Take one minute and try to list as many American heroes or important public leaders as you can. The leaders or heroes can be from any area of public life and can either be alive or dead. Now take a minute and list as many African American heroes or public leaders you can. Next list as many Native American heroes or public leaders as you can in a minute. Then do the same with Jewish Americans. Next see how many heroes or public leaders you can remember in a minute from the Hispanic/Chicano/Mexican American community. Finally, how many Asian American heroes or public leaders can you list in a minute? Now examine your lists and consider how they may relate to ethnocentrism. Does your first list have a lot of white males? Does your African American heroes list include a lot more sports figures than the other lists? Does your Native American list include a lot of dead chiefs? Why are we aware of some of these people and not others? Do some groups just have fewer heroes and leaders?