The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Charlottesville Virginia and White Supremacy

"ethnocentrism [(eth-noh- sen -triz-uhm)]

The belief that one's own culture is superior to all others and is the standard by which all other cultures should be measured.

Note : Early social scientists in the nineteenth century operated from an ethnocentric point of view. So-called primitive tribes, for example, were studied by anthropologists to illustrate how human civilization had progressed from “savage” customs toward the accomplishments of Western industrial society."

I believe a nation has every right to regulate their immigration laws in order to preserve their culture, especially if the culture had a basically Christian or biblical foundation. The professor you referenced is at an SBC seminary that was founded by James P. Boyce, a strong Calvinist, 'supra' and he also owned slaves. I recently learned that George Whitefield also owned slaves. I follow the belief system on this as Robert L. Dabney does in his book "A Defense of Virginia and the South" , 1867. My Chinese friend has been disgusted by how media and politicians have reacted to Charlottesville as it is compared to their past reaction to BLM, Black Panthers in Philly threatening voters, Ferguson, etc. One last thought, I am concerned how the young man who drove into the protestors killing a woman has already been convicted in the media when in the mayhem it is hard to know this soon just what exactly did happen and that's why we have courts and a trial. Was he surrounded by violent, vicious people from whom he was desperate to escape? Now, I admit, I am very angry over how this awful tragedy is being reported, so I am not going to continue on this thread or my blood pressure will go sky high.