I am a big fan of the show
The Amazing Race, and due to life getting in the way, my hubby and I have fallen a few episodes behind (no spoilers please!). Last night we were curled up on the couch watching an episode, and I found myself guilty of ethnocentrism. One of the challenges had to do with doing laundry in India. Individuals would bring large white bags full of scarves to a beach where they would put the dirty scarves in large kettles, stir them up with soap, rinse them in the nearby river, and then lay the scarves out to dry on the sand. I couldn't help but wonder how this was actually
cleaning the scarves. I found myself asking questions aloud and even judging their techniques based on how I'm used to doing laundry. BAM! Ethnocentrism. I even paused the tv to email myself a reminder to blog about it later.
One of my favorite things about
The Amazing Race is seeing how other cultures live, eat, and do things differently, and sometimes ethnocentrism gets in the way of learning.
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| Source: CBS.com |
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| Source: CBS.com |
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