ethnocentrism of the past is that geography is a discipline that lends itself readily
to oversimplification and prejudice, especially when evaluating other ethnic
groups and cultures, and geographers must be aware of the inherent bias their
observations may contain. It is unlikely that ethnocentric tendencies can be com-
pletely purged from scholarship, but their intrusiveness can be limited by a
guarded and careful approach to other groups and their ways of life.120 Ethnocentrism