Boston Globe: Bowen serving as role model

[Southwest Texas Fan]

eth·no·cen·trism Audio pronunciation of "ethnocentric" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (thn-sntrzm)
n.

1. Belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group.
2. Overriding concern with race.

ethnocentric

adj : centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own

Ethnicity ususually refers to race. Guess it's a personal preference in wording.

I guess MSN Encarta and Merriam Webster have a personal preference. Here’s a link http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/ethnocentrism? It's all open to interpretation.

[ShoogarBear]

Worst starting small forward in the league.

[whottt]

Since anthropologists and biolgists don't even agree that race exists as a scientific classification, and the official stance of most anthropological associations is that it doesn't... tying the word to race is inaccurate, and that definitions is just one of many. It does not simply mean believing ones own race to be superior, it does not just mean believing ones own ethnicity to be superior. It can mean those things, it can also simply mean simply a belief in ones own culture broadly or narrowly being superior.

That is the term most often used to describe beliving ones culture to be superior, whether it is based on ethnic or racial classification or not.


The guy who invented the word was in fact highly ethnocentric himself and his definition did not include the word race in it...he meant it to have a broad definition, that could even be applied to cultural groupings based on education or wealth.

It can mean simply the belief in ones own cultrual superiority....regardless of race or ethnicity.

There is no common widely used term for beliving ones culture to be superior, other than ethnocentric.

[Doug Collins]

Since anthropologists and biolgists don't even agree that race exists as a scientific classification, and the official stance of most anthropological associations is that it doesn't... tying the word to race is inaccurate, and that definitions is just one of many. It does not simply mean believing ones own race to be superior, it does not just mean believing ones own ethnicity to be superior. It can mean those things, it can also simply mean simply a belief in ones own culture broadly or narrowly being superior.

That is the term most often used to describe beliving ones culture to be superior, whether it is based on ethnic or racial classification or not.


The guy who invented the word was in fact highly ethnocentric himself and his definition did not include the word race in it...he meant it to have a broad definition, that could even be applied to cultural groupings based on education or wealth.

It can mean simply the belief in ones own cultrual superiority....regardless of race or ethnicity.

There is no common widely used term for beliving ones culture to be superior, other than ethnocentric.

That was really deep.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Bowen is too defensocentric. That kind of alienating at ude is why generally good natured guys like Vince Carter and Ray Allen don't like him.

[sleepybum]

Bowen is too defensocentric. That kind of alienating at ude is why generally good natured guys like Vince Carter and Ray Allen don't like him.

I wonder if that Peurto Rican coach complaining about hand-checking on the perimiter might have had a specific person in mind, too. People do tend to cry when their best shooters get shut down.

Oh, interesting article on the evolution of the word ethnocentrism, btw. Learn something new every day. Thanks.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

optime?

optime: \Op"ti*me\, n. [L., adv. fr. optimus the best.] One of those who stand in the second rank of honors, immediately after the wranglers, in the University of Cambridge, England. They are divided into senior and junior optimes.

Maybe try epitome...

thanks, thats why i meant to type and thought i typed but i didnt check it till now

[SCdac]

Thanks for posting this one... Jordan's face says it all

[CaptainLate]

As an American this is what it is all about!

As a Spurs fan, I predict it will come back to haunt us during the '06-'07 season. Not resting his body this offseason at 35 yrs old, watch how he'll be missing a step come playoff time.

[ATX Spur]

As a Spurs fan, I predict it will come back to haunt us during the '06-'07 season. Not resting his body this offseason at 35 yrs old, watch how he'll be missing a step come playoff time.

I care about that, but not as much as I'd love to see them put a shiny medal around Bruce's neck.

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Bowen is too defensocentric. That kind of alienating at ude is why generally good natured guys like Vince Carter and Ray Allen don't like him.

Now thats funny.

[AdmiralMVP]

maybe if stars would be able to do anything besides scoring, role players would not be needed for US national team. How many of NBA stars actually play good defense? It's all about offense this days in NBA and it bites them back at international stage.

I agree. Look at Lebron. He can shoot, rebound, and pass the ball, but he can't stay in front of his man. There are very few really good defensive players in the NBA these days.

[E20]

It kinda sucks for them to use Bowen as their image of the USA and barely play him.

[mabber]

It kinda sucks for them to use Bowen as their image of the USA and barely play him.

Since when were they using Bowen as their image of the USA? There just giving him the chance to make the team cuz he's a good defensive player. And it appears that they're gonna be playing up-tempo, run & gun hoops so I don't see him playing (assuming he makes the final cut) much since he's not the scorer that the rest of the guys are.