Wednesday, October 12, 2011

How Do You See Others?

By far the most popular post on this blog is one written five years ago on "Ethnocentrism and Business." It's natural for all of us to be proud of our nationality and ethnicity. The map below is a light hearted, but interesting, way many Americans see the world. See if you agree.

I shared the map above with my students in India. They didn't get it. Then I flashed the map below on the screen and they howled. We all see the world and the world of other people a bit differently. Sometimes it's ethoncentrism, sometimes it's just funny.

2 comments:

Amrita said...

This is funny and true - we see things not as they are but as who we are. Ha!

Lorna said...

This is powerful! I don't think I'll see a map again without thinking of these images! LOL