Sounds pretty much like racism, right?

As a a guy that has travelled to many countries throughout his life, I'm pretty sure I don't have it, or anyone I know and have met have it. Sounds like something young kids could have, but mostly because they could easily fear people they don't know, specially if they look very different from mom and dad.

Yes it's probably ingrained in us from tribal eras, but civilisation is all about using intelligence rather than acting on instinct.

But for those who say we should be more open and travel more, that will destroy diversity and local culture (over a very long time of course), and we would instead have a single globalized culture. Pretty boring, no?

Today Xenophobia is often used to blame foreigners for problems. But fundamentally, it is not because they are physically 'foreign' that is the problem.

Xenophobia can be considered racism, but not all racism is caused by Xenophobia.

Xenophobia involves fear and people outside the country, while racism can but not always involve these things.

Well, I sometimes feel a little intimidated when I hear people speaking a language that I don't understand because it could be awkward to try to communicate with them, not sure if that counts as Xenophobia, but there you go.

Most times its just a pretty word for racism.

Bring afraid of the Xeno series for no reason is irrational.

I wanted to make a joke about Xenogears but I'm too late.

The world would be a better place without Xenomorphs that's for dam sure. Let's keep it this way.

I find that I'm not really xenophobic (heck I'm about as pro-let-everyone-who-wants-to-migrate-here-do-so as it gets), but I do wonder if I might be a tad bit more xenophobic if I was in one of those countries that are being flooded with migrants with no history of said mass migration (Norway, for instance).

It's not so much that you hold some disdain for the average migrant that you meet, but rather that you worry the entire culture that's been driving your country/region (Norway was not independent too often over the last few centuries lol) is being upended and replaced almost overnight by migrants. I have a French friend who has become almost uncomfortably anti-migrant for these reasons.

I really don't know how I'd react if I were born in one of those European nations with little real tradition of mass migration... as an American we don't really have a culture based in one ethnicity, though it's definitely fair to say we remain more English than anything. I would think the US might play a role in quelling concerns elsewhere, as it's been shown time and time again that assimilation begins slightly with the first generation, takes hold with the second, and the third winds up almost completely assimilated into native culture.

Seriously, this concern dates back to Benjamin Franklin worrying that the the recent influx of German immigrants would have the US speaking German in a generation or two. The truth is it's generally nations with a strong economy and identity that draws others, and for this reason migrants will usually seek to assimilate their children as soon as possible so as to give them the best chance at succeeding in life.

I'm curious to see what happens with the flood of Islamic migrants into Europe, of course, as there are many who do seem more interested in carving out their own little communities than becoming an integrated part of that tapestry.

Got a little off topic... I suppose I don't find that I'm xenophobic, but I'm not really being challenged in any way that would tempt xenophobia. I have no excuse to even consider such notions, essentially lol

Xenophobia is a symptom of stupidity and ignorance akin to any other form of bigotry.