About church.

I learned in Minnesota about stereotype and ethnocentric statement and fact in Bethel university's class. For example, what do you think about foreign people. Americans eat at fast food restaurant often, is it collect? Japanese people are quiet and polite, is it collect?
 Meaning of Stereotype is a general belief (usually negative) about all members of a group. Sometimes we use it as negative. Prejudice is judgment about a group of people usually out of the ignorance. Discrimination is a negative act toward someone, for example race, sex, religion and so on. Ethnocentrism is an attitude that what is right and what is wrong is based on a given culture as a norm.

 In my stereotype, all church is quiet and solemn but it was not true. When I went the church with host family, the band played the guitar, bass guitar and drams and piano. They sang many songs but it was not quiet, like a pop music. I was surprised but I like that songs. I thought if I can listen the music there, I will go every week. By the way, I had a question so I asked my family "why did you go that church?" she said they can choose own church, sometimes there is church that they don't like. I didn't know about it, and I had never known about it without this trip.
During the music, some people put hands up. My host sister taught me why. I felt that American culture, is it stereotype? maybe, no. This is ES (ethnocentric statement). I could study good things, there.

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