Globalization and Global Problems (Chapter 13) in “Social Problems in Canada”

Question:

• Since Toronto is known as the “most ethnically diverse” city in the world, it’s successfully been able to alleviate racism and all its stereotypical offshoots?
• Think: Is there serious problem of racism in Toronto? Would what goes on in Europe, i.e. Arab-African riots in France/ Racism in Football, happen here?

Framing the Problem

• Disarrayed World: The global drive for growth is laying waste to a planet that cannot possibly sustain a consumer-driven lifestyle without self-imploding.
• United Nations Human Development Report: Statistics (i.e. nearly 1 billion are illiterate)
• Global Apartheid: This enormous gap between the rich and the poor is moving towards a “global apartheid” where extremes of power and wealth are placed into geographically segregated zones to create an “apartness”
• Tribalism, xenophobia, and ethnic chauvinism
• Who is to blame for the social problems in the developing world?
• Globalization is Colonialism by another name?
• Raging Debate about Globalization? Good or bad?