IF you haven't studied Cultural Anthropology in College you might not be aware of Enthnocentrism as a term.
What it means is that you view all other cultures as less then your own and therefore not good or inferior.
This is problematic for people in those cultures if you are trying to dominate them to your ethnocentric way of thinking.
Getting Rid of ethnocentrism worldwide is a key to world Peace.
I can think of no other thing that could create world peace more than stopping putting down other cultures because they aren't as good as yours or that they are inferior somehow.
When you study anthropology you start to understand Cultural Relativism which means all cultures are basically equal in that they are all survival strategies designed to survive where they live on earth, sometimes for thousands and thousands of years.
So, seeing these cultures as somehow inferior is only what a really ignorant uneducated person would do.
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