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'''Xenophobia''' is a form of racism which upholds that the native inhabitants of a land are supposedly superior to non-natives, this being [[immigrants]].
'''Xenophobia''' is a form of [[racism]] which claims that the local (but [[Settler colonialism|not always]] native) inhabitants of a land are superior to non-locals or [[Immigration|immigrants]].


Similarly to racism, [[capitalism]] uses xenophobia to defend itself because there is no rational way to defend inequality and [[exploitation]].<ref name=":022">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2017|title=Red Star over the Third World|chapter=Colonial Fascism|page=104|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecu7gb2ei65us6ip3r2ugcgkblneqcftbm456mb6bzvprkbqk55qm?filename=Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20Red%20Star%20Over%20the%20Third%20World-LeftWord%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf|city=New Delhi|publisher=LeftWord Books}}</ref>
Similarly to racism, [[capitalism]] uses xenophobia to defend itself because there is no rational way to defend inequality and [[exploitation]].<ref name=":022">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2017|title=Red Star over the Third World|chapter=Colonial Fascism|page=104|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecu7gb2ei65us6ip3r2ugcgkblneqcftbm456mb6bzvprkbqk55qm?filename=Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20Red%20Star%20Over%20the%20Third%20World-LeftWord%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf|city=New Delhi|publisher=LeftWord Books}}</ref>

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Xenophobia is a form of racism which claims that the local (but not always native) inhabitants of a land are superior to non-locals or immigrants.

Similarly to racism, capitalism uses xenophobia to defend itself because there is no rational way to defend inequality and exploitation.[1]

References

  1. Vijay Prashad (2017). Red Star over the Third World: 'Colonial Fascism' (p. 104). [PDF] New Delhi: LeftWord Books.