WHAT IS ENDOPHOBIA? HISTORICAL FEATURES AND EXAMPLES - CULTURE VOCABULARY - 2025

The endophobia is the rejection of characteristics or traits of the group to which one belongs, racism against compatriots of the nation itself or rejection of the culture that one possesses. It is the opposite of xenophobia, defined as racism against foreigners of any nation.

The genital mutilation of women in Africa and Asia, the stoning in Islamic theocracies, the millennial and immutable segregation by castes and the people buried alive in certain indigenous groups of South America, slavery, the abuse of minors, children transformed into jihadists at 5 years of age and the murder of thousands of Christians in the Middle East.

All of the above are historical events that demonstrate self-hatred. Endophobia has a special characteristic, it is directly influenced by sociocultural references.

Expressions of endophobia are not things done in violation of the laws and the rest of society, on the contrary, they are endorsed by the norms of some social groups.

Historical cases of endophobia

There are many cases of endophobia at the historical level, the rejection of the self is more common than one might think.

From general levels that span entire continents to small regions of a country, endophobia can be found almost anywhere.

Generalized western endophobia

Western civilizations emerged from some origins: Judeo-Christian culture and its variants, Greco-Roman heritage, and, in part, Enlightenment ideas.

It can be considered that these matrices contributed significantly to what is now known as the West, in the sociocultural sense of the word.

In the West there have also been great revolutions and advances, we can mention the Industrial Revolution, the advent of constitutional democracies, the rule of law and the free market economy based on private ownership of the means of production.

The most important of all the inheritances of the advent of the West: the abolition of slavery.

One wonders why some Westerners attack the West itself more, which has provided them with the values ​​they use to condemn it, instead of criticizing other non-Western peoples and countries when they commit brutal violations of what Westerners have learned to do. value: life, peace and human rights.

What human rights exist or existed in India, Iran, Uganda, Sudan, Cuba, China, or in the then USSR? The very notion of "human rights" emerged in the West, it is a product of that culture. However, Westerners, be they Hispanics, Spaniards, American Indians, or others, attack themselves.

Brazilian endophobia with a western approach

Leaving aside the reasons that motivated this crisis and emphasizing the differential treatment given to the issue.

Russia invades Ukraine with trained and armed militias, seizes vital territories and kills thousands of civilians, Brazilian diplomacy is silent.

In Syria, the dictator kills tens of thousands of civilians in a bloody war, Brazilian diplomacy is silent.

In neighboring Venezuela, fellow dictator Nicolás Maduro kills dozens of unarmed students and arrests thousands, Brazilian diplomacy supports the dictator.

Israel, at war with Hamas, kills civilians who, for the most part, are used as human shields by Hamas, Brazilian diplomacy, instead of condemning both sides, condemns only one, Israel, and receives thanks from Hamas. Why? The answer is very simple: Israel represents the West in the Middle East.

This explains why the anti-Semitism of the world left, the left is that part of the West that hates the West, and therefore, hates Israel.

Mexico: resentment of own culture

Mexico has experienced a sustained cultural shrinkage dating back to colonial times where the European born called Peninsulares or Gachupines, had the privilege of accessing the best positions of authority and commerce, while the Spanish born in Mexico, although they were 100% European, did not they could access such privileges.

This led to the suppression of Mexican events in favor of importing everything from Europe, such as: machinery, lawyers, governors, culture, art, science and the common world opinion among the colonists that was a facsimile of Europe.

Today, cultural stress and endophobia continue to predominate throughout Mexico, where foreign cultures, attitudes, technologies, arts, and scholars are viewed much more favorably than Mexico's own indigenous scholars, technologies, and artists.

The result of this has been the flight of competent and talented Mexicans who have decided to move abroad, mainly to the United States, where they can develop their skills and practice their talents.

In popular Mexican media, news anchors and variety hosts, soap opera actors and actresses are clearly white despite the fact that the majority of the Mexican population is mestizo or Indian.

This phenomenon still resonates with the old colonial attitude of the caste system that favored the European image, culture, and aesthetics over Mexican development that Mexicans themselves perceive as inferior.

German endophobia: after Nazi Germany

At the end of the Second World War and after Hitler's defeat, shame at the great harm done to humanity undermined the mentality of the Germans.

Germany was the cradle of Marxist thought and the primary activities of that ideology, which to this day are still the cause of the destruction of Western civilization.

That is why German political and social groups have emerged today that seek to exterminate their equals: feminism, mass immigration, social engineering, multiculturalism, among others.

It is common to hear great personalities make derogatory comments about their own people, such as: "The German nation is not positive for me, in any way, I would even dare to fight it politically" or "Germany has to be locked up from the outside, for immigration, mixed from the inside, practically diluted ”.

Some extremist comments are even the greatest example of endophobia that can be seen in 21st century Germany: «It may be surprising, but I am a traitor in my country. I love and support the death of our nation. - Christin Lochner, Politician of the German Far Left Party "Die Linke".

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