ethnic tensions
Racial group conflict
Ethnic tensions are hostility or friction between groups distinguished by race, nationality, religion, or cultural heritage.
The phrase typically describes situations short of open conflict but charged with distrust or resentment: Ethnic tensions in the region have been rising since the election.
The term often appears in news coverage as a diplomatic way of describing intergroup animosity that may erupt into violence.
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- us versus themPolarized group opposition
- identity politicsCollective action via shared characteristics
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
discrimination · segregation · Rwandan genocide · scapegoating · displacement · refugee crisis · old wounds · protests · stereotyping · riots · human rights abuses · balkanization · territorial disputes · civil unrest · truth commissions · education programs · prejudice · clashes
- Eastern EuropePoland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria
- Balkan HistoryBalkans, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro
- Central AsiaKazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
- CyprusNicosia, halloumi, Aphrodite, Northern Cyprus, buffer zone
- ethnic relationsrace relations, multiculturalism, minority rights, racism, prejudice
- social divisionsclass divide, racial divide, social divide, religious divide, cultural divide
ethnic tensionsracial harmony
Peaceful multiethnic coexistence
cross-cultural understanding · peaceful coexistence · mutual respect · cultural integration · ethnic solidarity
ethnic tensionssocial cohesion
Group unity and belonging
national unity · integration · assimilation · social stability · unity
ethnic tensionsethnic integration
Combining distinct cultural groups
cultural assimilation · melting pot · intermarriage · color-blindness · cosmopolitanism