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Generally speaking, the problem with Eurocentrism in the context of Orientalism is that the West traditionally viewed the East as inherently inferior. This is why "oriental" as applied to people has negative connotations. It still carries its historical signifier to some degree. Edward Said wrote a whole book on this, cryptically entitled Orientalism.
And the problem with European expansionism (and its resulting Eurocentrism) is also evident in Africa, where many of the people had Christianity thrust upon them. Europeans viewed Africans as a backward people who needed to be "saved" (i.e. modernized, civilized, etc.). They viewed Africans as inferior because they hadn't yet accepted Christ. This among other things.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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