Archive: ethnocentric bias

• Exploring Intercultural Identity: Four Voices: Oh, Diversity!

  By MRazavi October 7, 2011

  For this entry, I was greatly educated and inspired by the book "Multiculturalism & Intergroup Relations: Psychological implications for democracy in a global context" by Fathali M. Moghaddam. Americ

  Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: American Dream, assimilation, culture, ethnocentric bias, identity, identity construction, immigration, multiculturalism

• Of Improper Grammar-tology: Redux

  By brittany.t.coombs@gmail.com June 27, 2011

  In an earlier blog entry, I posited that by viewing "Ebonics"—officially dubbed African American Vernacular English (AAVE) by linguists—through the lens of deconstruction, not only can it be more grea

  Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog Tags: AAVE, African American Vernacular English, center and system, derrida, derrida and play, ebonics, ethnocentric bias, Malcolm X, Standard English, The Boondocks

• Of Improper Grammar-tology

  By brittany.t.coombs@gmail.com March 23, 2011

  My deepest interaction with rockstar French philosopher Jacques Derrida (who, for the record, looks like a Quentin Tarantino supervillain) came in a class called “Remix Culture” I took during my first term at Georgetown.

  Category: The Gnovis Blog Tags: center and system, derrida, derrida and play, ebonics, ethnocentric bias, Standard English