Ethnocentric Bias (extra credit)

Ethnocentrism is the belief in which one ethnic group’s ways are superior to another groups. Ethnic means cultural heritage and centrism means central starting point, so in essence ethnocentrism is judging another person’s heritage based on your own limited knowledge of outside culture. Creating false assumptions about others people’s ways based on our own limited experience is an explicit definition of ethnocentrism. These are all definitions for ethnocentrism.

Everyone in the world is ethnocentric and they always will be no matter what you do you can’t change it ever. No one can experience everyone’s culture or get an understanding that someone’s heritage is superior to another’s because we only have limited knowledge of outside customs, beliefs, and ethics. On top of that most people already think of themselves as superior to people in their own culture it’s an even greater thought of superiority against people of other ethnic backgrounds and cultural groups. Another reason we are ethnocentric is that we expect everything to be the same as our culture everywhere and when we see something that appears strange to us, it is more than likely to be completely common for another culture also it goes the other way around as well. The way we see colors, values, time frames, social stature, our beliefs on life and afterlife, as well as how we see the universe are all different based upon our backgrounds and experiences. On to of this different cultures see how you can accomplish lifelong goals in many different ways, some believe you have to be rich to make it big in life while others believe hard work gets you everywhere. These examples help prove that clearly everyone is ethnocentric because you can’t experience everything through our own limited experience.