ethnic tension
Intergroup cultural conflict
Ethnic tension is friction or hostility between groups distinguished by race, nationality, religion, or cultural heritage.
The phrase typically describes simmering conflict that hasn't erupted into open violence: Ethnic tensions in the region date back decades.
It appears frequently in news coverage and political analysis, sometimes as a euphemism for discrimination or persecution.
- border securityMonitoring national entry points
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- fearEmotional response to threat
- us versus themPolarized group opposition
protests · historical grievances · old wounds · displacement · segregation · hate speech · hate crime · divide · tribalism · powder keg · civil unrest · sectarian violence · anti-discrimination laws · march · riots · education programs · social justice movements · racial profiling
- social issuesinequality, racism, poverty, illiteracy, homelessness
- BalkansAlbania, Bosnia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Kosovo
- ethnic relationsrace relations, multiculturalism, minority rights, racism, prejudice
- war causesaggression, invasion, territory, expansion, border disputes
- ethnic conflictsectarian violence, tribal warfare, tribal conflict, pogrom, pogroms
- ethnic politicstribalism, sectarianism, identity politics, minority rights, power-sharing
ethnic tensionracial harmony
Peaceful multiethnic coexistence
ethnic integration · social cohesion · peaceful coexistence · ethnic solidarity · cross-cultural understanding
ethnic tensioncolorblindness
Impaired hue discrimination
multiculturalism · cosmopolitanism · melting pot · assimilation · universalism