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Subject: Ethnocentrism
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fireyes 20.07.12 - 06:17pm
The definition of ethnocentrism is the use of ones own culture as a yardstick for judging the ways of other individuals or societies, generally leading to a negative evaluation of their values, norms, and behaviors. In simple terms it is the thinking that ones own culture or groups ways are superior to others or judging other groups as inferior to ones own. * +

fireyes 20.07.12 - 06:18pm
Basically using your cultures yardstick to judge others. Clearly it is rife in this forum. Of which everyone is guilty of. Culture shock in a way * +

mocoref 20.07.12 - 06:20pm
True dat * +

iilmadme 20.07.12 - 06:26pm
It's just childishness,in sum ways.A failure to recognise that the whole world isnt like ur own little world,n that there's nuthin wrong with that * +

krisp 21.07.12 - 08:27am
nice observation fireyes * +

xcrazyx 21.07.12 - 08:29am
True! * +

sadie1 21.07.12 - 08:58am
but my yardsticks beter than yours * +

irnbrux 21.07.12 - 09:47am
Just ignorance, n f off sadie my yardstick is bigger and fatter than urs -swing- * +

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