Ethnocentrism Examples | Animated Review

What is Ethnocentrism? Ethnocentrism is judging another culture based upon the values and standards set in one’s own culture. We grew up with culture customs, values, and behavior from people around us; and because of this, when we see a different set of customs and traditions from other cultures, we sometime fail to understand and acknowledge the unique nature of other cultures. We tend to compare, evaluate, and even judge from our own point of view. From the Anthropologic view, this is called ethnocentrism. To think that your culture is better than others and judge other culture based on your culture’s values and traditions is a negative example of ethnocentrism. Due to Ethnocentric beliefs, many people are blindsided from seeing things from another perspective. Just because another community or religious group do something that yours doesn’t, doesn’t make it inferior to yours, and nor does it make the other community’s differences incorrect. Animation: GoAnimate