Ethnic hatred, inter-ethnic hatred, racial hatred, or ethnic tension refers to sentiments and acts of prejudice and hostility towards an ethnic group in various degrees. See list of anti-ethnic and anti-national terms for specifical cases. Prejudice Baerass the name implies, the process of pre-judging something. ... List of anti-ethnic and anti-national terms, where anti-ethnic refers to sentiments of hostility towards an ethnic group and anti-national refers to sentiments of hostility towards a particular state or other national administrative entity. ...

There are multiple origins for ethnic hatred and the resulting ethnic conflicts. It some societies it is rooted in tribalism, while in others it originates from a history of non-peaceful co-existence and the resulting actual disputed issues. An ethnic war is a war between ethnic groups often as a result of ethnic nationalism. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Often ethnic conflict is enhanced by nationalism and feeling of national superiority. For which reason inter-ethnic hatred borders with racism, and often the two terms are conflated. Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolizing French nationalism during the July Revolution. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

On the opposite side, ethnic conflict may stem from the feeling of real or perceived discrimination by another ethnic group, see "reverse racism". The word discrimination comes from the Latin discriminare, which means to distinguish between. Discrimination is more than distinction, it is action based on prejudice resulting in unfair treatment of people. ... Affirmative action (US English), or positive discrimination (British English), is a policy or a program providing advantages for people of a minority group who are seen to have traditionally been discriminated against. ...

Ethnic hatred has often been exploited and even fueled by some political leaders to serve their agenda of seeking to consolidate the nation or gain electorate by calling for a united struggle against a common real or imaginary enemy. ^[1]

In many countries incitement to ethnic or racial hatred is criminal offense. Common stereotype of a criminal A crime in a broad sense is an act that violates a political or moral law. ...

See also

• Ethnic cleansing
• Genocide
• Ethnocide
• World on Fire
• Hate crime
• Religious hatred

Ethnic cleansing refers to various policies or practices aimed at the displacement of an ethnic group from a particular territory. ... Look up Genocide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... World On Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability is a book published in 2002 and written by Amy Chua, as an academic study into ethnic divisions in a society. ... A Jewish cemetery in France after being defaced by Neo-Nazis. ...

References

1. ^ Using Ethnic Hatred to Meet Political Ends (about ethnic problems in Indian subcontinent)