Trevor Noah's Dichotomy Of The Beauties Of Globalization

The approach Jose Antonio Vargas had for this documentary is intriguing. His comment, “we talk about race a lot in this country, usually without you (white persons)”. As I ponder that statement what came to my mind was race is talked about within groups of the same race whatever that race might be. It seems we rarely can handle talking about the issues with those we have issues with. Yet it seems we love to talk about race or issues with people that have the same mindset or agree with our opinion. This in effect does not solve any problems or incorrect stereotypes it only feeds them.

The emotional reaction that the filmmakers intended for anyone who watch this film is that no matter what skin, hair and eye color is no one deserves to be labeled. No race should be discriminated and criticize. We should all get along and just be proud of where our roots come from. This film also intended for everyone who watch this film, is that there should not have to be obstacles to be proud of your own race.

All four pieces were enlightening, but there was one particular piece that really opened my eyes about race and the different reasons that individuals may or may not use the concept to help define who they are. The article by Johnston, Pizzolato and Kanny examined the ways by which individuals may or may not utilize the concept of race to form their sense of identity. It may be self-centered, but I had never really thought that other people might have a different way of thinking of race as part of their identity. I had just assumed that everyone understood race as I understood it; and so that everyone else’s race also was ingrained and played a part of their identity in the way that I believed race played a role in my sense of self. However, as I read the piece and the authors explained the ways by which the participants identified race s playing a role in their identity I was surprised. I

Migration in developing countries is often seen as a way of development through the stimulation of global currency within the country. Specifically throughout the Philippines, it is more common for migrant workers to be female, resulting in the overall structure and dynamics of these families to change. In the novel, Servants of Globalization, author Rhacel Parreñas addresses how the pre-existing structure of gender expectations and unequal employment opportunities for male and females abroad influence the overall gender patterns and impacts of migration from the Philippines, ultimately affecting the dynamics of families as they become transnational and challenging the pre-existing gender ideologies within the countries.

Viewing Stephenson and Foster’s video reminded me of the tensions the topic of race has in our society, felt even by those who benefit from this strange competition

In Dani Rodrik’s The Globalization Paradox, his idea called the “Globalization Trilemma” serves as a variant to the Mundell-Fleming’s “Impossible Trinity” and highlights the political economic trilemma of the world economy. He describes national sovereignty, hyper-globalization, and democracy as the three legs of the trilemma. At most, two out of the three can be chosen and not all three simultaneously as difficult trade-offs are necessary to maintain sustainability. His preference for the Bretton Woods system of a regulated world economy shows his belief of a moderated version of globalization as a solution.

* Weber, Steven, Naazneen Barma, Mathew Kroenig, and Ely Ratner. "How Globalization Went Bad." (n.d.): n. pag. Foreign Policy. Web. 10

Junaid Rana starts her definition of race by stating that it is a social construction. Race did not exist early until the government used it as a classification. The creation of race is to separate cultural and biological differences in a corporate class. Race was not an issue when it came down to deciding the victor Ozawa V. United States in 1922, or even in Thind V. United States in 1923. Rana then goes on to say “...In which biology and culture are often conflated as a rhetorical logic and material practice in a system of domination.” (Rana). Rana clarifies how race is made up of both biology and culture, and is combined to be used as a stamp to categorize anyone person to a group. Personally, I believe race to be a social construction of grouping similar biological people, regardless of culture. I am an Indian in today’s society, born in Frederick, MD. I attended elementary, middle, and high school all in Frederick, MD, and now I am furthering my education at the University of Maryland. I have even worked for several different companies in the state of Maryland as well. I have lived every second of my life in American culture, however I am still an Asian in any American eye. There were a couple of ways race was displayed in the scene I will write about first. The end of act one, scene six (1:6), Song Liling said, “the submissive oriental woman

For centuries, scientific discourses in the West sought to show that humanity was divided into a number of biologically distinct “races” and, simultaneously, that some racial groups were superior to others. Scientists and physicians presented certain people – either groups or individuals – as icons of embodied racial difference in order to justify White political power and Western colonialism. (“Social Stratification and the Body: Gender, Race, and Class”).

Globalization is a concept involving the integration of international nations amongst domestic companies, and individuals. It encompasses not only the day-to-day activities of businesses that work internationally, but also spans into the processes of offshoring, moving entire production facilities, or even the entire company overseas for financial reasons, and outsourcing, sending pieces of their domestic production lines or facilities to international regions due to lower cost, or higher skilled labor. Globalization presents significant opportunities for international corporations. Until pro-international business treaties such as NAFTA were incorporated, most businesses had no real competitive labor pool. Factories could only hire labor domestically for the most part, and were limited by labor unions who upheld strict regulation, along with pay increases which increased labor costs as time passed. After pro-globalization regulations had passed in America, multinational corporations began testing the waters to see what would significantly boost their profits. These corporations sought out underdeveloped nations, such as Mexico, Thailand, Pakistan, India, and China; as a result, these corporations began aggressively building factories in these countries, initially sending production jobs that were formerly in the United States, Canada, or England to these countries, these corporations later sent their customer service jobs overseas

How many ways of referring to ice exist in the language used by the Polar Eskimos? Surprisingly, the answer is more than twenty (Leonard 147). Despite the apparent uniqueness of this language, it is likely that no one will use it in a relatively short time as globalization wipes out minority languages leaving only a few with a chance to survive. In the essay, “Death by Monoculture,” Stephen Pax Leonard argues that this deprivation in the realm of languages is going to lead to a “dull” world (148). In contrast, Jeff Chang, the author of “So You Think They Can Break-Dance?” claims that globalization through its power of sharing culture and information can help people build and strengthen their identities finding their own niches in the world. Thus, a question arises: Will globalization lead to an enriched culture with each group adapting and building on each other’s ideas, or to a world unsuitable for exploration and development as a result of monoculture? Ultimately, our view of globalization influences actions that we need to undertake: we either try to slow down its development until we find alternative approaches or embrace the world with a new culture. By looking at the broader picture of globalization, Chang is able to make a more persuasive argument than Leonard whose claim is weakened by presence of bias in his writing. Therefore, by comparing Chang’s and Leonard's essays, we can see that the theory that globalization is an unstoppable force that can bridge ideas and

The book paints both positive and negative perspectives on the relationships between blacks and whites. For example, I don’t see the world in black and white, but a wide array of colors. We are all some type of race or class, even if we don’t relate ourselves that way. We can experience

The author talks about how he had grown up with a family that was mixed, and how his mom always used to tell him that is was going to be hard for him to get a job because he was half black, half white, and looked Asian. What amazed me about this statement was that someone would not expect to hear this kind of declaration from someone in the twentieth century, let alone his own mom. Many people either do not know, or simply do not care to know that discrimination is real and it is alive even still today.

Tatum explains how white individuals, at a young age are taught by the American culture that they have superiority over people of color. These assumptions can be made based on social media and institutions such as school. Parents also plays a huge role on influencing their children on what to think about on certain groups. For examples, children at a young age watches cartoons and based off of those images, they grow up thinking that those assumptions are accurate. Due to this, they make assumptions on others’ race based on what they learned from the media, school, and also from parents. As a result of this, their mentality has set to only one specific path without challenging it. Omission also plays an important role on how each

An aspect of communicating with people from other cultures, and hearing about aspects of other cultures the introduction of stereotyping. According to the video, culture is like an iceberg because we only see aspects that are at the top, and don’t take a look at the deeper aspects of culture. The bigger picture in this case being all aspects of a different culture. Also, according to the video many thinks make up what flows beneath the ice burg, or the aspects of culture, such as race, gender and more. The video describes different stereotypes and gave examples, such as the stereotype that Americans are stupid and overweight. In my opinion, the stereotype is an exaggeration, while it can fit some Americans it is not relatable to all of America’s population. It is also off base of how I as an American perceive most Americans. In many cases this stereotype is untrue, as there are many doctors, lawyers, scientists, professors and many more educated Americans to prove otherwise. I myself have had previous opinions of groups that I had little information on, but revised what I believed after I gained more knowledge of said group. I don’t think that this video is guilty of stereotyping, but more of showing examples of stereotypes, such as the interviews with people on the streets. The deeper meaning conveyed through this video is to research and think about a cultures beliefs and ideas