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Domestic workers, many of whom are indigenous women who have moved from rural villages to cities, often face discrimination including verbal, physical or sexual abuse. Racism against indigenous people has been a current problem in Mexico. However the revolution of 1910–20 saw a surge in xenophobia and nationalism based on 'mestizaje.' The community divided into the economically prosperous Lebanese Mexicans who took pride in a distinct Lebanese-Mexican identity, while the downscale remainder often merged into the mestizo community. Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp argues that the Porfiriato, 1876–1910 promoted immigration from the Middle East. Systematic persecution resulted from economic, political, and psychological fears of the Chinese, and the government showed little interest in protecting them. The Chinese were easy to identify in northern cities and were frequent targets especially in Sonora in the 1930s. Historian Larissa Schwartz argues that Kang Youwei had successfully organized the prosperous Chinese businessmen there, making them a visible target for class antagonism made extreme by xenophobia. On 15 March 1911 a band of Maderista soldiers entered Torreón, Mexico, and massacred 303 Chinese and five Japanese. Violent attacks against indigenous Mexicans are moderately common and many times go unpunished. Despite improving economic and social conditions of indigenous Mexicans, discrimination against them continues to this day and there are few laws to protect indigenous Mexicans from discrimination. This can be interpreted as a self-attack on their ethnicity. When a Mexican of a darker-skinned tone marries one of a lighter skinned-tone, it is common for them say that they are ' 'making the race better' ( mejorando la raza)'.

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Historically, Mexicans with light skin tones had absolute control over dark skinned Amerindians due to the structure of the Spanish colonial caste system. Main articles: Racism in Mexico, The Chinese in Mexico, and Chinese immigration to Mexico There have been racial tension between the Indo-Guyanese people and the Afro-Guyanese. Since the start of the migrant crisis, media outlets and state officials have raised concerns about increasing discrimination against migrants in the country, especially xenophobia and violence against the migrants. Because of their urgent situation, many migrants from Venezuela crossed the border illegally, indicating they had few opportunities to gain 'access to legal and other rights or basic services and are exposed to exploitation, abuse, manipulation and a wide range of other protection risks, including racism, discrimination and xenophobia'. Colombia Īccording to the UNHCR, by June 2019, 1.3 million of the 4 million Venezuelan refugees were in Colombia.

In Quebec in particular, only 17% of respondents had a favourable view of Islam. 45% of respondents believed Islam encourages violence. A poll in 2009 by Maclean's revealed that only 28% of Canadians view Islam favourably, and only 30% viewed the Sikh religion favourably. Ī 2016 survey from The Environics Institute, which was a follow-up to a study conducted 10 years prior, found that there may be discriminating attitudes that may be a residual of the effects of the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States. An increase in hate crimes targeting Ontario Muslims was reported after ISIS took responsibility for the November 2015 Paris attacks. and the spillover effect of the United States' War on Terror.

Muslim and Sikh Canadians have faced racism and discrimination in recent years, especially since the 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. In addition, ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics indicate xenophobic ideas about a necessity to conquer non-Egyptians, with Hittites in particular being referred to as 'vile'. This indicates that Egyptians regarded their part of the world as cultivated, ordered and civilized, while the other countries were not.' This indicates an early example of a xenophobic attitude towards other peoples. This is the hieroglyph for a hilly country or the desert– indicating ‘foreign land’ (khaset).By contrast, Egypt (Kemet/Black land) is written with the determinative for a town. According to one source, '.all the names have at the end the same hieroglyphic sign– a determinative or taxogram– indicating the word-group. Peoples living in present-day Greece, Sudan, and Turkey, for instance, were referred to by various names in Egyptian. Given ancient Egypt's long history, Egyptians encountered a number of different peoples. In Ancient Egypt, foreigners were conceived of through a complex xenophobic discourse. See also: Xenophobia in ancient Greece Ancient Africa

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