Short Answer: Not very much (even when I paid attention 😛 )
Actually it was Cultural Anthropology 2, many years ago.
There was one concept that I remember to this day and that is “cultural relativism”. To put this concept in terms we can all understand the LACK of cultural relativism can be summed up as:
“Every other culture in the world except mine is stupid/sucks”
You can read the technical definition here if you like, but I found it intensely boring.
So I bring it up, because I’d like to to increase “cultural relativism” or in simple terms “open mindedness towards other people and their cultures”.
A few days ago, I saw this video post on social media:
Comment 1: “Why are they wrestling in boots and underwear”
Reply to Comment1: “They are trying to cover everything a singlet is not.”
Now, however sincere the comments may have been, what we can notice here is the mentality of evaluating culture “A” based on culture “B” ( not to mention any implied negative overtone, which must be discounted).
Hopefully the more exposure we have to the world’s people and cultures the more this phenomena will diminish.
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