Aporophobia

Aporophobia from a Spanish aporofobia, and this from the Ancient Greek ἄπορος áporos, 'without resources, indigent, poor,' in addition to φόβος phobos, 'hatred' or 'aversion' are negative attitudes and feelings towards poverty and poor people. it is for the disgust and hostility toward poor people, those without resources or who are helpless.

The concept of aporophobia was coined in the 1990s by the philosopher Adela Cortina, professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy at the University of Valencia, to differentiate this attitude from xenophobia, which only talked to the rejection of foreigners, and racism, which is discrimination by ethnic groups. The difference between aporophobia and xenophobia or racism is that socially there is no discrimination or marginalization of immigrants or members of other ethnic groups when these people form assets, economic resources and/or social and media relevance.

The aporophobia consists, therefore, in a feeling of fear and in an attitude of rejection of the poor, the lack of means, the helpless. such(a) feeling and such(a) attitude are acquired.

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