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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bigotry, xenophobia, yellow hate, racism, hate of China, need I go more?
Why do ordinary U.S. citizens recoil if someone mentions Russians? Calls them all schemers, liars, etc? Bcs of decades of indoctrination of Russia, politics, but by extension Russians, are normal regular Russians being evil.
Until I moved the States, I have never heard of a single person hating so many things and so many countries as I have since lived in the States. 
Oh, I research this too, in academia, sub-humanizing, Othering, Orientalism, and CRT among other identity and social issues.[/quote]
IMO, it's because other countries aren't made up of immigrants, whereas the US is.  US history is full of "othering" the new immigrants, doesn't even matter what your skin color is.  The English did it to Irish; the Irish did it to the Poles/Germans/Chinese, etc..

This country is a melting pot, and there are some really great things about it, and IMO, the diversity makes it interesting (not to mention the diverse foods). But, people are always going to be afraid of something "different", and in the US, that "difference" is more pronounced because of the size of our immigrant population compared to other countries.

The only country that's similar to the US in terms of immigrant population size is Canada. I have no idea if Canada has similar issues, but certainly, the US has a history of racism against Asians, including their immigration laws.[/quote]

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