Hispanophobia

Hispanophobia (from Latin Hispanus, "Spanish" and Greek φοβία (phobia), "fear") or anti-Spanish sentiment is a fear, distrust, hatred of, aversion to, or discrimination against Hispanic, Latino and/or Spanish people, and/or Hispanic culture.

The historical phenomenon has gone through three main stages by originating in 16th-century Europe when Spain was a dominating European power under the Spanish Habsburgs, reawakening during late 19th-century disputes over territory mainly in North America, and continuing to exist to the present day in tandem with politically-charged controversies such as bilingual education and illegal immigration to the United States from Hispanic American countries.

Within Spain, identity politics are complex because hard lines of Catalan, Basque, and Galician nationalism can be identified as sources of hispanophobic views and discourse.


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