Cultural Globalization: Fear of the Unknown

Globalization is interpreted in many complex ways due to how confusing it can be for people to understand. Thomas Friedman wrote the article, “Globalization: The Super Story,” to explain how the three balances are the foundation of globalization. In Laurence Rothenberg’s article, “Globalization 101: The Three Tensions of Globalization,” Rothenberg explains what the three tensions are and how they have affected the world. By analyzing Friedman’s and Rothenberg’s articles and how globalization affects culture identity, effects will be brought to a better understanding.

Individuals of the same ethnic background share the same culture a factor that explains that there, as many cultures as there are ethnic backgrounds across the world. Globalization has, however, led to interaction of people from varied cultural backgrounds. Because of the interaction, globalization has been accused of limiting cultural diversity. It is, however, not the case in reality. The purpose of this paper is to analyze some of the factors that justify that globalization has not limited cultural diversity as its critics say. Thus, globalization should not be viewed as a hindrance to cultural diversity because the best subject of moral concern should be the individual person and not the nation, community or the society.

Some argue that globalization will, on the long term, bring all cultures as a unique Western, if not Americanized, culture, while others argue that some cultures will persist in order to keep their own essence and therefore avoid the homogenization of all cultures. Alongside pure tradition, global conflicts, contradictory political regimes and the diversity of economic systems, some cultures are bound to face issues when trying to fully fit in a global western culture, and that is why cultures are adaptable to one another, but with some limits that we will express in this essay.

As a matter of fact, researchers found that more than 40%of the Fortune 500 companies were founded by foreign-born or their children. In Michigan, the presence of foreign-born population has contributed to the success of many Michigan-based companies and institutions such as Ford, Wipro Limited, General Motors Company, Meijer’s, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University (Immigration Policy Center, 2013).

God has taught us that we should not make assessments about others without proof and we should never judge others. People make assessments about others or things when they accept something is true without having evidence to prove it is true (Roelen, 2014). Leaders have a habit of making assumptions about things without collecting evidence to find out whether or not it is true we also do this in our personal life as

Culture is the way a person acts, reacts, and thinks; it is the part of a person that never stays the same-- it is malleable. The real-life example of culture would be a fire, the more you add to it the bigger it grows. This idea of the fire can be analyzed in Richard Rodriguez’s essay, “Blaxicans and other Reinvented Americans,” in which the author writes about America combining cultures through the natural process of assimilation. It is also touched upon in Anand Giridharadas “A Tale of Two Americas” that cultures can influence people. In “Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans” and “A Tale of Two Americas”, both Richard Rodriguez and Anand Giridharadas show that immigrants have helped add to the American culture by having a diverse community which allows the influence of different cultures.

On one hand, it can be argued that the globalization of popular culture allows for the creation of a global community, therefore allowing the people of the world to interact with each other. Alternatively, it can be argued that the globalization of popular culture reduces cultural diversity as indigenous cultures are eradicated as they begin to conform to more popular, mainstream cultures, thus resulting in a

Taking Sides Issue 2: Does Globalization Threaten Cultural Diversity? Julia Galeota and Philippe Legrain In Taking Sides Issue 2, Julia Galeota and Philippe Legrain argue their side of whether globalization threatens cultural diversity. Thanks to technological advances, people all over the world are better able to communicate with and travel to other countries. This increased interaction leads to a mixing of various cultures known as cultural globalization.

“Although dominated by white Anglo-Saxon sociocultural patterns, American culture is in fact a tapestry woven of diverse threads that include Native American, Hispanic, Asian and African traditions, as well as those of European origin” (Craven, 2003, p. 529). America is often described as the melting pot; the concept of culture is formulated around the notion of many subcultures inside one larger nation in which, “the melting pot has not merely melted; it has cooked a broth with an unmistakable favor of its own” (Perry, 1949, p. 357).

For the past semester our class has been doing a series of cultural presentations featuring contemporary culture: technology, social and educational standards, and language. Honestly, most of the data presented was rather general, “school is available, some kids drop out, college is optional, the country is attempting to treat men and women equally, men shake hands.” After further compiling and comprehending data I have come to a clear conclusion. American culture is diffusing into various countries, creating similarities and revolutionizing foreign culture. The patterns and evidence are there: North American globalization is real.

The United States possesses a racially and ethnically diverse population. There are many people living within in the U.S. who all commonly share a cultural background or are of the same descent, mainly owing to the country’s immigrant population; each of these ethnic groups contribute to and play a major role in America’s cultural background. Whether it’s Hispanic Americans or Asian Americans, the United States is one of the most diverse nations in regards to culture and has a wide selection of different ethnicities. Due to the country’s broad range of races, the U.S. has continuously gained many benefits from the various cultures in society, the economy, and in so many other ways; particularly the evolution of American culture. Although,

This diversity audit begins with a background about the company, as well as some important information about key Diversity executives. What will be addressed in the audit are what efforts Johnson & Johnson made to foster diversity competence and understand, what efforts were made in furthering the knowledge or awareness about diversity, what strategies were used to address the challenges of diversity and how will you ensure that your leaders and managers will be committed to the diversity initiative. The audit concludes with a quote from the vice president of recruiting at Johnson and Johnson, as well as

Supporters of globalization argue that it has the potential to make this world a better place to live in and solve some of the deep-seated problems like unemployment and poverty. But the opponents general complaint about globalization is that it has made the rich richer while making the non-rich poorer. “It is wonderful for managers, owners and investors, but hell on workers and nature.”

The author alluded to the fact that demographic diversity has increased over the years to to advances in technology and globalization, while human resource personnel with international diversity management skills and experience is minimal. This has resulted in diversity management practices mismatch between global intergration and local open-mindedness. According to the article, it is a must for

The United States prevails as an ever-evolving, unique amalgamation of people, cultures, and influences. Due to the growth of technology use in the world, globalization, the process of interaction and integration among people, is spreading rapidly ("What Is Globalization?”). Historically, people have often identified in a collective way in order to associate with a group, culture, or individual (Miladinovic). However, nowadays, this form of identification cannot be used as people are changing the way with they identify with others, due to the considerable influence of globalization. Though typically used as an economic term, globalization is characterized through a multitude of other factors as well. The onset of globalization has especially influenced culture and identity, most pivotally through industrialization. When smaller cultures are forced to urbanize as a result of globalization, people question modern culture and may even culturally re-evaluate their own culture. As a result, people often abandon their traditional cultures in favor of a conforming to homogeneous mainstream ‘American culture’. In turn with this, psychologically, people impacted by globalization become uncertain of their identity, not knowing which culture to claim: that of their ancestors or that of mainstream American culture. Consequently, people have started to distinguish themselves in a whole new way: through either self-made cultures or through the adoption of a blend of traditional and new