•A group that is part of the dominant culture but that differs from it in some important respects •An International example of subculture is McDonalds • McDonald’s yellow arches are an example of international culture because many people around the world recognize this symbol as a place serving American fast food
•A subculture deliberately and consciously opposed to certain central beliefs or attitudes of the dominant culture •Examples of counterculture include the hippies of the 1960s.
•Ethnocentrism is a big problem for Africa because of the history behind our states. •The remarkable and pragmatic German leader Otto von Bismarck hosted a conference in Berlin for European powers to divide the land of Africa among themselves. This conference ended the indiscriminate “scramble for Africa” which threatened war between Europe's big powers in the late nineteenth century.