Ethnocentrism

Even in the twenty first century there are problems in the society like cultural diffusion, cultural shock, ethnocentrism and xenocentrism which are faced by the people in the whole world. Some People still believe in these things. Xenocentrism is opposite of ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism is basically a practice in which people give more value to their own culture, tradition or religion than those of others. In this league of excessive pride that they have for their own culture, they disrespect…

In society today, racial tension is a massive issue that we face as Americans. It consumes many of the complications that the media discusses. Some may say that the media adds to this racial tension. Nevertheless, people today are the victims and the culprits of this racial tension. The article that I will be discussing in this essay is about the racial tensions between Muslims and the American people, and how the terror group ISIS is raising these racial tensions. The article talks about how…

social freedoms. The film ended with a massive amount of white people celebrating the victory of Jefferson’s opponent. Another example could be that they charged Jefferson only instead of both him and Ellie. Ethnocentrism is also illustrated in the film. Many would agree that ethnocentrism goes hand in hand with social prejudice during this time. Social Darwinism justified the idea that white people were superior in many aspects of life including socioeconomic status, racial status, gender…

How culture is viewed depends on three aspects: ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, and universal human rights. Ethnocentrism is the viewpoint that a person’s own culture and its contents are intrinsically better than another culture. Cultural relativism means that every culture holds equal value, and the values of one culture are not better than another. Universal human rights are the rights agreed on by the United Nations stating that every human has set rights because of their humanity…

Documents 1, 3, 5, and 7 support the ideas of ethnocentrism by Europeans. New Imperialism has created ideas of ethnocentrism on the various regions of the world. Document 1, “The White Man’s Burden,” a poem is written talking about how many white people believe that their cultural values or beliefs were superior to native peoples and so they are responsible to take care and educate them. They tried to civilize native peoples. This is an example of ethnocentrism. The author, Rudyard Kipling, must…

Islamophobia has been an ever-growing phenomenon in the United States for as long as one can remember. From the hate speech from our very own American politicians behind podiums to hate crimes against Muslims on our streets, the time came for an influential public figure to speak out and denounce this ignorance. On February 3rd of 2016, President Barack Obama made a historic and controversial visit to a mosque in Baltimore, Maryland to deliver a speech on freedom of religion, islamophobia, and…

culture by experiencing cultural constructions. During this period, their identity as a group member enhanced and gradually developed ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism made them feel familiar about their own culture and felt strange about other cultures. In my opinion, using native people’s own insight was one of the ways to make the strange familiar and avoid ethnocentrism. In northwest Thailand, a totally strange tradition remained among the Padaung women, that waas, stretching their necks. They…

Final Exam How does the concept of ethnocentrism interfere with cultural pluralism? How do these concepts help or hinder the issues globally. Ethnocentrism is one of the main causes of division in race, creed and religion. These are learned behaviors because when we are children we may notice differences in color, race or language, but we are not born bias either way. Stereotyping, categorizing, generalizations and accusations affect us worldwide even within our own races. Cultural…

is the female protagonist’ case in the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which presents the power of cultural elements on how they affect her life and marriage. Among those elements, two outstanding concepts in the film that will be analyzed are ethnocentrism and collectivism versus individualism. In the film, Toula Portokalos is a thirty-year-old Greek-American woman who works in her family's restaurant, Dancing Zorba's. Her father, Gus, another Greek-American man hopes her to merely get married…

War and persecution on Culture and Power 2 Throughout history Cultures have changed and disappeared, cultures have also been suppressed by the outcomes and actions that took place in war. How do war and persecution suppress culture and the powers the culture holds? I will be investigating this by looking at Simulacra and how the Jews were affected after World War II. Simulacra can cause victimology, which would…