There are many concepts that were addressed. Three of these concepts are; institutional racism, ethnocentrism, and discrimination. These issues are not positive attitudes or behaviors, and a person should always be aware of the things that they say about someone else’s values, beliefs and practices. This will diminish any unnecessary conflicts and allowing everyone to express themselves freely. Institutional racism is a practice that many people today are affected by, or have experienced. This issue surrounds the topic of race. It takes place in an organization, and it often happens behind closed doors in order to save a person’s reputation, and to manipulate another’s. (Clair & Denis, 2015, Pg. 860) states that, “institutional racism refers
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There were several stereotypical remarks that were said against people of opposite races. In today’s society, there are many races and ethnicities that face ethnocentrism. This is mostly due to many people not allowing themselves to understand or to be accepting of the fact that there are people and cultures that do things differently. (Collaco, Day, & Dong, Para. 1, Pg. 29) states that, “Ethnocentrism is viewed as lacking acceptance of cultural diversity and intolerance for outgroups. This lack of acceptance of cultural diversity has a strong tendency to lead to negative stereotypes toward other cultural/ethnic groups, negative prejudice and negative behaviors against these group members.” Personally, I believe that ethnocentrism can be negative and positive. For example, many people strongly oppose to Donald Trump’s travel ban policy. They believe that it is a racist against Muslims, and that it is wrong and unconstitutional. This type of ethnocentrism is positive because there is a concern about the wellbeing of other people’s lives. On the other hand, (Kalkan, 2016) states that, “Almost 20 percent of Trump supporters disagree with the Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery in the United States.” This to me is a negative ethnocentrism, because what this means is that Trump supporters refuse to accept that all people are equal regardless of who they are. One example of ethnocentrism from the movie is; there were people who thought that the Peruvian man was Arabic. Therefore, they robbed and damaged his store and left anti-Arabic graffiti on the walls. I consider this an ethnocentric behavior because the robbers were not accepting of the Arabic culture. Hence the anti-Arabic
There were several stereotypical remarks that were said against people of opposite races. In today’s society, there are many races and ethnicities that face ethnocentrism. This is mostly due to many people not allowing themselves to understand or to be accepting of the fact that there are people and cultures that do things differently. (Collaco, Day, & Dong, Para. 1, Pg. 29) states that, “Ethnocentrism is viewed as lacking acceptance of cultural diversity and intolerance for outgroups. This lack of acceptance of cultural diversity has a strong tendency to lead to negative stereotypes toward other cultural/ethnic groups, negative prejudice and negative behaviors against these group members.” Personally, I believe that ethnocentrism can be negative and positive. For example, many people strongly oppose to Donald Trump’s travel ban policy. They believe that it is a racist against Muslims, and that it is wrong and unconstitutional. This type of ethnocentrism is positive because there is a concern about the wellbeing of other people’s lives. On the other hand, (Kalkan, 2016) states that, “Almost 20 percent of Trump supporters disagree with the Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery in the United States.” This to me is a negative ethnocentrism, because what this means is that Trump supporters refuse to accept that all people are equal regardless of who they are. One example of ethnocentrism from the movie is; there were people who thought that the Peruvian man was Arabic. Therefore, they robbed and damaged his store and left anti-Arabic graffiti on the walls. I consider this an ethnocentric behavior because the robbers were not accepting of the Arabic culture. Hence the anti-Arabic