Sentence examples for ethnic fears from inspiring English sources

While many Bosnians seem unhappy at this state of affairs, nationalist politicians have so far succeeded in fanning ethnic fears at election time to drown out economic discontent.

"Bosnian politicians have been too willing to stoke ethnic fears and to privilege their own personal political interests over the needs of the people," Mr. Gordon told guests from the worlds of diplomacy, politics, the news media and nongovernmental groups.

"The way to spread trust and remove sectarian and ethnic fears completely is to call for the federalization of Iraq, which would preserve the denominational and local particularities for our people.

But his decision to run for a third term was followed by a failed coup attempt and, as the rebellion across the country grew, the president and his inner circle appear to have calculated that appealing to ethnic fears and allegiances could be key to retaining power.

Reports also emerged that in November, Uyghur prosecutors selected to preside over trials related to the July 5 arrests had been removed because of ethnic bias fears.

Ethnic groups fear that their centuries-old customs and costumes will be banned.

The compromises at Dayton stopped the killing, but also helped perpetuate the ethnic chauvinism, fear and greed that had set it off.

Several thousand demonstrators took to the streets of Pristina, Kosovo's capital, on Tuesday to protest the planned deployment of a European Union judicial mission that many ethnic Albanians fear will partition the new country.

Ukrainian ultra-nationalists played an important role in the demonstrations in Kiev, and many ethnic Russians fear the influence of the far-right in the new government.

They are fighting to preserve their ethnic identity, fearing that otherwise their culture and language would fade away and die.

Migrants and ethnic minorities fear stigma from their communities, yet community acceptance is key for well-being.