Ethnocentrism

Webster's dictionary says ethnocentricism "If you believe other groups' trends based on values ​​and standards of their ethnic groups, especially if their ethnic group believes better than other groups" It is defined. It is natural to recognize that ethnocentricism exists in our world and society and is often confused with patriotism. However, I do not recognize that ethnocentricism is the main cause of violence in the United States.

What is ethnocentricism? Ethnocentricism has three levels: positive, negative, and extreme. In a positive definition, ethnocentricism is defined as "people's own way of living takes precedence over the views of all others" (Herskovits, p. 21). There is no problem with this emotion ("Herskovits, p. 21), because" It expresses how most people feel about their own culture, expressing their emotions with words ". It is ethnocentricism, giving people the idea of ​​personality, group identity, historical status. These are all valuable features. "When my group is all centered, all other groups are measured and evaluated accordingly," ethnocentricism becomes negative (Sumner 1979, p. 13). When that rule is imposed on others, when it positively denies what they have, it reaches an extremely negative form (Herskovits, p. 103)

William G. Sumner defines ethnocentricism as the technical name of objects of objects whose groups are all centered and all other groups are measured and evaluated accordingly. He further said that ethnocentricism often leads to self-esteem, vanity, belief in his own group's superiority, and contempt for outsiders. These problems can occur when society is divided into groups and they are outside the group. Ethnocentricism is explained in social science and genetics. In anthropology, cultural relativism is opposed to ethnocentricism and is used as an opposite term.

William Graham Sumner (1840-1910), the so-called "social Darwinist", created the term "ethnocentricism". Although there are various definitions, the common denominator defines ethnocentricism as "all other people who believe in their ethnic groups or cultural advantages in areas such as social customs and political institutions." Please consider the validity of other cultural or political systems and show even racial discrimination of subconscious mind. I think that this ethnocentic accusation and subsequent beautification of multiculturalism is shortsighted and may even be dangerously misleading.