This article is about the Independent record label. For the concept in Physics, see Simple machine. For the Internet forum software, see Simple Machines Forum. Simple Machines was a record label that operated out of Arlington, Virginia. The label was founded by Jenny Toomey and Brad Sigal while both were living in the Positive Force House in north Arlington, but Sigal soon stepped back from involvement.
Ethnocentrism is a universal human reaction found in all known societies, in all groups and in practically all individuals. Everyone learns ethnocentrism while growing up.uch of the learning of ethnocentrism is indirect and unintended, but some of it is deliberate. History for example, is often taught to glorify the achievements of one's own nation, and religious, civic and other groups disparage their competitors openly. Among adults, ethnocentrism is simply a fact of life.
William G. Sumner coined the term ethnocentrism upon observing the tendency for people to differentiate between the in-group and others. He defined it as the technical name for the view of things in which one's own group is the center of everything, and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it..He further characterized it as often leading to pride, vanity, beliefs of one's own group's superiority, and contempt of outsiders.thnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture.