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Originally Posted by quirky3
This was from the following online coaching and mentoring site:
Xenophobia - GoMentor.com
Just as I posted, for me it was good food for thought. I looked it up because I wondered if there was a term for something like this, and this is what I found. I thought it was worth sharing. It is enlightening and frightening to Google xenophobia - examples in history. I am hoping that communication and better familiarity with diverse people will lead to better understanding and relations with the majority of people who are now considered "immigrants", and who are hard-working productive members of society |
quirky3: anyone who has followed your posts and I am one knows that you do not have a mean bone in your body. As such I accepted your original post just as you posed it.....discussion for the sake of discussion.
It has been written that one of the reasons the roman empire grew was due to the fact that in its primitive origins romans were known to welcome strangers unlike other tribes. and in that knowledge, etc grew.........
Xenophobia I believe is a primal response for survival. Its off shoot has taught us to avoid certain neighbors , groups (tribes) such as radical groups, etc.
In a joking manner I say there is no sense being a xenophobic unless you can act like one.
it is my way of saying that I am open but like my ancestors follow my gut.
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