Well when, it comes to the subject of globalization, I’m kind of on the fence. Of the documentaries, I see the point in both. For instance the first documentary is about how jobs such as telemarketing are being outsourced to India. Well outsourcing has existed in America for years. For example, it is primarily the minorities that work our hard labor agricultural jobs here in California, in particular the Hispanic immigrants. And before the Hispanics it was the Asian immigrants. Although theses jobs are not going overseas many Hispanics send a portion of the money they make home, to their families, and these jobs, as low pay and exerting as they are, offer hope of a better more prosperous life. Similarly the jobs that are being outsourced to India offer an opportunity for a more prosperous life. And personally I don’t know how many Americans would have the nerve, work ethic, or even the need to work all night at an emotionally demanding job. That is often why minorities do our hard labor jobs. They have the need and a work ethic that even many needy Americans lack these days. Outsourcing never killed us before, I’m not sure it’s going to kill us now, and if it helps poor needy countries then I have a hard time having a problem with it. But there is always the other side of the argument.
On the contrary I have to agree with Naomi the author of the book NO LOGO, that labels have become associated with personal worth, which I do not feel is healthy. Sweatshops of course are inhumane and unlike the outsourcing to India video, many clothing companies that outsource outsource to sweat shops. I also don’t think that a culture should necessarily be striving for the ostentatious materialistic aspect of our culture as shown in the India video. I don’t believe that workers should have to imitate us or change their accents for us.
All in all I’m still on the fence and would still like to know more about this topic, it seems to me that globalization is inevitable but not necessarily an evil thing. I like supporting local business, but I also believe there are some socially responsible corporations as well, that have a sort of entrepreneur genius. And not matter how things work out I’m sure America will do just fine.
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I agree with you that globalization is essentially inevitable. I think globalization can help increase cooperation between countries to bring positive change to their people. but globalization should not be used as a way of exploitation as people are already struggling to survive in very poor conditions. Thanks for the blog!