Cultural Diversity and Diets
Cultural Diversity and Diet
Jacqueline Jones
Week 2
Principles of Sociology
Mitchell Swatez
Different cultures around the world have their own types of customs that they are used to having. There are many types of diets that different cultures are used to having that unlike those of what we are used to here in the United States. In many cultures people eat toasted ants, frog legs, puppies, kittens, or raw monkey brains. I could never find myself eating none of the above, but this is natural for many people around the world. Each part of the world contains people who function differently, have symbols that have different meaning as well as have their conflicts. When applying the concept that people live different lives and eat different things, the concepts of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism come into play for each type of custom. We judge those that have different ways of living as weird, nasty and strange while they think of our ways of living as the same. This essay also discusses the three major sociological theories: functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism for the analysis of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.
People around the world eat different things that reflect on their cultures and customs that they are used to having. Some people may eat things that others will not while others do not mind trying something new. They may also have different ways of doing things in which are open for curious ones. There are many television shows where people go around the country to see what foods people cook and eat that are different from our ways of eating. We also see them get an introduction of how they live and their beliefs in life. These things is what separates them from other cultures. When we learn the ways of other people whether in the United States or around the world, we have a way of judging them. It can be a bad judgment or a good judgment, but we really cannot judge people without getting information about their culture and
Jacqueline Jones
Week 2
Principles of Sociology
Mitchell Swatez
Different cultures around the world have their own types of customs that they are used to having. There are many types of diets that different cultures are used to having that unlike those of what we are used to here in the United States. In many cultures people eat toasted ants, frog legs, puppies, kittens, or raw monkey brains. I could never find myself eating none of the above, but this is natural for many people around the world. Each part of the world contains people who function differently, have symbols that have different meaning as well as have their conflicts. When applying the concept that people live different lives and eat different things, the concepts of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism come into play for each type of custom. We judge those that have different ways of living as weird, nasty and strange while they think of our ways of living as the same. This essay also discusses the three major sociological theories: functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism for the analysis of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.
People around the world eat different things that reflect on their cultures and customs that they are used to having. Some people may eat things that others will not while others do not mind trying something new. They may also have different ways of doing things in which are open for curious ones. There are many television shows where people go around the country to see what foods people cook and eat that are different from our ways of eating. We also see them get an introduction of how they live and their beliefs in life. These things is what separates them from other cultures. When we learn the ways of other people whether in the United States or around the world, we have a way of judging them. It can be a bad judgment or a good judgment, but we really cannot judge people without getting information about their culture and
References: Henslin, J. M. (2013). Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, 10th ed. Boston: Pearson.