• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    And the UK are far from the only ones. There’s a lot of anti-immigrant sentiment all over the west (and some other places).

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        4 months ago

        I’m not sure if xenophobia and racism are the same thing. Japan seems like “we don’t want you here because you don’t understand how to navigate our culture”.

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          Imo, xenophobia is the innate fear of foreign-looking people. Racism is what happens you rationalize xenophobia rather than fighting it.