Socially acceptable pogroms

Dominic Johnson comments on the violence against foreigners in South Africa: "In Italy these days the Roma are being persecuted, while in South Africa the same is happening with immigrants from Zimbabwe. Xenophobic pogroms have apparently become socially acceptable. ... Naples has seen mobs pillaging Roma camps. ... Who would have thought that calls of 'foreigners, out!' could one day unite Africa and Europe? ... In countless nations of the world political power struggles are being fought with the demagogic instruments of ethnic, religious and geographical divides. ... What can be done against this reign of xenophobia? The political consensus according to which the mere presence of 'foreigners' is a problem in itself which requires a solution must be broken."

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