Ethnocentricity

Hoe does ethnocentricity cause conflict?

Ethnocentricity is caused because ones judgment based on their culture gets in the way they view another culture. In the movie the First Australians, the British colonists accused the Aboriginals of being savage and barbaric, because of their lack of clothes. The british didn't accept the Aboriginals culture because science the Aboriginals dont act, live and dress like them then they should not be accepted and be treated like animals. Never the less the Aboriginals were ethnocentric towards the British but less because, they believe that to accept other people regardless of their differences unlike the british. As a society the Aboriginals are closer and more open with each other. This made them think the British were strange because they were not close to each other as the Aboriginals were. During this period the British were one of the countries to explore and claim land no matter the cause. When the British claimed the Aboriginals land to be theirs the Aboriginals were in shock. Both societies judged each other through their own perspective according to the culture which caused conflict to erupt between both societies. The British felt that they has more power and that they were more superior than the Aboriginals and they proceeded to take over by force.