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 Globalization

Alden Mueller

Globalization, can be good and it can be bad for us. There are many opinions on this topic. Some say that its a great thing, but others think its changing us in the wrong ways. I agree with that its a bad thing. Being an individual is very important because you can be who you want to be. With globalization happening we are following a path paved to a collective group. In this essay I will be discussing the topics on Identity, Media, and the Chiquita banana and what globalization has to do with them.

Globalization affects us individually and collectively. Eventually becoming more of a collective group then an individual; one culture, one world. If this was to happen it would be easy to communicate with people around the world. Trading with different cultures would be a breeze. The problem is that we would all be robots with no difference between us. The eight facts of Identity, traditions, religion, arts, role modeling, relationship to the land, ideological befits, language, attire, will be affected if Globalization doesn’t slow down or stop all together. Each of these factors will be affected in some way. Traditions from the cultures that we have now would disappear because we would all have the same traditions, an example being christmas. Art and the artists will think a like and the creative idea thinking would be hurt by Globalization.

In the second source there is a picture of the iconic Sesame Street logos. On the sign there are different languages. What it’s saying is that something that started in the U.S is now in other countries in their language, a form of culture contact . The media has a huge impact on us as people, our views can be changed on a topic quick and easy.  Media plays a big part in our society. We watch the news, documentaries, anything and everything on television. It also depends on which station you watch because they each have a different opinion on what you should think about a topic. They are being bias about what they think is important. And if you are a person that only watches one channel your views can be completely different then someone that watches another. With this kinda of bias, we can we told one thing and believe it even though it can be of someones views who believes that its a bad thing. Even when its good for us as a person. If Globalization is happening this wont be around anymore because people are going  to want on answer not this or that. We will all want the same thing because we will be one person.

The Chiquita brand of bananas says that it’s the best banana you can buy. They check it over six times and then it goes into wooden boxes that are strong and protective before it leaves the tropics. The person that wrote this source is showing that they do everything so when you go buy a banana at a store it will be perfect. Though, they are leaving out an important part. Who picks the bananas? How much are these people paid? Are their working conditions good? The answers to these questions are no. THe people that worked in these banana farms did not get the proper safety equipment to work in these conditions. They would be working on day and there would be a airplane that would fly over and spray pesticide. This pesticide would get into their lungs and cause a bunch of different health problems. Cancer was a big part of their life. If this sort of thing would happen in Canada people would be getting in a lot of trouble. The United Fruit Company for example, sure they provided 40 000 jobs and investments up to $60 million, but they ended up to be a monopoly. They owned the telephone, and the telegraph, and almost every mile of rail road in the whole country. So, if you wanted to make a phone call it would have to go through the banana company. In order to import something from the sea; it would have to go through the banana company because they owed that too. The UFC was one big monopoly, they even owed part of the government.

All these topics have something in common, Identity. Globalization is changing us slowly, but surely. It affects us as a whole and ourselves as individual. The media is not helping with this. It is showing us trends, new products, news coverage and more. IF we don't do anything to stop this say good by to being an individual, your religion, and many more things because soon we will be one person.