A Quick Outline Of How Racism Differs From Ethnocentric Monoculturalism.
A quick outline of how Racism differs from Ethnocentric Monoculturalism.
-Racism is conscious. One does not even want to speculate on why an individual feels so traumatized about oneself as to feel the need to boost one's own self-worth by denigrating a person of differing skin color or different cultural practices. Racial discrimination is generally forbidden by laws.
-Ethnocentric Monoculturalism as defined by two of its most coherent authors (Gerald Wing Sue & David Sue in "Counseling the Culturally Different", 3rd. Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1999) is unconscious. It is predominently a product of enculturation. Many people of an Ethnocentric Monocultural bent are well meaning. Five aspects of this unconscious belief system can be particularly damaging to ethnic minorities. These are: (Quoting & paraphasing from Sue & Sue)
1)A strong belief in the surperiority of all other group's cultural heritage (history, values, language, traditions, arts/crafts, etc.
2)There......
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