Ethnocentrism

moral priorities, values, ethnocentrism, in grouping and out grouping. Religions and societies…

extreme form of nationalism in which it promotes the interest of one state or people above all others. Ultranationalism is the root or cause of genocide to a large extent because it is often that leaders who have caused genocide develop feelings of ethnocentrism, which is a feeling that describes one who holds their ethnicity superior to others. This leads to thinking of other nations as inferior. When this happens, leaders who have feelings of ultranationalism are obliged to eradicate any signs…

ostracized for having a different belief system. Anthropologists can look at ethnocentrism and how it can play a role regarding prejudicial and discriminatory behavior. Being ethnocentric cause’s individuals or groups to rush judging others who have a different culture than which they were brought up in. In Cry Freedom, a black women was rescinded her scholarship to medical school, in order to be given to a white women. Ethnocentrism can distort communication and can lead to misjudgment. For…

“Asian Pacific American Heritage Month,” I received a flyer while walking through the hallway. Coming from a country in Asia, this phrase grabbed my attention. When I looked through it, I found out that Center for Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, an organization at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD), was celebrating April as a month dedicated for Asian Pacific Americans. The flyer had a list of film screening and discussion events.This was a perfect chance for me as I was looking…

belief in American exceptionalism and values, ethnocentrism, and the changing balances of power. These beliefs and their application have not proven easy to implement; yet the impact of these fourteen points can clearly be seen in American foreign policy from the Wilson presidency to today. It is difficult to fully understand why Wilson saw democracy as applicable world-wide. However, I believe that American exceptionalism, American values, and ethnocentrism played a strong role. American…

Away Bias In his article "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" Horace Miner analyzes the exotic practices of the tribal society Nacirema, developing an intricate persuasive social commentary on the prevalence and effects of cultural prejudices and ethnocentrism on the sociological imagination. In addition to utilizing kairos, ethos, pathos and logos to exhibit that language shapes perspectives generated by cultural relativism. By writing from a different cultural perspective in a traditional manner…

having adequate communication and efficient care with the patient. The purpose of this post is to review the various obstacles that can occur when the nurse and patient come from different cultures. The obstacles to review are cultural baggage, ethnocentrism, cultural imposition, prejudice, and discrimination. Then will proceed to explain what can be done to overcome the obstacles through cultural self-assessment and the five steps in providing culturally congruent nursing care (Andrews &…

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…

“Haven’t you ever tried to be different?”(Text) This statement was given to the Sikh twins by the examiner during their final Art examination. Individuality could be a key point to examine a cultural conflict in this context. Before the examination, it will give a definition of culture and difference of the value system in each Western and Asian culture. Culture can be explained in many kinds of terms. Lustig and Koester (2010:25) defined “culture is a learned set of shared interpretations about…

The Amish culture is one of the multiple cultural groups that are subject to ethnocentrism in today. They are judged by their appearance, the way they dress, their customs and beliefs. They are additionally judged on extremely questionable things, for example, dismissing the thought of having a car, the way there culture set the standards…