Introduction 1) Does Louie have a problem‚ or are the people who made the negative comments about Louie just being too sensitive? According to the article‚ the manager named Louie does have problem. The people who made the negative comments are not being too sensitive since the comments about him are true although he may not realize that. Louie has discrimination problem against female (para.3 and 8)‚ homosexual (para. 4)‚ older people (para. 5) and other races of people
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Top of Form Question 1. Question : Which of the following is an example of an etic description of teen pregnancy in America? Student Answer: One of my friends in high school got pregnant in her sophomore year. She and the father decided to keep the baby‚ got married and just celebrated their 10th anniversary. They both finished college and have good jobs now. It just goes to show that people can overcome teen pregnancy and become successful parents. Although popular opinion sometimes
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Culture and the Dominant Ideology Functionalist and conflict theorists agree that culture and society are mutually supportive‚ but for different reasons. Functionalists maintain that social stability requires a consensus and the support of society’s members; strong central values and common norms provide that support. This view of culture became popular in sociology beginning in the 1950s. It was borrowed from British anthropologists who saw cultural traits as a stabilizing element in a culture
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bribes. The native language of Swahili‚ and few speak English. The many religions of Uganda also make foreign company’s respect them in order to avoid discrimination in the workplace. 2) Would you describe Green’s and Martin’s attitudes as being ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ or geocentric? What factors do you think have influenced their attitudes? HG as an American company is secular by nature‚ but its activities retain Christian values. Green is a high level manager and his attitude was geocentric‚
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behavior or belief by a social analyst or scientific observer (a student or scholar of anthropology or sociology‚ for example)‚ in terms that can be applied across cultures; that is‚ an etic account attempts to be ’culturally neutral’‚ limiting any ethnocentric‚ political‚ and/or
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cultural expression of patriotism by Indians‚ of pride in the vast and rich history and heritage of India. 4. Japanocentrism: A belief that Japan should be the center of the world for its cultures‚ economy and politics. 5. Sinocentrism: Any ethnocentric perspective that regards China to be central or unique relative to other countries. Effects of ethnocentrism Ethnocentrism leads to stereotyping. Ethnocentrism leads to issues in the workplace & schools when it concerns languageTheEqual
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Jim Sciba 8/31/16 Origins of Ancient Civilization Essay #1 In the last 10‚000 years‚ the origins of domestication and the rise of cities and states are the hallmark for human progress leading up to the modern world. Despite the ethnocentric biases that entails‚ the development of densely populated cities and states has created many disadvantages and in comparison to small‚ family-based‚ egalitarian societies‚ it is more satisfying than living in cities and states. The development of densely populated
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Human Communication. A Publication of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association. Vol. 11‚ No.1‚ pp. 27 – 38 Overcoming Ethnocentrism through Developing Intercultural Communication Sensitivity and Multiculturalism Qingwen Dong University of the Pacific Kenneth D. Day University of the Pacific Christine M. Collaço University of the Pacific Qingwen Dong (Ph.D. Washington State University‚ 1995) is Associate Professor and Chair and Kenneth D. Day (Ph.D. Indiana University‚ 1980) is Professor
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Jon Kenney ANTHRO 2 Wisniewski "The Gebusi" Analytical Paper March 11‚ 2015 "The Gebusi" Analytical Paper 1A.) From the beginning of the text/story I found that Bruce was having the most trouble during his first visit to Papua New Guinea. However‚ as time passed by during those first few years he made some interesting discoveries along the way. One of the first challenges I found him having problems with was trying to learn their complex language. Their use of the phonemes and morphemes are the
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The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid by angelakm Angela Matthews The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid serves as a bridge between two worlds‚ the modern and the untouched. Unfortunately untouched is not be the correct word to use as it becomes apparent that this village has in fact had its fair share of visitors. The story begins itself with one of these visitors being led through the village by a wise old man. The man speaks in a sincere tone and with a voice of experience that gives the sense that this isn’t the
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