Emiratis: Ethnocentric?

The Emirates: Simply the best.

America: Action movies and rap stars.

Europe: Nice shoes.

Asia: Cheap electronics.

India: Workers.

Africa: Sudani.

Ethnocentrism

 

Ethnocentrism

 

1. On the lines below, write a definition of Ethnocentrism. Find one on the web.

 

Ethnocentrism is the belief of superiority is one's personal ethnic group, but it can also develop from racial or religious differences.

 

 

2. Read the cartoon. How is Ethnocentrism reflected in the conversation below?

 

Write your answer on the lines below.

The cat does not see the point in preserving other cultures because he does not see what those other cultures have “done for him”. He clearly believes that his own culture is the best one and he does not see why he should bother learning about cultures other than his own.

3. Looking at the cartoon characters.

 

Imagine them in social situations. What kind of people would (would n’t) they associate with? What kind of events (movies, shows) would (would n’t) they prefer to go? Think of other situations.

 

Describe Bucky

 

Bucky clearly does not care about anyone other than himself. He would only associate with people that were just the same as him. He would probably avoid any events that were about other cultures, and would definitely not go to a historical movie that took place in another country.

 

 

Describe the man talking with Bucky. Let’s call him Tom

 

Tom would be a person who would probably go out of his way to associate with someone of a different culture, probably just to learn about the person and their life. He is watching the television show and it almost sounds as if he is worried about the disappearance of other cultures.

 

 

4. Drawing Ethnocentrism.

 

On a separate sheet of paper, make a drawing of Ethnocentrism. You don’t have to draw well.

Quotations Quiz

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Nasser Taleb                      H00225392

Speaker	Quote	Meaning
Dwight D.Eisenhower	A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.	Without the people who are working to support the system, the system will collapse therefore there will be no privileges which are given by having a strong and good system.
Martin Luther King	All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.	He’s describing life as a network which is connected all together which makes everyone involved in it by force, even if each person pretend to be living an individual life by himself he is still at the end of the day is a part of this big network which is our world
Sheik Zayed	"A nation without a past is a nation without a present or a future. Thanks to God, our nation has a flourishing civilisation, deep-rooted in this land for many centuries. These roots will always flourish and bloom in the glorious present of our nation and in its anticipated future.”	Any country that doesn’t value its past, can’t appreciate its present or future. This country, thanks to God, has a rich past, does well for now and its expected future.
Amin Maalouf	Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors them with difficult choices.	Having strong believes of an opinion, group, thought or a rule puts you sometimes in a difficult situation where you have to fight for this specific believe with those who’s against it who also have different believes
Mahatma Gandhi	A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and souls of its people.	Because cultures and traditions the strength of any country comes originally from the nations love and support and passionate about their homeland, their history and their heritage. For example, when people celebrate the national day of the UAE, by decorating their cars, houses, offices, go out and line up in the streets showing how much they love this country.
Amin Maalouf	Traditions deserve to be respected only insofar as they are respectable – that is, exactly insofar as they themselves respect the fundamental rights of men and women.	A respectful tradition comes from the people. If each gender will respect the boundaries and admit the rights of each and the other the outcome will be a respectful life.
ML King Jr.	I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land	God doesn’t care about skin color. God cares about freedom for everyone.
Desmond Tutu	My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.	All of us are seeking for the same love and peaceful life and it only can spread by sharing it with each other and that what makes us human
Frank Borman	It's a vast, lonely, forbidding expanse of nothing rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone. And it certainly does not appear to be a very inviting place to live or work.	Looking at the earth from space, one wonders why we can’t get along decently.
Pablo Casals	The love of one’s country is a splendid thing, but why should it stop at the border?	Extend your love to the horizon and don’t make it stop where you think it should, a person can never love enough or get enough love. Spread the love starting by yourself, your family, your country, other people, other traditions other countries till the end of the world.
DD. Eisenhower	A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.	If people of the world can’t get along, nothing will work.
Sheikh Zayed	Many countries go to war and then towards reconciliation. The history of mankind is full of stories of wars between people and states that have come together after fighting for long. Why can't Arabs be like them?	Arabs should be more understanding and open to accept other nations even the one who they had warsor bad history with in order to move on and have a better future
Martin Luther King, Jr	I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.	Don’t start judging people before you get to know them, not every book can be read by its title. He wishes that this day will come where people will stop prejudging each other
Amin Maalouf	For it is often the way we look at other people that imprisons them within their own narrowest allegiances. And it is also the way we look at them that may set them free.	A person can affect another by just the way they look at them, which means if I treat you good you will give well. If I put you down that’s the way you’ll value yourself.