Conflict

Conflict Nearly every time we turn on the evening news we see ethnic and racial conflict. From Northern Ireland to Bosnia, from Irag to Israel, and from the United States to South America, clashes have resulted in blood shed. Two terms that are commonly used when dealing with these conflicts are prejudice and ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism is the tendency to view the Norms and values of one’s culture as absolute and to use them as …

…of unequal treatment known as discrimination. In contrast to ethnocentrism, racism is more apt to be based on physical differences than on cultural differences. However, like ethnocentrism ideologies, most prejudice ideologies assert that members of other racial groups are inferior. Both prejudice and ethnocentrism lead to unfair treatment of people who usually do not deserve any type of cruel actions. Many people confuse the two terms, but clearly they both have their differences. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**