Cultural

Relativism
and Understanding
Activity no. 3: The White man’s Burden

What are the two points of view in the poem?

When can you say that someone needs your
help?
If someone does not need your help, would
you still help them?
 What do you think of the perspective of the
“White man” when they colonized the Philippines, for
instance?
 XENOCENTRISM
is the belief that another culture is superior to
one’s own.
 CULTURE SHOCK
described as a feeling/ experience of disorientation
when confronted with a different culture.
with a different culture.
Activity no. 3: The White man’ s burden

How do you measure the greatness of your

own culture to that of the greatness of the
others, if you have differences?