{"id":1293,"date":"2019-08-19T12:43:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T10:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternativa.lv\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2019-12-28T21:02:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T19:02:59","slug":"you-are-not-welcome-xenophobic-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativa.lv\/en\/you-are-not-welcome-xenophobic-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"You are not welcome: xenophobic fears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The literal translation of xenophobia is the fear of something strange, alien. When talking about xenophobia, some people use this psychological term, which is not particularly correct. In a more general sense, we talk about xenophobia in the negative sense, using the political definition of the term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To simplify, let&#8217;s imagine that you are walking through the woods, and a giant creature, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>unfamiliar and frightful, emerges in front of you. You get scared &#8211; and that is the instinct essential for your survival. When we meet something unfamiliar in the society, the same instinct often appears. We start fearing the strange and the unknown, and that is what we call xenophobia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, nowadays we have enough protection to make decisions about various entities using reason, not instinct. When we say that xenophobia is wrong, we are talking about the fact that one should not judge the book by its cover. Always try to analyse, to think rationally and critically. Then things that seemed scary or unpleasant at first glance might actually appear to be useful, interesting and full of promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psychologenie.com\/causes-effects-of-xenophobia\">https:\/\/psychologenie.com\/causes-effects-of-xenophobia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The literal translation of xenophobia is the fear of something strange, alien. When talking about xenophobia, some people use this psychological term, which is not particularly correct. In a more general sense, we talk about xenophobia in the negative sense, using the political definition of the term. To simplify, let&#8217;s&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133522584,"featured_media":1295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[635157350,635154645,635157201,635157207,635157202],"tags":[635157204,20585429,635157205,635157203],"post_folder":[635157369],"class_list":["post-1293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-altreality","category-club-t30","category-esc","category-jspa","category-xenophobia","tag-esc","tag-jspa","tag-solidarity","tag-xenophobia"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["lv","en","ru"],"languages":{"lv":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"ru":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alternativa.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/foreigner-somewhere.jpg?fit=240%2C210&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9yPz0-kR","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2587,"url":"https:\/\/alternativa.lv\/en\/labas-zinas-par-projektu-xenophobia-2-0\/","url_meta":{"origin":1293,"position":0},"title":"Good news about project &#8220;xeNOphobia 2.0&#8221;","author":"tesstemona","date":"01\/05\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"{:lv} Mums ir labas zi\u0146as!\u00a0 Citas grupas internet\u0101 izmanto m\u016bsu memus.\u00a0 Starpkult\u016bru komunik\u0101cijas grupa \u041d\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0446-\u0442\u043e United Latvija, kur\u0101 notiek diskusijas par ksenofobiju un starpetnisko dialogu, m\u016bsu att\u0113lus izmanto k\u0101 grupas v\u0101ka att\u0113lu.\u00a0 Tas noz\u012bm\u0113, ka m\u0113s visu dar\u0101m pareizi, un m\u016bsu rado\u0161ais v\u0113st\u012bjums ir ne tikai dzirdams, bet ar\u012b turpina\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;ESC&quot;","block_context":{"text":"ESC","link":"https:\/\/alternativa.lv\/en\/category\/esc\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alternativa.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/xenophobia4_1.jpg?fit=400%2C250&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2064,"url":"https:\/\/alternativa.lv\/en\/xenophobia-2-0-solidarity-project-against-xenophobia\/","url_meta":{"origin":1293,"position":1},"title":"xeNOphobia 2.0 &#8211; Solidarity project against xenophobia","author":"tesstemona","date":"25\/01\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"{:lv} P\u0113c pirm\u0101 Solidarit\u0101tes projekta diskusiju kluba \"xeNOphobia\" pabeig\u0161anas m\u0113s saprat\u0101m, ka ksenofobijas un diskrimin\u0101cijas t\u0113ma ir \u013coti aktu\u0101la Latvijas sabiedr\u012bb\u0101. 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