Noel Hypothesis

Ethnocentricity is being centred on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own. An example of ethnocentricity in the public services is in training. Every public service member is taught to not let ethnocentric views affect their behaviour towards others. Currently there has been no media reporting’s of ethnocentricity within the UK public services.

Both authors use history to explain the negative interactions between people of different ethnicities. Parrillo reveals why prejudice is frequent within minority groups and Fredrickson discusses the four different ways people of different ethnicities have associated with one another. Both Parrillo and Fredrickson discuss societal interactions and how whites are always the dominant group that remind the minorities of their superiority. Whites have denied African Americans equality and assimilation to white culture and deemed the Chinese as conniving competition for jobs. Throughout history, whites have never been on the receiving end of prejudice or anything less than dominant. Although both authors do not view whites in a negative light, both

Thesis: The belief of prejudice and discrimination occurs in our society in the past and present. Each of these notions is a way to demonstrate the supremacy of one group over another.

Ethnocentrism:(late 15th century). Individuals judge other groups relative to their own based on langue behavior customs and religion. When the Spaniards came to the new worlds they saw that the natives were more advanced in agriculture. The natives also had a different customs and languages. Ethnocentrism, or the idea of it, placed natives in forced labor and segregated them based on their customs.

Groupthink can and will creep into every group, no matter the size or type. Psychologist Irving Janis, the first person to coin the term groupthink, described eight symptoms of groupthink. These symptoms include illusions of invulnerability, collective rationalization, belief in inherent

This report examines and evaluate the Missouri Standard Science Act. I will describe the purpose and the contents of this bill, then discuss the discrepancies that I have found by comparing the definition of terms provided from its common definition, I will also the identify the validity of some arguments provided in this bill, and discern its inconvenience.

An example of this would be that if either races, white or black commit a crime, both of them will have to suffer consequences. This means that since both of them will get the persecuted and questioned. The white man will not have the advantage because he is white he will suffer consequences just as the black man has to. Another example of this is that each of the races white, black, asian, etc. will have equal opportunities. This means that no matter what race you are, you will still have the chance to have a good education or a good

During the Great Depression and between 1926 and 1933, housewives setup self-help groups to aid their locals in the community who were greatly affected by the Depression because they were no longer able to afford basic necessities- food, clothes, and shelter. The housewives played was a step up from traditional gender roles. They no longer passive, waiting for the men to take care of it, and instead were proactive leaders who worked side by side with men. They took leadership while organizing strikes, barter exchanges, and demanding what they wanted from businesses and the government. This showed others that women are no longer the traditional stereotype, where their only duty was to stay at home and cook, clean, and take care of the kids, and rather be leaders outside the house.

5. What tangible cultural evidence might support the social disadvantages of the lived experience of being in the majority group? And the minority group?

A concept that has helped me to understand the social world is ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism is defined as the attitude that one 's own culture is the best and others are inferior. On the micro level, it is now clear to me that I have demonstrated ethnocentrism in my dealings with individuals and this might account for some of the problems that have come about in individual friendships. On the macro level, ethnocentrism has helped me to understand why world peace is so elusive.

For example, of hegemony are African American and Hispanic is lazy, tall African American men play basketball and Asians are all smart. The term ideology refers to a system of ideas, cultural, religious beliefs that sway society over they have and have not’s. We come in contact every day with cultural diversity in the workplace, schools and need to learn to not offend another person based on their cultural group. Most people assume how a person is based on their appearances and their race.

Another concept of sociology that I felt that I could relate to is ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism " a tendency to use our own groups way of doing things as a yard stick for judging others( Henslin, 37.)"Being Puerto Rican and growing up in a Caucasian society, I felt because of my culture that I should try to associate with my same race or people of my same ethnicity. Because of this I found myself feeling as if my race was better in some way, but then I learned that was normal for every race. Because of this I feel I can relate to the term ethnocentrism.

Three sociological perspectives used in the study of minorities are: Structural functionalism, symbolic interactionalism and conflict theory. These perspectives offer "theoretical paradigms" for explaining how society influences people, taking into account the social factors that impact on human behavior. However, different theories, ideas, and prejudices can influence a sociologist's conclusions. Each of these theories has a contribution to make with a distinct focus.

There are several concepts which contribute to the formation of intergroup conflicts: stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination. According to the text stereotype is, “a generalized belief about members of a group.” Prejudice is defined as “a

Groupthink theory often occurs without the group’s realization. Irving Janis formed 8 different symptoms that indicate groupthink. The first of these symptoms is illusions of vulnerability. This occurs when members of the group are overly optimistic and believe that nothing negative will arise from their decision. Janis describes it as taking great risks and acquiring the attitude of “everything is going to be OK, because we are a special group”. Secondly we have belief in inherent morality. This symptom is characterized as the groups thought that they could do no wrong. They believe that they have high morality, that they are right in all situations and they ignore the ethical consequences that could arise because of their decisions. As the third