Group Superiority In American Culture

American culture is a mixture of cultures around the world and the U.S. is home to a diverse group of people. These people tend to have values and norms that they believe are the central way of life. Americans favor things like equal opportunity or practicality and efficiency. However, there are norms and values that don’t contribute to the positive aspect of American culture. These values have been instilled in society for hundreds of years and people blissfully turn a blind eye to them. Although Americans value equal opportunity, progress, and freedom, it is unlikely that they will be able to see that Americans value group superiority. Most Americans would not see group superiority as a value that is a culturally defined standard that people think is desirable or good. However, it is a big factor in American life. Any policy, research, and action on the part of individuals or institution that promote the believed superiority of one group, profession, or set of ideals over another can be considered ethnocentric (Airhihenbuwa & Ludwig, 2002, p. 422). Ethnocentrism is the definition behind group superiority, which is deciding that one’s own race is of highest importance. Citizens of the U.S. don’t believe that they

Understanding how deep ethnocentrism and discrimination goes into American history will help people better understand American culture and come to terms with themselves. Group superiority is a part of life that is very easy to overlook because everyone sees it and thinks of it as a norm. It should not be an American value but American strongly believe that they are entitled to their opinion and they have the right to feel how they do. As a nation, they resist change and the only way to rid the culture of this underlying value is to acknowledge that it’s