Xenophonia is a fear of strangers. It is not a phobia in the sense that a stranger will cause someone with xenophobia to have a panic reaction or attack, but it is a dislike of strangers and usually foreign strangers.
Most cultures are xenophobic to some extent in the sense that people will be polite to strangers, but will still prefer to live and work amongst people who share the same culture. However, now immigration has become more common, people mix more with other cultures.
For most people this is a good thing and they enjoy meeting people of different faiths, different belief systems etc, but some people find this distasteful and want foreigners to 'go back home'.
Xenophobia is usually different from racism in the sense that racists do not like people of different colours or cultures, whereas xenophobes are quite indiscriminate. They just dislike all (foreign) strangers, whatever colour or race they are !
Most cultures are xenophobic to some extent in the sense that people will be polite to strangers, but will still prefer to live and work amongst people who share the same culture. However, now immigration has become more common, people mix more with other cultures.
For most people this is a good thing and they enjoy meeting people of different faiths, different belief systems etc, but some people find this distasteful and want foreigners to 'go back home'.
Xenophobia is usually different from racism in the sense that racists do not like people of different colours or cultures, whereas xenophobes are quite indiscriminate. They just dislike all (foreign) strangers, whatever colour or race they are !
