Depends on which foreigner group, and why you're afraid of them. In a neighborhood with a high percentage of Hispanic immigrants, I'm not worried about my daughter's safety on the street - but seeing a Somali behind the wheel of a car makes me decidedly nervous.

I am a foregner as many of you know. I am an american citizen now, but I was born in a different country. America is a melting pot of many cultures fused into one. We are all came from somewhere at some point in life, so to have xenophobia is rediculous. Accept another the same way he/she accepts you. There is so much more to life than needless distinguisgment!

If you can't stand this, avoid Japan like the plague. They are so isolated from outside cultures that even in the large cities (Osaka, Tokyo) about 15% of people will react in abject fear if you say so much as hello or offer your seat on a train. No, I'm not making this up. I lived there for 32 months.

As the saying goes, "You are all immigrants Pilgrim." Or something like that.

Unfortunately, xenophobia is an age-old disease in America. You can read what the politicians were saying about the Irish and Italians and Jews circa 1900-1920 and it seems almost identical to what a lot of the politicians are saying today. I have my problems with illegal immigration as well, but I think a lot of what passes for political debate on this issue today is nothing more than old-fashioned bigotry and prejudice wearing a slightly more modernistic mask.

I don't understand this at all. I find foreigners interesting. I enjoy meeting people from other countries in real life, and on the net. They give an interesting perspective to life, and the world.

i'm not afraid of foreigners i just don't understand them sometimes

Being on the receiving end of this (I might have been born of Chinese parents, but I was born here in America. To many people in this country, if you're not either black or white, you're foreign. So much for tolerance), I get particularly annoyed by racial intolerance (including the intolerance I see in my own family towards other races). Most people I come across tend to be more ignorant than intolerant; they just don't know any better. But the few that were vicious serve as a reminder that, though the country as made progress, there's still a lot more to improve on.

Not afraid but I harbor a bit of hostility toward some.

A little xenophobia might have gone a long way during the summer of 2001.

Nothing says I'm an ignoramus quite like dislike,hatred or disgust towards people based on where they come from.

Don't confuse xenophobia with being legitimately concerned (and angered)about immigration. As for me, I have spent time in foreign nations. I love and appreciate the foreign-born people that add very much to our workforce, culture, and intelligentsia. Xenophobia is for morons who didn't spend any or enough time at college.