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Choose any culture and apply it to cultural relativism and ethnocenterism, & Miseducation or Bias?

We are raised in a world with many diverse cultures. It’s natural for us as human beings to compare things to each other, such as comparing one culture to ours. After 9-11 the focus on today’s news is primarily on Muslim cultures, such as Afghanistan and Iraq.
Cultural relativism brings up a new way of looking at the many different cultures. It asks that we evaluate other cultures according to their standards, not ours. The Muslim culture is very different then the culture we live in. We don’t have Christian suicide bombers or women covered head to toe. People should take that moment and understand it through there own eyes, not ours.
Muslim’s all over the world pray to Ala. Their world revolves around Ala. They worship Ala day through night. Another cultural difference would be the way women dress. Muslim women all around the world...

Posted by: Amy Hetzel

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