Final Reflection Piece

The book definition of globalization is the process by which businesses or other

organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Globalization to me is change. Change is something that everyone can you use a little bit of,
however a lot of anything can be bad for you. To change is not always bad, but it can have some
serious consequences. Majority of groups are identified as indigenous when they maintain
traditions and other cultural related activities associated with a given place. Some indigenous
people are settled in a given area and continue a nomadic lifestyle. Indigenous societies are
established in every continent of the world. When it comes to indigenous cultures, change is
disrupting their original way of life and could hinder them to continue their native ways.
For my mini paper I focused on the Khoisan tribe. The Khoisan people were one of the
first indigenous groups in South Africa. The Khoisan people have contributed to todays society
in many different ways. Their most major contribution is their development of the click
language. The click language is a distinctive linguistic characteristic with an extensive use of
click consonants. Due to globalization the click language is becoming extinct. Some Khoisan
tribes are being forced to speak other languages such as English and Afrikaans. These languages
are not foreign, but they are not the original language spoken.
Also in India a new economic policy that was initiated in 1993 became the forerunner of
globalization for India. However, over the last couple of decades, the open policy has resulted in
an increase of lay-offs, privatization, and heavy debts across the entire nation. There hasnt been
in visible benefits of development and it surely hasnt reached the poorest places of the Indian
society. The gap between the wealthy and the poor had widened due to globalization. India
experienced a financial crises in 1997 because of foreign debts of poor countries. Also
globalization has resulted in social turmoil in India. Drugs, trafficking of people, violence, and
riots has increased.
Globalization destroys identities. Before the period of Globalization, there existed free,
native, different and well-defined, culturally sustaining links amongst geographical place and
cultural experience. Globalization is not simply a question of relegation for indigenous peoples;
it is an attack on the very basis of their way of life and livelihoods. Immense indigenous
knowledge, rich culture and customs, and any hope of preserving the natural world, and a
simpler, more complete way of life for future. Change is not for everyone and its up to us to
figure out who does not need it.