Abstract

When we refer to Xenophobia as a social practice, we do not necessarily mean an intentional Xenophobia. It may also take place by the widespread ignorance of the population on human rights, which makes a favorable environment for coexistence with foreigners. Xenophobia is largely derived from natural life legacy that provides for human transition from animals, in its social biological context. Human Evolution theory lays a perspective that is necessarily important in this regard. The subject is aware that a nation is also imperfect in the treatment of many of its migrants, particularly those of illegal status, but ultimately has developed an understanding about a lot of tolerance for social diversity.

Table of Contents

Abstracti

Introduction1

Discussion2

Origins of Xenophobia2

Biological Evolution of Xenophobia4

Understanding Evolution5

Genetics Drift6

Origin of Species7

Racism and Xenophobia8

Xenophobic Interpretations for Racial violence based on Human Evolution9

The concept of “Alien”10

Issue of Discrimination and Denial to Human Rights13

Xenophobia and Migration13

Conclusion14

References16

Aspects of Social Biology: Xenophobia

Introduction

Xenophobia is the fear, hostility, rejection or hatred of foreigners, with manifestations ranging from more or less manifest rejection, scorn and threats, to the assaults and murders. One of the most common forms of xenophobia is exerted on the basis of race, that is, racism. In Western countries, have traditionally been, and are formations far right that feed and promote the feeling of xenophobia, and there are now a growing concern about the resurgence of these formations and these attitudes due to massive immigration phenomenon and intercultural conflicts arising from mismanagement (Attenborough, Alpers, p. 32-67).

Apart from ethical consideration, xenophobia is also a crime. Many states have criminalized racist and xenophobic behavior. The European Community adopted in September 2008, a law against racism and xenophobia, with member countries within two years to adapt their legislation to the Act. According to some strands of psychology can be deduced that xenophobia is an ambivalent continuum in which experienced the most extreme bias in their perception that they would overestimate their culture, traditions and ethnicity on the other, experiencing greater empathy , appreciation and love for the known and familiar, implying, threatening situations, an array of defensive strategies (Barkow, p. 100-126). The Psychology considers that ancestrally, fear of the unknown is the source of xenophobia, it rejects what is different.

It is possible to give xenophobia following definition: "all the speeches and acts tending to designate an unjustified abroad as a problem, a risk or a threat to the host society and to keep to the difference in this society, that the alien is off and may come, or ever in the company or for a long time installed" (Curtain, Loghem, Baumgarten, Golab, Rutgers, p. 257-272).

This definition opens the perspective of research and reflection including technical or implicit representations of the foreigner as a problem, risk or threat, and the dispassionate expressions adapted to the social and legal constraints experienced by the xenophobic discourse in societies that condemn. This perspective also helps avoid a priori to reduce xenophobia in its popular manifestations, such as racist (swearing, insults, stereotypes) or that of ordinary discrimination (in hiring, in commerce, in ...