Word: ethnocentricism
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The article "Orthodox Jews Violate Campus Policy With Posters" (News, Feb. 19) was both unbalanced and offensive. The story played on popular stereotypes of Orthodox Jews, stereotypes as common within the Jewish community as they are outside of it. In particular, the tone of the article suggested that Orthodox Jews...
Judaism must become less tribal, less ethnocentric, less exclusive, less closed off, less defensive, less xenophobic, less clannish. We jokingly call ourselves "members of the tribe" (MOTs), as if to remind us of our tribal origins. But we are not a tribe, a clan, or even an ethnicity. Jews comprise...
The demagogue further plays on American society's fears that immigrants leave U.S. natural citizens worse off economically. However, he attacks the issue of immigration not merely from an economic standpoint but with an ethnocentric overtone. "Does this First World nation wish to become a Third World country? Because that...
Overly ambitious Perhaps Yet many of Postman's arguments ring disturbingly true. He criticizes those who view technology as a panacea, noting that though the Internet may be an excellent disseminator of information, teacher student and student - student interaction is irreplaceable. He also deplores the mutation of cultural pluralism into...
Asante, chair of the African-American Studies program at Temple University, said that Afrocentrism is not a ethnocentric philosophy, but merely a means of looking at African people as agents and actors in history rather than as marginal historical figures.