Word: ethnocentricism
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Besides being ethnocentric, Southern whites also form the most moderate portion of potential Democratic voters. To attract these voters Democrats have to adopt a middle-of-the-road image. In theory, Dukakis--with his pro-economic growth reputation--could pull this off. In reality, the Duke simply will be perceived...
Most of the Secretary's address was confined to the kind of ethnocentric blather that we have come to expect from this Administration. Bennett called for a return to fundamentals in education and basing classes on the core values of Western civilization. The Secretary also harped on the importance of...
Let's hear it for the new patriotism, subtle and understated in the keen grasp of our lovable President, but taken to ethnocentric and, verily, racist lengths by some of his less enlightened followers.
"The director [of the Foundation] has made it clear that he is willing to stand his ground against the ethnocentric loudmouths," Kilson says. The Foundation is "unabashedly cosmopolitan."
"Ethnocentric militants" will always be making these arguments, Kilson counters. The debate between them and the "pragmatic independents"--as he calls himself--"has always been out there in Afro-American life and it will be there until the cows come home."