I think we have cultural bias and practice some ethnocentrism when it comes to ethnic food in America. — Andrew Zimmern Copy Share Image
“Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
“Multiculturalism" arises as a reaction against Anglo- or Eurocentrism; but at what point does it mutate into an ethnocentrism of its own?” — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr Copy Share Image
“It is characteristic of the ethnocentrism of anthropology that whereas the rationality of claims by African and other primitive diviners to be… — Wyatt MacGaffey Copy Share Image
“Many a survivor of a plane crash who is or was against cannibalism and had never eaten human flesh once found themselves… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The more we claim to discriminate between cultures and customs as good and bad, the more completely do we identify ourselves with… — Claude Lévi-Strauss Copy Share Image
“But what is identity really? What is it to ‘belong’ when we cast ourselves in the mold of a social group? I… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
“Beauty has laws, and an appreciation of them is not possessed equally by all. The more primitive and ignorant a race, or… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
“On various occasions, especially in trying to think of western American history in the context of the worldwide history of colonialism, it… — Patricia Nelson Limerick Copy Share Image
Insularity is the foundation of ethnocentrism and intolerance; when you only know of those like yourself, it is easy to imagine that… — David Eller Copy Share Image
Cross-cultural reality testing forces people to examine both their own and others' understandings of reality. Most people simply assume that the way… — Paul G Copy Share Image
“Don’t misunderstand me. The terrorist actions of Al-Qaeda were and are unmitigatedly evil. But the astonishing naivety which decreed that America as… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
“Ethnocentrism, xenophobia and nationalism are these days rife in many parts of the world. Government repression of unpopular views is still widespread.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“No centrism based on the temporary historical "glory" of any nation or region should any longer be allowed to distort our universal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When every ethnic and religious group claims a right to approve or veto anything that is taught in public schools, cultural pluralism… — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr Copy Share Image
“certain categories of us are more crucial to our identities than the kind of car we drive or the number of dots… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
