Compare two cultures with which you are is it difficult not to be familiar ?

Two cultures with which we are familiar :

(a) Individual culture for every individual social role she/he plays imports identity.

Every person in modern society place multiple rule. For example within the family she/ he may be perament or a child. But each of the specific role, there are particular responsibilities and powers. For example for students in schools have their own way of referring to their teachers, other students, class, performance.

Every group has its own culture and he express the trades of his culture through their relationship with other groups. Every group have its own language. which also serves as a code, the people of every group create their own world of meaning and significances.

For example women are known to create their own language and through it there own private space beyond the control of men. Specially when they congrate at the pond to bathe in rural areas or across washing lives on rooftops in urban areas.

Sub cultural grops can also function as cohesive unit which import an identity to all group members.

Within such group these can be leaders and followers but group members are bound by the purpose of group and work together their objectives.

Example : For example young members of ‘neighbourhood can for a club to engage themselves a sports and other constructive activities. Such activities create a positive image of the members in the locality in this members not only positive self image but also inspire them to perform better in their activities.

Ethno centriesm : It is only when cultures come into contact with one another that the quostion of enthnocentrism arises. Ethnocentrism is the application of one’s own cultural values in evaluting the behaviour and beliefs of people from other cultures. This means that the cultural values projected as the standard or norm are considered superior to that of the beliefs and values of other cultures.

Underlying ethnocentric comparisons is a sense of cultural superiority clearly demonstrated is colonial situations. Thomas Babbingt on Macan lay’s famous Minute on Education (1855) to the East India Company in India exemplifies ethnocentrism when he says. We must at present do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern, a class of persons Indian in blood and colour but English in tastes, in opinions, morals and intellect.