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• bold_omi@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Xenophobia is inherently racist.

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  • atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Arent they different things? Racism is about race, xenophobia is about country of origin

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    • mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Probably a venn diagram but with a large overlap.

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    • bold_omi@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Xenophobia is hatred of foreigners or aliens. I.e., those who are different, by one meaning of the word.

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      • atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Doesnt xenophobia only include people who were born in other countries?

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• wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah let’s start calling it racism when Barcelona locals spray tourists with water guns and see how quickly these same people scream “THAT’S DIFFERENT!”

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