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Yes I Will

In this world there are a lot of people from different cultures and societies that possess unique traits and customs. Cultural relativism is understanding the ways of other people’s cultures and not judging their beliefs and behaviors according to one’s own culture. Ethnocentrism is people or groups that belief that one’s own culture is better than all other cultures. It’s a belief that our own behavior is the best and therefore other people who live differently live immoral or unnatural. Food preferences are one aspect of ethnocentrism. Every culture has preferences for certain kinds of foods and drinks, and have both positive and negative attitudes towards them. I used to always say I didn’t like Japanese food even though I never tasted it before because it looked different. Sushi, for example, is raw and I would think to myself why anyone would ever eat something that looks nasty. Then, when I enrolled in an anthropology class I had an assignment to bring Japanese food to class so I had to go to a Japanese restaurant. I went inside the restaurant and my husband decided he wanted to eat there because he wanted to try something new. I was reluctant to try this new food but I didn’t just want to sit there and watch my husband eat. I ordered sushi and to my astonishment the raw seafood was really good. I only thought American food was good and nothing else.  
The Nacirema is a society obsessed with the maintenance of their bodies. They have many body rituals, some that are done in private, and others that require the knowledgeable medicine men. One of the body rituals, mouth-rite, consist of using a variety of tools to enlarge any holes which may have been caused by decay in the teeth. Magical material is put into the holes. If there are no naturally occurring holes then large sections of teeth are gashed out so that the supernatural substance can be put in. The purpose of this is to capture decay and draw new friends. They do this year after year despite the fact...