Why People Are So Mean to Immigrant Children

The current wave of hostility toward the influx of Central American children has its psychic roots in, first, a need to project unacceptable needs and shameful vulnerabilities onto others who then become the "enemy," and, second, by scapegoating these children, some people feel a momentary sense of community based on an "us-vs-them" or "insider-outsider" experience.read more
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Ethics and Morality Personality Politics Race and Ethnicity children community envy ethnocentrism hatred immigration projection racism resentment right-wing scapegoating shame xenophobia Source Type: news