Ethnocentrism, Racism, And Xenophobia

Ethnocentrism, Racism, and Xenophobia are threatening our future because they're the judgment of people. Ethnocentrism being, "the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own cultures". This meaning they judge other cultures by the values and standards of one's own culture. Racism is the judgment of one's skin color also superiority over one's race. Xenophobia is an irrational dislike of foreigners of other countries. All this hatred and people wonder why rational people say that the future is being threatened. If we continue to hate one another we will continue to hurt one another based on our skin color or beliefs. The United States has banned Muslims from coming back into …show more content…
This year alone has been one of the worst I've seen in my adult life, killing and hatred are everywhere. The way we have treated people over time as been because we've all thought that was the way we had to. This person has a different skin color so I must treat them completely different. This thought process has been a leader in creating hate crimes like mentioned above. The United States government alone has been harming their people by structural violence. Structural violence is not being able to meet the people's needs. Leadership should be cautiously picked if we are to have a guy deciding our countries future. The wrong picking of someone can mess our future up and has proved true throughout history. We have a list of the worst leaders in the worlds being Stalin, ISIS, Hitler, Queen Mary. They all had their part in making the world horrible during their ruling periods. If we are not able to come together to make our world more accepting we will continue to destroy one another. Ethnocentrism, racism, and xenophobia are still very much alive, which many people try to put a stop to. It's hard to continue this task without the help of our leadership because many people listen to