prejudice‚ discrimination‚ and ethnocentrism. • Ethnocentrism an attitude of superiority toward members of other ethnic groups ETHNOCENTRISM: the tendency to believe that one’s ethnic or cultural group is centrally important‚ and that all other groups are measured in relation to one’s own. The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups relative to his or her own particular ethnic group or culture THE PROBLEM: Ethnocentrism leads us to make false assumptions about cultural differences. We
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True Meaning of America America has developed into possibly the greatest country to ever exist. However‚ the process of America becoming what it is today is actually really complex. Many great writers and authors have used their works to explain and describe the development process of America to many people. These works produced by them have allowed us to better visualize what America has gone through and its journey to success. These works also give us a better understanding of what America truly
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Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson Introduction Modern Americans today can easily answer the question “When was your nationbirthed?” Though the details of their answer may vary‚ the basic idea would place that time around the American Revolution. Some “older” countries such as Italy‚ Greece‚ or China would not have such a ready-made answer because they believe their nation was a naturalmanifestation of their people. Not so‚ according to Benedict Anderson’sImagined Communities(Anderson 1983)
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Ethnocentrism can be defined as the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture. One practice that is done in the United States that is done differently by another culture could appear as not normal to us. We all have different definitions of what the right or “wrong” way of doing something is‚ but brought up and executed by another culture‚ the procedure may be done differently. I see this‚ as being negative because a lot
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“The Soldier” A Detailed Look at a Criticized Poem Grief‚ death‚ devastation: with the strong exception of Rupert Brooke‚ these were the themes reflected in most war poetry during WWI. Brooke laced his poetry with sentimentality and nationalism‚ which was very different from the themes of other works during the time. Many people love and admire his poems‚ but despite his poetry being criticized by the public‚ Rupert Brooke was a talented young poet throughout World War I. This poem was first
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of the "Concert of Europe‚" the alliance of great powers that sought to maintain the the pillars of the old regime--monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ church‚ and privilege--against the forces of liberalism and nationalism. As minister of a German-led multi-national empire‚ Metternich had reason to fear nationalism as much as liberalism (which in any case tended to go hand in hand in the first half of the nineteenth century). Nationalists within the Austrian Empire threatened to establish small autonomous nation-states
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Dream”‚ which refers the ideals of liberty and equality. Americans pursue happiness and personal comfort in this country. United States is one of the countries that give opportunities to what they call “Americans”. The country is composed of different ethnic groups‚ which makes it the “Land of Free”. Many treat each other equal no matter people’s race‚ background‚ and culture. Americans have many opportunities‚ such as education. They can choose to be whoever they want to be. America is composed of freedom
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Jinnah’s vision for Pakistan While giving an interview to American press representatives in July 1942‚ when asked by one of the journalists whether the Muslims were a nation or not‚ Jinnah replied: “We are a nation with our own distinctive culture and civilization‚ language and literature‚ art and architecture‚ names and nomenclature‚ sense of values and proportion‚ legal laws and moral codes‚ customs and calendar‚ history and traditions‚ aptitudes and ambitions‚ in short‚ we have our own distinctive
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Australia’s collective desire of nationalism as well as patriotism lead to its formation as a federation and this willingness to unify the divided colonies was a reflection of an ulterior‚ racist purpose. Federation is the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate colonies or states. Before Australia’s eventual federation on January 1 of 1901‚ there had been years of debate‚ since the idea was first introduced in Sydney during an inter-colonial conference until its implementation
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Irish Nationalism: The Fight for Self-Government Since the late twentieth century‚ Ireland has been subject to varying types of English rule. There has been much debate on the degree of English rule in Ireland‚ but the call for a united Ireland was very popular among many Irishmen. Nationalistic feelings in Ireland saw a steady growth in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with many different movements looking to achieve Irish self-government. These nationalistic movements can be
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