Sentence examples for fears of difference from inspiring English sources

Although Muslims are partly to blame for some negative reactions, I think it's important not to forget the long and deep historical roots of western fears of difference.

It assuages fears of difference—"We're just like you" is the cumulative message of all the back-and-forth about the breath and the bread and inoculates against jealousy, a smart bit of self-deprecation on the part of a young, gifted, attractive couple whose fortunes have risen quickly, like movie stars insisting that they were unpopular in high school.

It assuages fears of difference — "We're just like you" is the cumulative message of all the back-and-forth about the breath and the bread — and inoculates against jealousy, a smart bit of self-deprecation on the part of a young, gifted, attractive couple whose fortunes have risen quickly, like movie stars insisting that they were unpopular in high school.

Irrational fears of trans bodies, irrational fears of human beings and human experiences that they don't understand and that won't fit neatly into their categories, irrational fears of difference.

The latter sentiment, of course, is linked to a fear of difference, a fear of people who look different, speak languages other than American English, or practice religions other than Christianity.

One particular case that illustrates this fear of difference is the series of murders of gay men committed by Colin Ireland.

He thinks it was just as much fear of difference that drove it away as anything that Manhattan had to offer.

Humans have a primitive fear of difference, often expressed as negative attitudes to outsiders or those who do not look or behave the way we expect.

But our spiritual nature — or, to describe it again in parallel terms, our evolutionary development — has also given us a much richer heritage with which we can overcome the impulse to evil, or violence, triggered by fear of difference".

Rusesabagina suggests the tragedy arose principally from a quest for power and a fear of difference; readers may draw their own comparisons with the Nazi Holocaust and tribal conflicts elsewhere.

"I remember most vividly the 10 years that he was masterminding conservative campaigns here, and the focus on refugees and asylum seekers, and the exploitation of basic instincts of fear of difference, and latent prejudice," Kernot recalls.