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Old 12-26-2009, 11:52 AM   #47
PyramidsofMars
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Originally Posted by peter12 View Post
There's a difference?!
racism: 1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination

xenophobia: fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign

so in a hypothetical society where both black and white people were 'the norm', one may be racist but not xenophobic towards black or white people, and be xenophobic but not necessarily racist towards a Chinese immigrant.
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