Most/Least Xenophobic countries

I'd say France and Israel top the list of Xenophobia in terms of what I've seen of their citizens.

 

Mexico most. I really don't think a black person could get by there.

USA least by far.

Europe is in between. I feel Europe has a lot of tension under the surface. Just my impression.

 

least - probably Philippines

 

Least Xenophobic- United States and Canada
Most Xenophobic- probably Japan

 

Yep, my Dad did business in Japan when I was growing up and I got to visit a few summers while I was still in highschool.

Definitely some deeply ingrained myths about gaijin there. This isn't only limited to westerners - we're talking about problems with other asians.

 

Oh - sorry for the double post. As for the least, to me it would be Ethiopia. They treat foreigners better than they treat themselves - a lot of that has to do with the culture in Ethiopia though.

 

Brazil is the least.

 

The least xenophobic for me was Colombia. I'm of Asian descent and no one made ching-chong sounds, or the slant eye or kung fu poses. And the ladies were very friendly and receptive. They don't have the same stereotypes of Asians there as they do in the States.

Italy was pretty bad. People were not very nice to me and lots of groups of Italian guys prowling around did the slant eyes, kung fu pose, ching-chong thing.

USA can be pretty bad depending on where you are but as long as you are in a major city, things usually aren't so bad.

And even though Asian countries are suspicious of foreigners (they have a good reason to be), they generally won't physically attack foreigners so it isn't that bad.

 

So....they don't think you're good at math?

 

So....they don't think you have a small ding-dong?

 

My personal perception from having visited is that Japan is the most xenophobic country and Canada is the least xenophobic. Remember that it's my perception... I don't know the numbers.

 

U.S.S.R. is the least and the most

 

Difficult to generalize. There are idiots in most countries.

 

The OP's asking for personal experience. Of course, you've been around the world so you should know (couldn't help it :grin: )

 

I pretty much agree w/ this......but have to agree with a previous poster as well that Italy seems to have quite a few more idiots than the other countries :grin:

As far as least xenophobic, maybe Canada or Singapore

 

Yes, I am actually in Korea right now. I have indeed been around the world, I just can't make up my mind. I personally can't really remember having been subject to xenophobia much. I don't think the USA are a lot more or less xenophobic than the average. You have xenophobic people like Batman Jones or the racists in Alabama, etc., but most of the people are friendly to foreigners.

 

I've met BJ and he never struck me as being xenophobic. Perhaps you're thinking of someone else?

 

I've heard Brazil and Saudi Arabia are both relatively welcoming to foreigners.

 

Not sure about xenophobia, but Mexico, Costa Rica and Argentina are ridiculously racist countries.