Ethnocentrism.ppt

Ethnocentrism Outline 1.The definiton of Ethnocentrism. 2.levels of Ethnocentrism. 4.The reasons of Ethnocentrism. 3.Adoiding Ethnocentrism. 1.What is Ethnocentrism? Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of ones own culture. suprior self-center Ethnic refers to culture heritage . Centrism refers to the central starting point. 2. levels of Ethnocentrism 1.Postive 2.Nagetive 3.Extremly nagetive You will be prond of your culture. You believe that your culture is the center of the world. You think that your culture is the most powerful one and your value should be adopted by other. 2. levels of Ethnocentrism. It is natural as a kind of glue to hold the society together,whiich Increase our belonging to the nation. For example ,education.we learn many chinese glorious history about five thousand years ago.Such as The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. American movie is the best example.You can find that saving America and you will save the whole world when you watch American movie.Nearly all the science fiction films center on America. Hitler Extremly nagetive Ethnocentrism= Hitler Holocaust浩劫 Extermination camps灭绝营: Built by Nazi Germany,was used to kill millions of people by execution . Gas chambers毒气室: Shouting and screaming of the victims could be heard through the opening and it was clear that they fought for their lives.When they were removed, if the chamber had been very congested, as they often were, the victims were found half-squatting, their skin colored pink with red and green spots, some foaming at the mouth or bleeding from the ears. “受害人的呼喊和尖叫可以从开口处听见，很明显，他们在为性命挣扎。”由于毒气室常常人满为患，当开门处理时，受害人的姿势常常是半蹲着的，他们皮肤的颜色为粉色，有红色和绿色的斑点，有的嘴上口吐白沫，有的耳朵出血。 3.Reasons of Ethnocentrism Ethnocentrism can be defined as: making false assumptions about others ways based on our own limited experience. We falsely distort what is meaningful and functional to