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Examples Of Ethnocentrism On African Americans
An example of ethnocentrism that I have personally witnessed, was when I was working at a family owned restaurant. My bosses were a Vietnamese family who, from adults to the kids, were very racist. When I talked to my boss they would occasionally say racial slurs towards African American customers. They made very inappropriate comments in secret that made me very uncomfortable. Even their children who were very young had an ethnocentric view on the African American culture and race. The family would say that African-American’s are untrustworthy or dangerous. They even went as far as to not allow any of the children be friends with any African Americans. I eventually left such a terrible environment and still haven’t seen them
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