How are these statements ethnocentric

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Question: How are these statements ethnocentric? How can they be modified to be culturally relative?

Choose two sentences from the list below, think about how they are ethnocentric, and re-write the two sentences so that they are culturally relative (without losing their basic meaning). This could mean changing just a word or a phrase so that the sentence is now culturally relative while still conveying something similar to the original meaning. Choose only two below to rewrite:

The fact that the U.S. was able to place people on the moon proves it technological superiority.

Foreigners coming to live here should give up their foreign ways and adapt to the new country as quickly as possible.

Many of the world's populations do not take enough initiative to develop themselves; therefore, they remain "underdeveloped."

Minority members of any population should be expected to conform to the customs and values of the majority.

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