Yes, I realize that you were simply presenting a different perspective. No problem.

I thought, though, that it was a truly spectacular example of where enthnocentric thinking can lead! Ethnocentricity is often based on a sense of having been unfairly treated or victimized in the past.

Thus, I have seen quite notable ethnocentricity displayed by some Afro-Americans, some White supremacists, some Nazis, some Jews, some Native Americans, some Muslims, and so on...there are always certain individuals whose extreme sense of grievance leads them to become fanatical proponents of their particular tribe, nation, group, or race...at the expense of other people's rights and dignity.

It's not a pretty thing to see, and it leads to trouble.

Guest, Guy Who Thinks - it was your black student who was the bigoted one, and severely so! As someone who wholeheartedly supported integration and the achievement of racial equality in the 60's, I am very saddened to see what extremely negative attitudes some misguided members of the black community have adopted as a result of their own sense of having been victimized by society. They became the very thing they claimed to be against in the process of resisting it...racists.