Views on Curtural Globalization - 1040 Words

In the past, it was really hard to spread a culture one country to around the world. However, nowadays, we enjoy music, food, movies, and practice other religions from different cultures around the globe. This is all due to cultural globalization. Cultural globalization is spread of ideas and values via Internet, popular culture, international travel, and immigration. Immigrations are one of the best methods to spread a culture because the immigrants can practice their culture everyday and share with the natives. Unfortunately, however, there are three contending views of cultural globalization and I decided to examine the views in London and in Strasbourg. The first view is that the racism always follows the immigrants. In London,†¦show more content†¦Western argues, â€Å"their parents, perhaps projecting their own anxieties, sometimes verbalize concern about their British-born children’s alleged lack of belonging† (Western, 262, 1992). However, for the secon d generations, it is a different story. Their home is where they are born and raised, England. Western states, â€Å"When I’m in Barbados, I say to one of my friends, I’m going back home tomorrow. I don’t say I’m going back to England. No, I’m going back home, because I live here. I’ve spend more of my years outside it [Barbados]† (Western 259, 1992). The immigrants from North Africa in Strasbourg have similar concerns regarding their â€Å"home†. They consider their home to be Strasbourg whether they are first generation or second generation. The first generation had stayed in Strasbourg too long. Their children and grandchildren were born in Strasburg and because they stayed in Strasbourg, they don’t have any friends back in their homeland (Western, 199, 2012). From these there views, the racism is best interpretation of experiences of immigrations of newcomers in both London and Strasbourg. In London the immigrants ex perienced racial discrimination against them. For example, in London, drunken white passenger in a bus harassed a black man and when the police came, the police mistreated the black man by saying, â€Å"get down the fucking stairs† and never gave an apology (Western, 221, 1992). However, the racism in London is lessened according