Sentences with phrase «as xenophobic»

Strengths: In Scott Cooper's spectacularly shot $ 40 - million 19th - century western, Christian Bale is at his best in a layered athletic John Wayne role as a xenophobic Army Captain who is reluctantly shepherding an ailing Cheyenne warrior (Wes Studi) home to die.

His spokesperson, Mustapha Abdul Hamid, and many others have already expressed his sentiments on the issue that are in sharp contrast to what the spokesperson of the National Chief Imam said in reaction to the Christian Council of Ghana's stance on the issueSpokesperson for the National Chief Imam, Sheik Aremeyaw Shaibu, described the stance of the Christian Council of Ghana against the acceptance of the detainees in Ghana as xenophobic since it is an expression of the Council's rejection of Muslim brothers.

His sentiments, emanating from the camp of Nana Akufo - Addo, show that Nana Addo's stance is as xenophobic as the Chief Imam sees the attitude of the Christian Council of Ghana.

Not exact matches

While often tapping into legitimate economic grievances, their social - media hashtags (such as #altright on Twitter) dredge up torrents of racist, sexist, and xenophobic memes.

Recent efforts in Europe to ban the face veil (the niqab or burqa) are not so much concerned with women's rights and security as they are with obtaining votes from an electorate that is increasingly xenophobic and anxious about national identity.

However, if «we» deny them the building of a single Mosque within the U.S., we are mocked as racist, intolerant, xenophobic, uneducated, unsophisticated, and my favorite: Christian conservative (interchangeable with Republican in most liberal circles).

Emmi falls in love with a younger Moroccan guest - worker, to the disgust of her xenophobic children, as well as her neighbors and co-workers.

As Scruton says, «For the liberal elite, the disinherited working classes are racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic, Islamophobic.»

xenophobic, anthropocentric, greedy human beings — calls, at the very least, for a renewed emphasis on sin as the cause of much of the planet's woes and an emphasis on a broad and profound repentance.

either this dude is A. being purposefully obtuse (trolling, as the kids say); B. has literally never had to wear formal clothing (for a funeral, wedding, graduation) on a hot day (or been exposed to any social media or popular culture where that's discussed), and thus doesn't have any relevant life experience nor self awareness to realize that; or C. or is just trying really hard to be xenophobic.

Some may see the wall as a racist, xenophobic, fear mongering symbol.

Numerous creatures within our own fan base tend to be xenophobic in the extreme so let's try not to sling mud as we are clad in white robes.

What really confuses me most, however, is how the two - faced, xenophobic, incompetent and irresponsible British footballing media, and authorities, continue to act as supporters of this policy of play which will ultimately (rather naively on their part) conclude with a British national football team NEVER EVER again winning another international tournament as the rest of the footballing world and authorities continue to move on to develop a more civilised game that does not tolerate such physically harmful tactics.

As Hofmeister puts is: «There's something earthy, powerful, atavistic, and pugilistic, even legitimately xenophobic about saying [energy independence].

Gillibrand has come a long way since the early days of her tenure, when her conservative record on immigration issues during her previous life as a Blue Dog House member caused an uproar among Latino lawmakers, one of whom, (Assemblyman Peter Rivera), denounced her as «xenophobic.»

«Neither will we allow the people of these islands, no matter how they voted on June 23rd, to be presented as a reactionary, xenophobic mass whose only concern is somehow taking the UK back to a lost imperial age.

«Our president has been unable to offer so much as a word of condolence, only using this to push forward his racist and xenophobic agenda,» she said.

The new home secretary's suggestion that UK businesses could be forced to publish the numbers of international staff they employ, has been derided by many as economically illiterate, divisive, authoritarian, and xenophobic.

«The African Union mission to the UN is extremely appalled at, and strongly condemns the outrageous, racist and xenophobic remarks attributed to the US president as widely reported by the media,» Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Ghana's ambassador to the UN, said on Friday.

After all, both men and women may not view low - paying labor, in the face of xenophobic attacks and little protection from the government, as especially empowering.

The man captured on video making xenophobic comments about Spanish - speaking employees at a New York deli has been identified as lawyer Aaron Schlossberg in a formal complaint filed with the state court disciplinary system.

Electorally, Labour also stands to lose most from pursuing such a xenophobic line as it will alienate ethnic minority voters who are a major component of the most deprived sections of the working class, and are a core constituency of its support in most metropolitan areas.

Mr Blair's response was to taunt Mr Cameron over his new plan to scrap the Human Rights Act, which was described as «xenophobic» by Ken Clarke, who heads up the Tories» Democracy Task Force.

CHUKA Umunna has been blasted as «xenophobic» after he poked fun at Albania in a poster for the remain campaign in the EU referendum.

The decline of white men as the dominant class in society surely plays a significant role in the success of racist strongmen in election, but it can't be denied that the current economic order of things simply isn't working, or the historical correlation between economic downturns and an increase in xenophobic nationalism.

A report of its ad hoc committee also called for the passing of hate crime laws by South Africa and Nigeria as part of measures to contain the rising cases of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa.

Dismissing Brexiteers as simply stupid or xenophobic exposes an ignorance in those that do.

After Trump called for banning Muslims from entering the United States, a slew of city politicians and clergy took to the steps of City Hall in Lower Manhattan to slam his rhetoric as dangerous and xenophobic and say it is unwelcome in the candidate's native New York.

In other words, some well - meaning pundit could say, hey this smells a little xenophobic especially when these initiatives point to the Asian population as the prime example and invariably reference English dominance motifs like in the text below.

This morning, as things stand, Labour has lost the initiative not just to the Tories, but to xenophobic and rightwing parties that once skulked ignored in the shadows.

After Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called for banning Muslims from entering the United States, a slew of city politicians and clergy took the steps of City Hall to slam his rhetoric as dangerous and xenophobic and say it is unwelcome in Mr. Trump's native New York.

The Shadow Home Secretary said voters face a choice between a «xenophobic hard Brexit» under Theresa May, or one that protects jobs and living standards with Mr Corbyn as prime minister.

The other major release is «No Escape,» the xenophobic thriller featuring Owen Wilson and Lake Bell as American parents with two young children who have to escape Southeast Asia after they get caught in the middle of a violent political coup.

As for the seismic changes that occurred in the days following 9/11, anyone who was around at that time can verify the xenophobic feelings that targeted innocent Arab and Muslim people living here.

5] I am happy to read some positive news on attempts to make people at least geographically hold on to the view beyond their ethnocentric pride and xenophobic aversion that life could be or possibly is better in other places as well as from people belonging to other cultures too.

(17) Consequently, refugees, asylum - seekers, and economic migrants have been main target of xenophobic attacks because they are portrayed as «a threat to South African lives.»

In education field, Lanzi Mazzocchinni Survey of 2007/2008 indicated that 58 % of the refugees and asylum - seekers students surveyed experienced discrimination from university staff.42 The discrimination and xenophobic attitudes serve as a barrier to the admission of refugees and asylum - seekers.

The much - publicized Arizona legislation known as SB 1070, a criminal statute allowing local law enforcement to demand proof of immigration status based on «reasonable suspicion,» is disturbing and xenophobic.

In lessor hands this could have ended up as racist and xenophobic as so much modern military fiction is, but the game instantly turns into a skewering of American interventionism post 9/11.

These briefings are some of the funniest moments in the game, the Commander's audio coming through as a grumbling, gravelly gibberish over top of nationalistic and often xenophobic text.

This show emerges out of the context of the xenophobic violence in South Africa last year, as well as the ripple effects of the world economic crisis.

As the performances unfold, assumptions are turned — a Tupperware party or neighborhood watch meeting turns into a xenophobic scramble for handguns; a demonstration of a robotic tool for distance learning transforms into a duck - and - cover drill; a rally led by cheerleaders becomes an elaborate musical number that has the audience chanting anti-abortion slogans.

The people who have left, whether categorized as refugee, immigrant or exile, have all faced the vitriol of xenophobic rhetoric propagated by conservative groups and mentalities.

Unfortunately, the sci - fi genre is still used all too often today as an instrument for reproducing normative, xenophobic messages and patriarchal, sexist stereotypes.

Written at the dawn of the Civil Rights movement in the United States, Baldwin's Stranger in the Village gives an account of the author's own experience as the first African - American to visit a remote Swiss village in 1951, taking the xenophobic reaction that his arrival triggered in the villagers as a metaphor for the history of race relations, colonialism and national identity.

Does this mean that British society has become less tolerant, more racist, and more xenophobic, and a less comfortable and even dangerous place for those from elsewhere, overturning what has often been described by incomers as a noticeably welcoming, tolerant and open - minded culture?

And deliberately or not, it feeds into an ugly xenophobic sentiment, which is easy to find in Canada and in countries all over the world; a sentiment that views dual nationals as a little less loyal and a little more suspect.

Also, as so many of your comments have stated, I am not a xenophobic, a islamophobic, an ignorant, or in a direct email sent to me: a lesbian because of my photo, nor am I a non-expert on the issue of religious freedom or freedom of expression because I do not disagree with bill 94.

That would seemingly give President Trump carte blanche to continue his threats against «the little rocket man,» and to continue promoting violent xenophobic videos favored by far - right extremists, even when they've been disproven as fake news.