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Being more aware with cultures can make you as an individual more open and less prejudice towards someone just because they grew up differently with their culture. Living in a big city, NYC, I grew up around some many cultures and loved every part of it. I learned to embrace the different cultures and not judge someone by their cultures.

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We can use cultural relativity to help us understand how other cultures are different from our own. By stepping outside of our own culture in an effort to learn about and understand different ones, we are able to be show respect and appreciation for other's values and develop meaningful interactions.

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Being culturally relative can lead to overlooking human rights issues because it ignores the need to oppose violations and other humans rights. It also ignores the freedom of choice, which gives humans freewill and rights.

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Being culturally relative can lead to having less bias when interacting with someone who has a different culture than you. It helps you to seem judge less and understand that important parts of others cultures which may seem weird and strange to you are actually beautiful and so meaningful to that in which they are affecting.

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How can being culturally relative lead to overlooking human rights issues?

Being culturally relative can lead to overlooking human rights issues by desensitizing morally incorrect treatment. Having a knowledge of so many cultures with varying moral, religious, and cultural beliefs can begin to change a person’s perspective on the normal way to treat other humans. For example in some other cultures, slavery is legal, seeing this could desensitize an individual when they face something such as discrimination.

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How can being culturally relative lead to overlooking human rights issues?

Being culturally relatives is known for knowledge of many cultures. This is important because all cultures don't agree with each other. From disagreement this can and lead to many argument or fights.

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Being culturally relative leads to overlooking human rights issues because you can begin to believe your culture is better than everyone else's and that it is the only way to do things. This leads to human right's issues because you begin to overlook others and what they may need as a person. You will begin to look at others through a lens that everything they do is wrong and you will downgrade them as a person. This is also problematic because some culture's have practices that are against human rights and are not fair to those human beings, but because it is a part of their culture they are being made to do these things.

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If you are culturally relative you have a pretty good idea of understanding that not all cultures are the same. You realize that what we do in our culture can be totally different than what others do. You know that everyone has different ways of doing things. Culturally relative perspectives can lead to overlooking human rights by disregarding what is morally right and wrong. If we believe in something and it is wrong for another culture, culturally relative people would normally look over this and see the bigger picture.

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If you are culturally relative you have a pretty good idea of understanding that not all cultures are the same. You realize that what we do in our culture can be totally different than what others do. You know that everyone has different ways of doing things. Culturally relative perspectives can lead to overlooking human rights by disregarding what is morally right and wrong. If we believe in something and it is wrong for another culture, culturally relative people would normally look over this and see the bigger picture.

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When you encounter a culture different than your own, how can you use cultural relativity to understand what you see? What happens when you use your own culture to understand what you are seeing? How does cultural relativism lead to different conclusions than ethnocentrism?

Using cultural relativity when coming across a different culture than your own would require you to take a step back and realize that it is someones way of life. For example, slurping ramen is a way of expressing that the food is good and it is a tradition, but in the US slurping is seen as rude or out of order. Using your own culture to understand what you're seeing could lead to a misunderstanding of the other culture or a negative viewpoint if you aren't open enough to understanding it. Cultural relativism is trying not to judge another culture, where ethnocentrism is judging it from your own culture.

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This means that instead of the previously taught, religious belief that other races were simply lesser than the "normal" white race, just because of genetics, it actually all depends on the way they are taught, cultures varying between areas generally seperated by skin color. Food tastes are a great representation of this because certain foods are only available in certain areas, so a culture will prefer their familiar food item over the other kinds if they do not have steady access to the others.

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Culture should always be considered when looking at the actions of other people and other groups, but it should never be used as a pass. It could be used to infantilize a group of people because "they don't know better" or as a catch all excuse because it's "what they've always done." An example of this could be with people excusing older generations of violence and general bigotry because the culture of that time was different and more accepting of those acts. The time or place it happened should never excuse a violation of another persons rights, life, or happiness.

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Being that we all come from different backgrounds and cultures, is what causes differences other than those that come from biology. One example is dialect. In the United States, English is the primary language. However, if you travel to different parts of the US, you will see how different the dialects are. People that are from the Midwest talk differently than those who come from the South. The slang is completely different. Another example is food. Cultures are very different therefore people eat different things. For example, a lot of hispanic and Indian dishes include lots of spices that are spicy. Whereas if you are eating an italian dish such as spaghetti and meatballs, there aren't really spices used it that dish.

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How can being culturally relative lead to overlooking human rights issues?

Being Culturally relative is defined in my words as having a good knowledge of a certain culture that differs from your own. This is important to know because some cultures do things that others culture do not agree with. This can also lead to other cultures stereotyping people and ultimately leads to over looking human rights issues.

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Culture is not found in DNA nor is it a biological process, it is something that is learned or formed over time. We experience culture through everyday experiences, our families, our friends, our schools, our media, and our work places or jobs. This relates to different food preferences amongst different cultures because what we eat is a big part of what we are available to in our societies and cultures. I grew up in a Latino/American household. My dad would cook traditional Colombian dishes and teach my siblings and I how to make them to pass down his Colombian culture and heritage that he learned from his parents. My mom would cook American food or would want to eat out at BBQ restaurants because she was born and raised in Texas. My parents both introduced their cultures to me through food and showed me different aspects of how their culture worked

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When discussing human rights, cultural relativists believe that cultural beliefs define rights over global norms. This belief can be hazardous when used in certain ways and runs the risk of excusing blatant human rights violations in the name of predominant ideas in a certain society. Cultural relativists argue that human rights were developed by Western countries and are based on Western morality, and therefore do not apply in all societies. This, however, can cause abuses to be overlooked by those with the power to make a change. Although it is important to be acceptant of all other cultural groups, culture should not blind us from differentiating what is right and wrong.

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Being culturally relative can lead to overlooking human rights issues because when it comes to respecting one's culture can lead to something that can become harmful to others. It becomes difficult because the location of one's culture they might see human rights completely different which can be difficult when knowing the differences of the two concepts. Being culturally relative can help lead to discrimination of cultures.

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Being culturally relative means having a better understanding of another culture, different from your own. It allows us to look more into other cultures and understand the differences. Being culturally relative can lead to overlooking human rights issues. This is due to people accepting issues that are morally wrong, leading to more issues.

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When you encounter a different culture than your own you can use culture relativity to try to relate it to your own or just understand it’s different than yours and thats okay. I think if you use your own culture to try to understand what you’re seeing, you can relate to it and see how its may be normal in their eyes and different in your own. Cultural relativism can lead to different conclusions than ethnocentrism becuase cultural relativism is understanding and exeptance while ethnocentrism is beileving what they are doing is beneath your own culture and that your culture is the correct one which is closed minded in some cases.

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Cultural relativism emphasizes the different teachings that each culture has. This can cause in issue when viewing issues in different African countries. For example, in some parts of Sudan girls are not allowed to go to school. This is because in their culture girls should be learning how to be a good wife and boys go to school to become educated men and find a job. In their culture there is nothing wrong with the way this is set up. However, from an outside perspective there are many things wrong with these practices.

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With Cultural Relativism you view peoples actions through the lense of their culture. For example, Islam and how they make women cover themselves. It seems like a bad thing in America asking women to cover themselves completely, but in these different Islamic countries it is normal. With human rights, Cultural Relativism can be seen as a way to justify many human rights issues. Like if you took the holocaust and viewed it through the eyes of the germans, to them it would seem normal to hate jewish people. However we all know that is was terribly wrong what happened and in such a scenario we cannot view that through the eyes of a different culture.

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This means that just because you are a certain race does not mean that you are guaranteed to have a certain culture or cultural preferences. An Asian child adopted into a white American family will be culturally American. If they try foods from their native country, they may not enjoy them or find them appealing at all, whereas these foods would be normal to people raised in the country of their birth.

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When I encounter a culture different than my own, I can use cultural relativity to not pay attention to what I have previously been told about that culture and be fully attentive to learning about it, directly from the people that practice that culture. When people use their own culture to understand what they are seeing of a different culture, it skews their view and could make them judgmental or cause them to misunderstand what is taking place. Cultural relativism allows you to be open-minded about a culture while ethnocentrism only allows you to focus only on your own culture and look at others through a blurred lens.

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When i encounter a culture other my own i can use cultural relativity to understand things are not the same as what i know. Cultural relativity means i understand each culture has different traditions and norms compared to my own. When i use my own culture in a society with one that is different i may not necessarily be in trouble with the law but it is weird to those who understand the culture and it could possibly be offensive without me knowing why. It is easy for cultural relativism to lead to ethnocentrism because it is common for people to judge ones cultural based on the ideas of their own.

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I believe that in many cultures not just our own there are many rituals and traditions that we don't violate many human rights violations. A prime example from the video would be the woman from Togo. She try to flee the country because of the disgusting cultural tradition women had to follow. She was going to be in an arranged marriage to a man she did not even know and also get her female genital cut off which is even ridiculous to think about or follow as a tradition. The people of Togo don't even know why they follow it they just go ahead with the tradition. Togo completely violates human rights issue and they don't even see how which is the worst part of all. Women should be able to do what they want no matter what culture or country you come from. Many cultures including the culture listed really need to be evaluated and stopped immediately.

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3. How can being culturally relative lead to overlooking human rights issues?

Cultural relativism from Jessica Shiller's perspective is that this is more of an idea that different cultures are more equal and relative to their existing contexts. It is an attempt to look at a culture, through their own lens, without prejudice. Cultural relativism can lead to overlooking human rights issues because individuals practicing cultural relativism may just believe that is their culture and that is simply what they do. However, they can be completely overlooking a humans rights issue similar to what happened in Africa with the female genital cutting. This has no health benefits and is simply a tradition. The question is how do you respond without portraying prejudice to the culture?

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3. How can being culturally relative lead to overlooking human rights issues?

There are certain cultural traditions that have been going on for centuries that are complete violations of human rights. Take the example in the video. A woman fled her village in Togo to escape an arranged marriage and female genital cutting. These two practices are only kept around in the village because it's a cultural tradition. This is a complete and total violation of human rights.

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I know that this type of question is asked quite frequently, nature vs. nurture. Nurture, meaning culture seems to account for the majority of one's personality. An example of this are food preferences, if you grow up with a certain type of food, you’re most likely going to enjoy it. For example one of my friends was born in Jamaica and she was telling me about some of the food she grew up on. To me it didn’t sound appetizing at all, but for her she was saying how much she missed the food. I don’t think that I would like the food if I tried it now just because I didn’t grow it.

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Culture is not biological but more of something that is learned. We learn it from our families, peers, and through the media. This can be seen through different food preferences. For example my grandparents were raised in Jewish culture so they would follow a kosher diet. My family on the other hand is much more reform so we did not adhere to a lot of the rules. I am part German so growing up my parents always enjoying making German food or going to German restaurants. One of my best friends is from China although she is adopted, her family tries to include food from her culture and celebrates her holidays.

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Being culturally relative can lead us to over look human rights issues if we excuse the issues simply because we want to accept the culture of those involved without prejudice. For example, in some countries women do not have nearly the amount of rights that men do. They may be physically & sexually abused, forced to do certain things, and not allowed to have a job or go to school. Excusing these issues because it is the country's "culture," rather than recognizing it as a violation of someone's human rights, is unfair to all the women involved. Culture should be accepted without prejudice, but not when it disregards human rights.

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Being culturally relative means you accept all ideals for what they are regardless of your own beliefs. It helps to understand different cultures. However, when we accept things that are morally wrong, this can lead to issues. Our behavior is wrong when we start making biases, stereotypes, and judgements towards things that are considered moral among most groups.

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Being culturally relevant means that you take a step back and view another inidviduals culture in a broad spectrum. Meaning you dont judge it as strange or even normal. Lastly trying to understand their culture and their practices in that specific cultural context. However this isnt the best way to look at human rights in particular because a practice in a specific culture can inherrently be wrong to everyone else, However the people involved with the particular culture may see absolutely nothing wrong with their practices.

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Human rights are fundamental rights and freedoms that we have until death. I think that the United Nations has a good definition of human rights worldwide. They have an international code that nations need to abide by, and they have taken many steps to protect these rights and assist countries in carrying them out. Many cultures across the world may have a culture that is unfamiliar to you. When deciding what is right or wrong, you need to listen to your moral conscious and look for anything that breaks human rights laws. To know if you're discriminatory, ask for the opinions of others and educate yourself so you are not being ethnocentric. Individuals should step in when people's human rights are being compromised, and the practice is harmful, for instance, FGM.

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How can being culturally relative lead to overlooking human rights issues?

Being culturally relatives depicts how to have a better understanding of a culture that is different from yours. It gives us the ability to see how if someones culture is different that is ok and that you can see beyond that. Culturally relative perspectives can lead to overlooking human right issues by disregarding morally right or wrong standards. If one culture thinks something is ok but it is morally wrong, a culturally relative idealism would look over this. (sorry I didn't put my name on and it came up as anonymous)

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How can being culturally relative lead to overlooking human rights issues?

Being culturally relatives depicts how to have a better understanding of a culture that is different from yours. It gives us the ability to see how if someones culture is different that is ok and that you can see beyond that. Culturally relative perspectives can lead to overlooking human right issues by disregarding morally right or wrong standards. If one culture thinks something is ok but it is morally wrong, a culturally relative idealism would look over this.

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This video defines and discusses cultural relativism and ethnocentrism.
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https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/_video.true/sociology-2017-blue_chalk_videos-culture_make_it_right

1. According to cultural anthropologists and sociologists, social learning or culture and not biology accounts for differences among people. What exactly does this mean? Explain food preferences using culture—this example can be applied globally or within different regions in the United States.
2. When you encounter a culture different than your own, how can you use cultural relativity to understand what you see? What happens when you use your own culture to understand what you are seeing? How does cultural relativism lead to different conclusions than ethnocentrism?
3. How can being culturally relative lead to overlooking human rights issues?
4. Who defines human rights? How do you know when a behavior is right or wrong? How do you know if are you being discriminatory by labeling practices as innately wrong or protecting individuals within the culture? When should you ignore culture to protect people?

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How can being culturally relative lead to overlooking human rights issues?

Culturally relative can lead to overlooking human rights issues because it gives us the ability to see a different culture and be able to say he or she may not believe the same as myself and that is ok, but is still able to see beyond that. It can lead to an individual being accepting of another culture but it should not blind others from what is morally correct or wrong, we should not allow this to prevent equal or human rights.

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A. The differences between cultures are not found in biology, but it depends upon where you grew up and what that culture around you believes in. This can include things such as language, mannerisms, behavior etc.

B. An examples that defines our cultural differences is food preference. Being born and raised in Eastern Europe you would not see many people being vegan/vegetarian. I grew up eating meat and dairy products and none of my friends/family back home are vegan/vegetarian. My best friend in the United States has been vegan since  whole life and does not consume any food that comes from animals.

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*We are raised in different cultures and social groups. This causes differences that are not caused by biology. A great example of this is language. The language we speak is determined by where we live.

* Another example of how culture defines us is our food preferences. I was raised in the midwest and my taste is vastly different compared to one of my friends from China. I love sweet food like captain crunch and gooey butter cake, but she dislikes them both because they are too sweet. The difference between ourtastese is the food we grew up eating. I grew up eating sweets as a dessert as a kie as wherease grew up eating more savory desserts.

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Being culturally relative allows you to have a better concept to understand a culture thats different from your own, but within it; it would also cause you to overlook the bigger issue inside of it. Understanding it can at times turn into allowing the situation and if it's morally wrong or a human rights issue; no matter if it's cultural or not it's not okay. You can understand another type of culture but you shouldn't look past things that shouldn't be happening as well.

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Human rights are defined by the national leaders. They tend to help create the laws and because of that, they are the ones defining what is legally included as a human right. We can tell when our behavior is wrong based off of our moral conscious and based off repercussions that could come along with the decision. It is easy to tell when you are being discriminatory due to putting people into stereotypes, whether it is intentional or unintentional. Culture should always be considered , but it shouldn't be a sole determinate of how you are going to treat the person.