Derogatory behaviors to Erasmus students on the Carmen Campus
Immigrant issues have been a topic of conversation of interest in Spain for years that has led to an increase in xenophobia, racism and ethnic discrimination by Spaniards and especially among young people, who begin to position themselves on a side U Us In another using social networks as a means to express their ideals. Immigrants who arrive in Pateras to the Spanish coast in search of a better life have been one of the main and most commented topics in recent years; So much so that when you ask someone for something related to immigrants, nobody thinks of white skin doctors of English, but everyone thinks of blacks and warehouses, and most do so with contempt. There are many people who attribute their dismissal to immigrants to issues such as "come here to take our jobs", but in reality they only intend to flee from a life without a future and make one in a place with more opportunities than theirs of origin. Actually, immigrants do not usually obtain prestigious jobs, but are part of the secondary market, with poorly paid positions and little social recognition, in the event that they find work. The racists and xenophobes what they do is face indigenous workers with foreigners, which derives in conflicting situations by Spanish patriots.
On the other hand, with the appearance of COVID-19, discrimination against people of Chinese origin increased excessively, to the point that Chinese students who were from Erasmus in Huelva suffered abuse by the Huelva inhabitants, being accused of being responsible to trigger a pandemic. "The Chinese virus" some call it. But is the coronavirus the cause of discrimination against the Chinese? No, this contempt has been an act in force in Spain for years. First it was "they are invading us", after "they are taking our work" and now that "they have sent us a virus" or that "this is the fault of the Chinese because they eat strange things". Chauvinism already existed before Covid-19, but we are so accustomed to living with it that patriotic comments go unnoticed. With the appearance of the virus, racism towards people with oriental features "has resurfaced", although in reality it has always been present.
The hate behavior towards foreigners is increased by the image that the media give from them. It is not uncommon to see on television vandalism news on the street by immigrants, calling them savages and causing in society a bad general image of them. Actually what happens is that we are educated to tolerate crime by our countrymen, but not by foreigners, instead of giving the same importance to both. A study on the way in which the press treats immigrant women, concluded claiming that the fact that most articles written about immigrants in newspapers are negative, generates an increase in rejection attitudes towards them by the citizens of the country; And that to enhance the socialization of immigrant women in Spain, it is necessary for the press to collaborate. In addition, an investigation proved that xenophobia takes part in Spain when the negative news about immigrants increases, and that the media are causing immigration to become a problem.
The last event of interest in this topic is black protests in the US for the murder of George Floyd. These protests have caused the increase in discrimination to black people not only in the United States, but has spread until reaching Spain. These attitudes of rejection can be seen especially among young people, who express their hatred in social networks in an excessive way. The "Ciber Odio" does not stop growing, they have even created Facebook pages that proclaim hatred with titles such as "kill blacks" or "against immigrant invasion".
With the history of xenophobia in Spain and the recent events and the increase in hate behaviors towards foreigners, the interest of this research focuses on checking if the students of the Carmen Campus of the University of Huelva (UHU) have been influenced For hateful hate that society gives off and express it by committing derogatory acts towards students from other countries, the Erasmus. The results that are expected to be Spanish students.
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