'Ethnocentrism'

The word 'ethnocentrism' that i am about to explain, came to me during the cultural anthropology course which are interesting subject but very impossible to score in finals. The word ethnocentrism here means that one is comparing other's culture based on his/her standard where his/her culture to be much more superior than others. But then we need to understand what is meant by the word 'culture'. Culture basically is people responses, belief, ideology in complex component consist of art, law, religion, ritual, politics, communication and so on. Therefore, referring back to ethnocentrism, people are more likely to judge other's belief or ideology to be non-sense comparing to their's.

I just realize on how big the issue was from the recent Malaysia General Election. People practice ethnocentrism best in political and religious issue, which both require a unique ideology and strong belief. Unlike law for example, are more to constitutional based which most country have the same law code. I would not say that ethnocentrism is bad. If you keep the negative judging to your self then it will be great, but if you use that judging content to diminish or to mock other people, then it would be inappropriate or sometimes considered stupid. Therefore as an advice, limit your ethnocentrism to yourself.