Cultural Relativism In African Americans

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The first picture is showing cultural relativism because the person on the right their culture is about not showing skin because it is defined as rude and the only part that can be shown is her eyes compared to the person on the left. The person with the bikini in her culture it is okay to be showing a lot of skin, but seeing other people all covered is not normal. Unfortunately, they both criticize each other culture by not understanding the way they dress are different and stating how cruel the male dominated culture is. The picture on the right is about ethnocentrism because the Native Americans are not allowing the Americans to enter due to the fact of them not appreciating their culture. In other words, the Americans are not trying to

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