Today it is a cursed word and a battlefield, but sometimes they can really be salvation.
Prejudice against immigrants is not new. When societies go through crises and resentment, scapegoats are sought for all evils. In the Bible, Jesus appeared as a defender of mistreated foreigners, over time, many other immigrants were targets of prejudice. I’m thinking of gypsies, Muslims or Jews.
In this century, with large population movements across the globe, the radical right has found a villain here. He took advantage of the structural racism that persists in many societies and found an enemy to hate. If hate is powerful, it gains attention and votes.
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