When Harry returned from a business meeting in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, his wife asked him what he thought of the Vietnamese people. Harry replied, "They're primitive people who eat animals from the streets, drive wildly around town on motor scooters, and talk very fast." Harry's reply best qualifies as an example of ________.

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Harry's statement shows ethnocentrism, as he is judging the Vietnamese people based on his own cultural values and norms without trying to understand their way of life. His statement reflects a belief in the superiority of his own culture.

When Harry Returned from a Business Meeting in Ho Chi