Is Ethnocentrism Evil?

Mass Grave at Nazi Bergin-Belsen concentration camp

In the world of the last several hundred years, and at many earlier times as well, ethnocentrism has been a profoundly dangerous force. It has been a critical part of oppression and both physical and cultural genocide.   

Almost all societies are ethnocentric, but the ethnocentrism of the wealthy and powerful is far more dangerous than the ethnocentrism of the poor and (relatively) weak.

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Photo shows a mass grave at the Nazi Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.