Why are we sexIST and racIST but homoPHOBIC? What exactly IS chauvanism? Well, if you ask me, ethnocentrism is the one concept that seems to disentangle these terms most effectively. Not the ethnocentrism isn't itself a problematic word- it is, for several reasons, but it gets right down to the heart of what most prejudice is about. That discussion is for another time though.
Here, NPR reports on "The New Face of Prejudice":
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/04/22/177455764/What-Does-Modern-Prejudice-Look-Like?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=es-20130428
Here's a humorous, but insightful take on early 21st cetury bigotry in the USA:
http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/01/the-7-types-of-modern-american-bigots.html
Here, NPR reports on "The New Face of Prejudice":
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/04/22/177455764/What-Does-Modern-Prejudice-Look-Like?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=es-20130428
Here's a humorous, but insightful take on early 21st cetury bigotry in the USA:
http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/01/the-7-types-of-modern-american-bigots.html
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