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actually, SM, I'd put it differently. Everyone has a tendency to be ethnocentric. Xenophobia is a very strong way to put it, and I just see too much natural curiosity and openness in people to accept that "everyone is xenophobic." However, it is certainly true that people view the world through the prism of their own background and experience, and usually are most comfortable with people from that background and type of experience - which is why they are certainly ethnocentric.
Just a slight word difference, but I think it's significant.
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