Thursday, September 29, 2011
Ethnocentrism
This week in class, we've mainly been focusing on ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism deals with how our perspective on things is changed by our culture. Based on this principle, someone coming from one country who goes into another country will usually experience a culture shock. For example, I went to Spain this past summer on a school trip and I now I can definitely relate to culture shock. When I went there, a lot of their ways of doing things were different from my own, since I'm from the United States. I thought this new way of living was interesting, but a lot of their methods didn't make sense to me and this was because of my ethnocentric way of thinking. I think everyone needs to eventually try to break past these ethnocentric barriers, so we can better understand each other. All of our ways of doing things might be different, but in the end- we're all human.
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Your right! I think that we have to break these barriers to broaden our mind and views. It reminds me of when I first came to America and I, as a Korean, had different ways to show manner and respect then Americans. Sometimes I would insult people with what I was doing but in my country, its respectful.
ReplyDeleteGreat point! I agree that everyone needs to be open minded to other cultures! I love how you said we are all human in the end!
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