Xenocentrism, is it Good or Bad?
Xenocentrism is the preference for the products, styles, or ideas of someone else's culture rather than of one's own (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenocentrism).Here in the Philippines, A lot of people idolize different artists and people from different countries, knowing that there are a lot of Filipino people and artists who are good enough to be idolized. A lot of my friends and relatives are so addicted to some Korean and Chinese Bands even if they don't actually understand what their idols are saying. I am not saying all, but most of them. Instead of listening to Original Filipino Musics, they listen to foreign songs.
In a more extreme sense, some cultures may idolize other cultures — such as the Japanese anime genre idolizing American beauty in its art, wherein it emphasizes such features as large eyes, angular jaws, and light skin.
Xenocentrism serves as an antithesis to ethnocentrism, wherein a person believes his or her culture and its goods and services are superior to that of all other cultures and people. Xenocentrism relies instead on a fascination of others' culture and a contempt for one's own, often spurred by gross injustice of government, antiquated ideologies, or oppressive religious majorities (https://www.thoughtco.com/xenocentrism-3026768).
Ethnocentrism leads us to make false assumptions about cultural differences. We are ethnocentric when we use our cultural norms to make generalizations about other peoples' cultures and customs. Such generalizations -- often made without a conscious awareness that we've used our culture as a universal yardstick -- can be way off base and cause us to misjudge other peoples. Ethnocentrism can lead to cultural misinterpretation and it often distorts communication between human beings.
Xenocentrism is the preference for the products, styles, or ideas of someone else's culture rather than of one's own (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenocentrism).Here in the Philippines, A lot of people idolize different artists and people from different countries, knowing that there are a lot of Filipino people and artists who are good enough to be idolized. A lot of my friends and relatives are so addicted to some Korean and Chinese Bands even if they don't actually understand what their idols are saying. I am not saying all, but most of them. Instead of listening to Original Filipino Musics, they listen to foreign songs.
In a more extreme sense, some cultures may idolize other cultures — such as the Japanese anime genre idolizing American beauty in its art, wherein it emphasizes such features as large eyes, angular jaws, and light skin.
Xenocentrism serves as an antithesis to ethnocentrism, wherein a person believes his or her culture and its goods and services are superior to that of all other cultures and people. Xenocentrism relies instead on a fascination of others' culture and a contempt for one's own, often spurred by gross injustice of government, antiquated ideologies, or oppressive religious majorities (https://www.thoughtco.com/xenocentrism-3026768).
Ethnocentrism leads us to make false assumptions about cultural differences. We are ethnocentric when we use our cultural norms to make generalizations about other peoples' cultures and customs. Such generalizations -- often made without a conscious awareness that we've used our culture as a universal yardstick -- can be way off base and cause us to misjudge other peoples. Ethnocentrism can lead to cultural misinterpretation and it often distorts communication between human beings.
Ethnocentric thinking causes us to make wrong assumptions about other people because . . .
Ethnocentrism leads us to make premature judgments. "They" may not be very good at what we are best at by evaluating "them" by what we are best at, we miss the many other aspects of life that they often handle more competently than we do.
"XENOCENTRISM IS NOT BAD, BUT BEING ETHNOCENTRIC IS BETTER"
- Leonel F. Domingo
Ethnocentrism leads us to make premature judgments. "They" may not be very good at what we are best at by evaluating "them" by what we are best at, we miss the many other aspects of life that they often handle more competently than we do.
"XENOCENTRISM IS NOT BAD, BUT BEING ETHNOCENTRIC IS BETTER"
- Leonel F. Domingo
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