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A U.S. sociologist receives a grant to study racial and religious prejudice among the people of southeast Asia. The sociologist makes a serious and unbiased effort to evaluate the norms, values, and customs of these groups in light of the distinctive cultures of which they are a part. This is an example of _________.

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Cultural relativism.

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When people try to understand other groups ' cultural practices within their own cultural context it is called cultural relativism. In other words, it means not determining a community according to our own expectations. It maintains the belief that no one culture is superior to another but are unique in their own sense.

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