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xenophobia hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers or of their politics or culture Xenophobia Boxer Rebellion Chinese rising aimed at ousting foreign interlopers (1900). [Chinese Hist.: Van Doren, 334–335] the Korea; so called for 300-year closed-door policy. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 286] conducted investigations to purge government of foreign influences. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1641] aimed at WASP control of government by depriving naturalized Americans and Roman Catholics of political rights. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 371] from U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy who acted out morbid fear of aliens, especially Communists. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 409] anti-Italian mobs lynched 11 immigrants after Sicilian murder trial (1891). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 309] (Nicola, 1891–1927) (Bartolomeo, 1888–1927) Italian anarchists convicted in controversial murder trial (1921). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 411] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He does seem well equipped to launch a career in politics in one of the more xenophobic redoubts of the Confederacy, where he began his political activity backing Barry Goldwater all those decades ago. It further shows how racist and xenophobic we have allowed ourselves to become. But perhaps her most appealing attribute is that, like Michelle Malkin, Dinesh D'Souza and other rightist public intellectuals of color around the world, she offers a moral shield for those harboring xenophobic and anti-Muslim sentiments in the name of Western liberalism and progressive values. |
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