ext_21221 ([identity profile] anicca-anicca.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] muckefuck 2010-01-31 12:50 am (UTC)

I'm talking about xenophobia in a very broad sense of the word. What I mean and what I see is that every group tries to find another group that they can diss and look down upon and put the blame on etc. In my grandparent's times, it was some other family, or the next village. In my job nowadays it may be one department against the other - not much when things go well, but once something goes wrong, ...
That's what I mean, there's always "the other" and strong emotions against them. It's primitive, but it's always there in some form, and I think it's at the core of xenophobia.

What the study above tells me is that *integration* has to be taught - and that it should be taught!

The thing is, I think maybe we could have a really interesting conversation about this in the real world, over a glass of whatever, and both of us could give examples of what we mean. But I don't think I can do that over the internet. I wasn't trying to be confrontational, nor am I trying to convince anyone. I just observe and try to make sense of what I see. Other people might come to different conclusions.
And since I'm actually sure that both of us (and I reckon everyone on muckefuck's readers' list) belong to the same, essentially xenophile camp, I'll gladly agree to disagree on nuances.


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