To what extent should your chosen groups embrace globalization?
The Ainu people lived peacefully in Sakhalin and Kurile Islands, until the Japanese and Russians decided that they wanted to settle there. Currently, the Ainu language is nearly extinct, and the Ainu descendants must put up with a lot of discrimination and racism due to a stereotype. If they had embraced the dominant culture in their country, then the Ainu language would probably already be extinct, but the Ainu people would not be discriminated against as they are now. However, whether or not the Ainu people should embrace globalization is a different question. Globalization does put traditions and cultures at stake, but only if globalization is used to one country’s advantage, not to everybody’s advantage. Because of how few people speak their original language, I think that the Ainu people should embrace globalization, but only to an extent. As long as the Ainu culture and traditions can be saved, then they should embrace globalization.
The Zulu people are in a pretty good position presently, over 24 million people speak the Zulu language, and it is an official language of South Africa. Embracing the dominant culture for the Zulu would be a little difficult, though, because they are the largest indigenous group in South Africa with over ten million people. Then again, the Zulu people are very dominant in their society today, with their own political party. I believe, again, that the Zulu people should only embrace globalization to an extent. Each indigenous group is unique, so if the world lost a culture it would be losing a piece of history. The Zulu culture, though there are millions of Zulu people today, should not be taken for granted. That is why I believe that they should only partly embrace globalization.
I believe that if the Yanomami people had embraced the dominant culture in Brazil or Venezuela at the time of the Gold Rush, they could have been spared the neurotoxins and poverty that they received from the gold miners. If nothing had happened to them, and they had gone unaffected, then I would say that they should keep doing what they’re doing, because it seemed to be working. Because of the fact that their society was changed so much by the gold rush, I would say that they should embrace the dominant culture. When it comes to the Yanomami embracing globalization, I have generally the same ideas. The knowledge that can be spread via globalization is definitely good, but if it threatens a perfectly good civilization, then it should not be embraced. That is why, for a third time, I say that the Yanomami should embrace globalization to an extent. The ideas that can be gained are good, but if it threatens cultures and traditions then it should not be embraced.
The Ainu people lived peacefully in Sakhalin and Kurile Islands, until the Japanese and Russians decided that they wanted to settle there. Currently, the Ainu language is nearly extinct, and the Ainu descendants must put up with a lot of discrimination and racism due to a stereotype. If they had embraced the dominant culture in their country, then the Ainu language would probably already be extinct, but the Ainu people would not be discriminated against as they are now. However, whether or not the Ainu people should embrace globalization is a different question. Globalization does put traditions and cultures at stake, but only if globalization is used to one country’s advantage, not to everybody’s advantage. Because of how few people speak their original language, I think that the Ainu people should embrace globalization, but only to an extent. As long as the Ainu culture and traditions can be saved, then they should embrace globalization.
The Zulu people are in a pretty good position presently, over 24 million people speak the Zulu language, and it is an official language of South Africa. Embracing the dominant culture for the Zulu would be a little difficult, though, because they are the largest indigenous group in South Africa with over ten million people. Then again, the Zulu people are very dominant in their society today, with their own political party. I believe, again, that the Zulu people should only embrace globalization to an extent. Each indigenous group is unique, so if the world lost a culture it would be losing a piece of history. The Zulu culture, though there are millions of Zulu people today, should not be taken for granted. That is why I believe that they should only partly embrace globalization.
I believe that if the Yanomami people had embraced the dominant culture in Brazil or Venezuela at the time of the Gold Rush, they could have been spared the neurotoxins and poverty that they received from the gold miners. If nothing had happened to them, and they had gone unaffected, then I would say that they should keep doing what they’re doing, because it seemed to be working. Because of the fact that their society was changed so much by the gold rush, I would say that they should embrace the dominant culture. When it comes to the Yanomami embracing globalization, I have generally the same ideas. The knowledge that can be spread via globalization is definitely good, but if it threatens a perfectly good civilization, then it should not be embraced. That is why, for a third time, I say that the Yanomami should embrace globalization to an extent. The ideas that can be gained are good, but if it threatens cultures and traditions then it should not be embraced.