Pet Sins January 2004 IssueEurocentricity outside Europe: self-erasure and self-abasement among people of color
Articles
- Eurocentric notions of beauty in the African American community
- Chinese man adores European music but despises Turkish music
- Turks ask, 'Why learn Chinese?'
- Africans look to Europe first for vacation destinations
- Eurocentric store name in Southeast Asia
- Emulation of the West in India
- 'Looking like a foreigner' - modern Chinese notions of otherness and beauty
- Asian airlines market images of young Asian women for white audience
In this issue, readers share their take on how many non-Europeans still subscribe to a Eurocentric world view.
There is nothing wrong with admiring Europe, any more than there is anything wrong with admiring any other continent. But many non-European admirers of European culture actively put down and dismiss non-European cultures. Gravitating towards Europe is considered "right and normal", while expressing the same interest in a non-European culture other than one's own is considered "wrong and abnormal."
Biases are held by non-Europeans against other non-Europeans. Some non-Europeans display a need for white validation, going out of their way to please Europeans.