“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
– Nelson Mandela (1994)
– Nelson Mandela (1994)
In 2017 POTUS signed Executive Order 13769 which banned travel from seven predominately muslim countries into the United States.
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Exhibits of humans from Africa, the Philippines, and tribal pygmies were put on display in the 19th century in human zoos.
The Rwandan attempted "ethnic cleansing" which resulted in the genocide of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis and the rape of Tutsi women.
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During World War II, Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians were sent to concentration camps and lost basic rights and liberties.
Credit: Dorothea Lange/National Archives and Records Administration
Conquistadors' abuse of Native Americans. Credit: christianity.com
The murder of black families and the burning of black establishments and crosses by the Ku Klux Klan
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Xenophobia is a prejudice that can be weaponized by those with political or economic power, and the average citizen. Throughout its history the United States has experienced waves of immigration that have resulted in a multicultural society that can not be categorized under a single race or ethnicity. This diversity allows for xenophobia to be incorporated into everyday interactions putting innocent people at risk of being assaulted or snubbed. Historically xenophobia has manifested into physical acts of violence or demonstrations of social power. Each of the above images present examples of how xenophobia has led to discriminatory laws, human trafficking, genocide, and domestic terrorism.
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Xenophobia at the U.s-MexiCo bORDERPOLITICAL // JUNE 2020In 2017 a "pilot program" conducted in El Paso, Texas under the Trump administration ordered the detainment and arrest of any adults who unlawfully crossed the U.S-Mexico border. Any children would be separated from their parents and government negligence would make reunification near impossible. In 2018 the spotlight was put on these injustices when the Trump administration announced a new "zero tolerance" policy. Under this policy all migrants who crossed the border unlawfully are "referred to the DOJ (Department of Justice) for prosecution."As a result the children that accompanied these adults are taken and shipped all over the southwest under the authority of the HHS (U.S Department of Health and Human Services). Many of these children are under the age of five and the effect this trauma will have on them is incalculable. This is more than an issue of law or political disagreement. This and issue of human rights.
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