SOC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Ethnocentrism
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On his web site edupass, mark kantrowitz cautions international students coming to the united states: Don"t believe all of the stereotypes you may have heard about americans. Even the ones that are true in general may not be true about specific individuals or a large segment of the population. Rid yourself of any preconceived notions of american behavior before you arrive. Kantrowitz helpfully lists the common stereotypes of american citizens ; these include, For sociologists, ethnocentrism is especially dangerous because it gets in the way of understanding. If we really want to understand why people in society x act the way they do, how their institutions work, and what their customs are, we have to see them in the context of their society.
