Is there any culture which is superior?

Question

I believe some cultures ARE superior to others because of the outcomes for their people. It's got nothing to do with race. i also believe the most harmonious places to live are those that are mono-cultural. But that does not mean mon-racial. Many of the Caribbean islands are mono-cultural with the same culture shared across all the races in those islands.

Answer 1

Animals.

Answer 2

This is a 'yes' answer.
It is a culture which which is the most substantial and self supporting.
My test is, 1) how well does each culture survive alone? 2) Is it controlled by the power of others? 3) How long can it last? 4) Are people healthy, not repressed or imprisonned?

Answer 3

Not racially

But culturally I would say for instance Scandinavia and Canada are far superior in the way of LIFE for the people in those places as opposed to say Russia or Iraq or Ghana

Some cultures/countries are obviously very preferrable as a place to be born, you can't really dispute that

Answer 4

Cultural Racism:

This term is a particular type of racism which refers to the devaluation of the cultures of minority groups. Minority cultures are considered to be flawed or inferior in some way, and progress is considered to have been achieved when minority groups embrace and become absorbed by the majority culture. The majority culture is regarded as the ‘norm’ and superior to all others.

This term is being used with increasing frequency to draw attention to the shift in focus of racist theories. Whereas earlier theories sought to explain and justify racist attitudes in scientific terms, cultural racism attempts the same thing in cultural terms. ‘Culture’ is in itself a complex term but has been defined as ‘the total range of social values, beliefs and behaviours of an identifiable group of people with a shared background and traditions which influence and characterise members of that group’s or society’s core outlooks and activities’ (www.antiracisttoolkit.org.uk). These might include aspects such as social customs, manners and behaviour, language, religious and moral beliefs and practices, aesthetic values and leisure activities.

Blaut (1992) explains that within cultural racist theory, ‘white’ is no longer the superior ‘race’ but rather European the superior culture. Non-Europeans are thereby defined as inferior in attained levels of achievement, and not in potential for achievement, thus distinguishing cultural racism from earlier forms of racism.

Cultural racism can often result when teaching materials are used inappropriately, when there is only exposure to the ‘majority’ culture, or when insufficient attention is paid to ensuring that pupils develop an accurate understanding of the contributions made by minority cultures.

There is a danger, however, in trying to address this through multicultural education if the approach is tokenistic Also Modood (1994) argues that multicultural education which confines culture to the private sphere (for example it’s alright to speak Punjabi at home but not school; it’s alright to practise your religion in the home or mosque but it’s not alright to wear the hijab), is inadequate and could reinforce cultural racism. Modood (ibid) also argues that an understanding of cultural racism is essential to understanding and opposing racism

Answer 5

I live in Las Angeles and go to the beach allot and have seen ,black ,white ,Asian people go sit in the sun,why to get a tan to become a person that looks like a Mexican,so i think Mexicans must be far superior,all the beaches in the world people getting a want-to-be-A-Mexican tan , viva la Mexican

Answer 6

Yes, definitely the animal kingdom culture. ou go the the jungles of africa and you will know how grate they are. You only feel superior over them if you do not know about them. I'm out!

Answer 7

Depends as to what you mean as superior. Different cultures value different things. Some value science, some value religion, some value politics. I don't think any make one superior, just different.

Answer 8

No. We all like to think of our own culture as being the best, but that's because it's the one we're most comfortable with.

Answer 9

No. We are all the same.

Its just a shame not every culture has the same appreciation for another.

Answer 10

Superior is a bad word, its belittling.