Jargon

[andrewducker]

Several people have said that discriminating against Americans isn't racism. Which seems reasonable in some ways, because Americans aren't a race. But in that case, what is it? Nationalism doesn't seem right, because nationalism is usually being proud of your own country, not against a specific other one. Anyone?

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Comments

[nickys.livejournal.com]

I think the correct term for thinking that people from another country are inferior is Chauvanism - derived from a M. Chauvin in the 19th Century.

Of course these days chauvanism is used to mean different stuff.