Ethnocentrism

•   This week in class I had an ethnocentric moment. Yardin shared in class that her family does not let her eat everything off of her plate, because it signifies that their family is poor. Without realizing what I was thinking, a bunch of thoughts ran through my head. For example, that I thought that that custom was weird and unnecessary. In my house, we are expected to only take as much food as we think we can eat. It is considered rude if you don't finish what is on your plate. I tend to jump to conclusions a lot, but I was disappointed in myself for thinking that just because my family doesn't do it, it's strange.