She was naïve and believed that since everyone thought of the United States as the best best nation in the world, she would use that perspective to compare other nations. She used a more ethnocentrism way of judging other cultures. “William Sumner (1906), who developed this concept, said, “One’s own group is the center of everything, and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it” (Henslin, p.50). I would completely oppose his opinion because not only is is dangerous, it actually leads to a negative evaluation of different cultures. It devalues the importance of that particular culture when discussing one’s own culture. Ethnocentrism was the standard method that people used when critically examining other cultures. Many people are guilty for still using this kind of approach, whether they unconsciously or consciously do it. My friend was guilty of using this method in America when meeting foreigners or different kinds of Americans. It took her to leave the U.S. and find the answers in a different continent, culture and people. “Culture within Us”: Our Lens for Viewing
She was naïve and believed that since everyone thought of the United States as the best best nation in the world, she would use that perspective to compare other nations. She used a more ethnocentrism way of judging other cultures. “William Sumner (1906), who developed this concept, said, “One’s own group is the center of everything, and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it” (Henslin, p.50). I would completely oppose his opinion because not only is is dangerous, it actually leads to a negative evaluation of different cultures. It devalues the importance of that particular culture when discussing one’s own culture. Ethnocentrism was the standard method that people used when critically examining other cultures. Many people are guilty for still using this kind of approach, whether they unconsciously or consciously do it. My friend was guilty of using this method in America when meeting foreigners or different kinds of Americans. It took her to leave the U.S. and find the answers in a different continent, culture and people. “Culture within Us”: Our Lens for Viewing