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July 13, 2012 02:51 pm PDT
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The benefits of xenophobia
Xenophobia is neither the fear of Xeni, nor of Xena. Rather, it's more about knee-jerk mistrust, dislike, and hatred for people who aren't part of your group. We've come to associate it with not liking people from other countries, but it applies to smaller-scale, less formal tribalism, as well. Over at the Scientific American blogs, [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/WrYx2pFcq6Q/the-benefits-of-xenophobia.html
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