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Eurocentrism is the practice of viewing the world from a European perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European (and, more generally, of Western) culture, concerns and values at the expense of non- Europeans. Eurocentrism is an instance of ethnocentrism, especially relevant because of current and past European colonialism and imperialism. Eurocentrism typically involves assuming that non-European cultures have fundamentally similar worldviews and values.
The source of a cultural tradition can be seen in the balance of emphasis given to various thinkers and ideas in discussing a subject. In the 1960s a reaction against the priority given to a canon of "Dead White European Males" provided a slogan which neatly sums up the charge of eurocentrism (alongside other important -centrisms).
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The term "white people" (also "whites" or "white race") has been defined as "being a member of a group or race characterized by light pigmentation of the skin" and "to a human group having light-coloured skin, especially of European ancestry."
The term white people functions as a color terminology for race; one that emerged from a racialized, European historical context.
There is no single universal definition of whiteness. The most notable trait describing people who identify as white is high skin reflectance, although even this trait is not universal amongst people identifying as white, for example there is an: "influence of social class to the fluidity of color/race identification in Brazil. Some authors say that in Brazil, 'money whitens'. Wealthier people with darker phenotypes tend to classify themselves and be classified by others in lighter categories".
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Of course, from the great contributions of those claiming to be "whites" and Eurocentric, humanity gets
Nazism
Fascism
Racism
and the Caste system.
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