are themselves poor and lacking in opportunity.

of the country being too full to sustain the outsiders.

And a reminder that you can be a victim of racism

The Windrush scandal was caused by the hostile environment

a xenophobic policy aimed at squeezing out illegal immigrants

by making checks of documents routine in all areas of life,

including work, education and even visiting the doctor.

The unsurprising result was that many, including those who had legally

lost their jobs or were deported to countries they had long left behind.

But it was also the logical conclusion of decades of immigration

policy that purposefully restricted immigration

from Britain's former colonies in the Caribbean, Asia and Africa.

The expansion of freedom of movement from Europe was a continuation

of welcoming white migration, whilst closing the door on people of colour.

Xenophobic fears are easy to stir when inequality increases.

The pain the so-called natives feel through poverty and inequality

are turned onto the foreigner trying to jump the queue.

It is no coincidence that following that increased inequality

xenophobia has been on the rise across the world.

Thankfully there is a way to tackle this trend.

When society is more equal and provides for all,

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