Aporophobia (from the Spanish aporofobia, and this from the Ancient Greek ἄπορος (á-poros), without resources, indigent, poor, and φόβος (phobos), fear)[1][2] is fear of poverty and of poor people. It is the disgust and hostility toward poor people, without resources or who are helpless.[3]
The concept of aporophobia was coined in the 1990s[4][5] by the philosopher Adela Cortina, professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy at the University of Valencia,[6] to differentiate this attitude from xenophobia, which only refers to the rejection of foreigners, and racism, which is discrimination by ethnic groups. The difference between aporophobia and xenophobia or racism is that socially there is no discrimination or marginalization of immigrants or members of other ethnic groups when these people have assets, economic resources and/or social and media relevance.[4][7][8]
After a decision of French Parliament on the 24 of June of 2016 it was added in the list of discriminations that forbidden by the constitution "discrimination for social precarity".
However it noted that less than 20 persons instigated a lawsuit due to a such discrimination.
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