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Cryptic Excretions
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Cryptic Excretions
Attorney at Law
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Posts: 3,055
02/16/2006 1:29 am
Originally Posted by: stacknyDefinition from my Sociology textbook of ethnocentrism:

"Ethnocentrism is the tendency to judge other cultures exclusively by the standards of one's own."

That being said, I know murder is wrong, so Im not going to try to see it from the Muslims eyes to why its wrong. I actually do understand why, because the Koran says to wage war on the infidels aka everyone who isnt Muslim.

There is no superiority here. By my definition of ethnocentrism there isnt anyways. If your definition is correct, then Im not ethnocentric.

Ah, well, I dunno. Here I was seeing ethnocentrism being thrown around like a hot potato and wondering where the racism wasn't at only to be confronted with a differing definition. Dictionary or textbook. I dunno.
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