Ethnocentrism

EthnocentrismOutline1.ThedefinitonofEthnocentrism.2.levelsofEthnocentrism.4.ThereasonsofEthnocentrism.3.AdoidingEthnocentrism.1.WhatisEthnocentrism?Ethnocentrismisjudginganotherculturesolelybythevaluesandstandardsofone'sownculture.supriorself-centerEthnicreferstocultureheritage.Centrismreferstothecentralstartingpoint.2.levelsofEthnocentrism1.Postive2.Nagetive3.ExtremlynagetiveYouwillbeprondofyourculture.Youbelievethatyourcultureisthecenteroftheworld.Youthinkthatyourcultureisthemostpowerfuloneandyourvalueshouldbeadoptedbyother.2.levelsofEthnocentrism.Itisnaturalasakindofgluetoholdthesocietytogether,whiichIncreaseourbelongingtothenation.Forexample,education.welearnmanychineseglorioushistoryaboutfivethousandyearsago.SuchasTheFirstEmperorofQinunifiedChinain221B.C.Americanmovieisthebestexample.YoucanfindthatsavingAmericaandyouwillsavethewholeworldwhenyouwatchAmericanmovie.NearlyallthesciencefictionfilmscenteronAmerica.HitlerExtremlynagetiveEthnocentrism=HitlerHolocaust浩劫Exterminationcamps灭绝营:BuiltbyNaziGermany,wasusedtokillmillionsofpeoplebyexecution.Gaschambers毒气室:Shoutingandscreamingofthevictimscouldbeheardthroughtheopeninganditwasclearthattheyfoughtfortheirlives.Whentheywereremoved,ifthechamberhadbeenverycongested,astheyoftenwere,thevictimswerefoundhalf-squatting,theirskincoloredpinkwithredandgreenspots,somefoamingatthemouthorbleedingfromtheears.“受害人的呼喊和尖叫可以从开口处听见，很明显，他们在为性命挣扎。”由于毒气室常常人满为患，当开门处理时，受害人的姿势常常是半蹲着的，他们皮肤的颜色为粉色，有红色和绿色的斑点，有的嘴上口吐白沫，有的耳朵出血。3.ReasonsofEthnocentrismEthnocentrismcanbedefinedas:makingfalseassumptionsaboutothers'waysbasedonourownlimitedexperience.Wefalselydistortwhatismeaningfulandfunctionaltootherpeoplesthroughourowntintedglasses.Weseetheirwaysintermsofourlifeexperience,nottheircontext.Wedonotunderstandthattheirwayshavetheirownmeaningsandfunctionsinlife,justasourwayshaveforus.3.Whyarepeopleethnocentric?4.AvoidingEthnocentrism1.NocomparingThereisnorightorwronginthecultureorwhichoneisbetter.2.open-mindedBeawareofourlimitedexperiencesandtrytoviewtheworldopen-mindedly.3.LearningGoondevelopemorevalidandbalancedunderstandingbylearningtheirbackgroundinformation.4.ExperienceToseetheworld,Toseebehindwalls,Todrawcloser,Tofindeachotherandtofeel,Reachdeepertootherpeople'slives.Whenwegobeyondethnocentrism,therearewholenewareasofunderstandingthepossibilitiesinhowallhumanscanexperiencelife.lessonsthatcanprovideuswithnewposibilitiesforbetterexperiencinglife.Conclusion:THANKS3212001425谭文静