Discuss whether culture encourages or discourages acceptance of others. Give examples of ethnocentrism
What will be an ideal response?
Feedback: Culture maintains boundaries. One's own culture seems right and natural. Other cultures are considered inferior, wrong, or immoral. This tendency to consider the ways of one's own group superior is called ethnocentrism. If we understand the cultural context of a given society, however, their practices generally make sense. This is called cultural relativity. Ethnocentrism can include television shows that mock the cuisine of other cultures or, more seriously, results in policies such as manifest destiny and Jim Crow laws.
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What will be an ideal response?
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