Brian Damacio
Digital Humanities 7th
May 29th, 2012
Globalization Essay
Bullying & Globalization Bud Heads
"And it is very odd but those who see the changes - who dream, who will not give up - are called idealists . . . and those who see only the circle we call them the 'realists'! (Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun”).” Money and bullying – commerce and the wellbeing of others: they are two issues that may seem to be distinct in and of themselves, but they are not. They are issues that are influenced by each other whether we see the connections or not. When I speak of commerce, I am specifically talking about globalization. Globalization is the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of communication, transportation, and trade. It is what provides many things from different countries to us: clothing, food, electronics, items, etc. Globalization ties to teaching LGBTQ studies in order to combat bullying because of it connecting back to money. This essay will explore the ways and means globalization is very much connected with globalization and will argue the need to make a difference today.
Globalization impacts the importance of my chosen issue: bullying in schools. Due to the overwhelmingly attention media has given it in the past few weeks (i.e. NATO in Chicago), issues that do not pertain to economics and/or growth in jobs are pushed aside. Thanks to the “economic crisis” happening today due to the stock market and house value losses, a lot more people are losing their jobs. Along with losing their jobs, people are losing their homes and even their families in the process. With the great loss in numbers of jobs, many people pay more attention to movements like Occupy Wall St., NATO Protest, G-8 Summit and others like WTO, IMF, etc. for solutions. It has come to my attention that with the search to fight for economic equality, people are not paying attention to social issues like safety in schools. Looking at, “Debt Overshadows Basic Social Services” by UNICEF and UNDP[1], third world countries like Nigeria and Peru have similar basic social services that do not cost twice as much as the external cost. This shows that with proper allocation of money in social services like health care, etc. we can be providing necessary and proper services for the people of the United States. But if we look at countries who have Capitalistic countries, we see big differences between basic social services and cost (i.e. Philippines, Zambia, Jamaica). Bullying in schools often results in some trips to the hospitals due to physical, psychological, and/or personal damage. Social Services provided in school does not allow for proper treatment of bullying because it is not at the priority of schooling systems. Chicago Public School’s Rahm Emanuel is bringing in Neo-Liberalism to Chicago. Neo-Liberalism is the contemporary political movement advocating economic liberalizations, free trade and open markets. He argues that privatizing sectors in Chicago like education can greatly better the economy while taking children’s futures into account as well. But the argument goes further than that, it is the argument of setting limits on the ways one can limit the private sector in America. Looking specifically at Chicago, charter schools are failing even and/or are at the same level as public schools[2]. This depicts how even with the privatization of education schooling for children and youth are not getting better.
The issue of money goes far beyond America. Globalization describes a process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of communication, transportation, and trade. This plays a significant role in our lives as individuals. In some way, shape or form we are connected to globalization whether we like it or not. Take for example, the clothing we wear, food we eat, electronics we use, and things around us. Most if not all of these things were manufactured in some other city or country. Globalization has brought things like bananas, oranges, mangoes, avocadoes, and other wonderful fruits to countries that would not be able to produce these foods. Globalization has become the catalyst in our society to always have things we would no longer be able to.
Bullying in schools uniquely connected to the global network of communication. By global network of communication I mean the way people are constantly changing in the 21st century. It has been close to 50 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and as people we are constantly fight to change the way people are perceived today. Today, bullying affects a group of people who fall “short” of the societal standards. By that I mean people who may not conform or be like society says it wants us to be. Globalization is about the connections we make as people. And when people forget or do not know how to treat eachother with respect then this makes associating with others difficult. In globalization, networks are crucial to keeps businesses going. This issue is national and eligible to be enshrined in the Constitution because in first section of the 14th amendment it states, “[n]o State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” I believe through a mandate to create a LGBTQ curriculum in public schooling education can help prevent bullying from occurring in schools. This is also viable based on the Congress’ power to “regulate interstate commerce”, by this I mean the number of deaths that occur connecting this issue of bullying to medical bills and visits to Hospitals. I believe that if Congress does not ratify my proposal, they would be upholding a unconstitutional and heterosexist agenda on the public. So not only does this amendment to mandate LGBTQ history is public schooling systems help the lives of people and prevent bullying from happening, but will help foster a place for all in the United States.
Another issues that is tied with globalization is ethics and morality. This issue is a matter of ethics and debate over whether or not the issues of bullying should be addressed through LGBTQ curriculum. With the help of the Standing Committee of Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) because they will strive for “ensuring our country’s workforce is prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st Century through a lifetime of learning for our citizens[3].” They will definitely be of good use to fight against the people who oppose learning about LGBTQ. Especially those who say it should not be taught, they can easily argue for their children to be taught at Jesuit schools or private schools. The issue of not wanting certain things taught to children has been easily resolved through Zielman v. Simmons-Harris, which was a case that allowed for parents to be able to get vouchers for their children to go to Jesuit or Private schools. Today, almost everything is tied down to money and/or profit.
The most important issue concerning globalization, of course, is money. My amendment or proposal to incorporate LGBTQ studies in public education systems will increase the budget for education by a little bit, not a lot though. In comparison to Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security[4], it will be nothing. Another possible solution would be to redistribute the funds across the budget for education to accommodate the new costs for the creation of the books that will be for the schools. These books will of course be created by the leading organizations across the nation with the help of a team of educators across the universities/colleges in the United States. They will know what to include the books such as the most vital information to know. By having educators and leading organizations in issues of bullying, the books will have more meaningful “real” information as opposed to corporations creating the books hiding certain information from the public. This will create a series of social justice framed books as opposed to books that say they include LGBTQ history when in reality they just hold only certain facts. I believe these are unique issues that will be faced during the process of passing to incorporate this proposal in Congress and to create the “LGBTQ Studies” program in public schools nationwide.
When speaking about Globalization the WTO, IMF, and World Bank contribute to my fire project by decrease its urgency to help fix this epidemic. In the United States, constituents like you and I live under the capitalistic dominance society. Merit is sometimes pushed aside thanks to patronage (i.e. Chicago Machines – Daley family). Due to the large attention given to protests around economic equality (i.e. NATO protest, Occupy Movement World-Wide, G-8 summit) people have focused their issues to help take down a large enterprise (the top 1%). It is with this fight that arguments in favor of social movements like Anti-Bullying Campaigns that have not been given the right amount of spotlight. These organizations like the WTO, IMF, and World Bank exchange communications with countries around the world. Profit is its main priority. In addition, with that being said, some countries (i.e. Europe and United States) will stay in power while others like Africa, Brazil, South America, India, and others are left to fend for their debt: “Poor countries themselves were desperate for loans – to cover their increased oil cost and also for development. The needs of the banks and those of poor countries appeared neatly matched[5].” It indirectly interferes with my issue becoming a national campaign. There are so many issues and of all of them, bullying seems to not be taken into account as an issue that kills. Moreover, although globalization has kept my issue from becoming a sense of urgency, it can be the solution. Since, globalization affects almost everyone in some shape, way, and/or form, policies can be created at the WTO, IMF and World Bank to help fight for the rights of people to live. The way to convince a multimillion dollar corporate to suddenly change its ways of obtaining money will be difficult since in the past it has not been successful (i.e. protest around NATO).
With that being said, it is through the effectiveness of legislation here in the United States where influence over other countries can happen. Organizations like WTO, IMF and World Bank will not taken policies like this serious because people do not clearly see the connections between globalization and an issue like bullying. It is through research that ideas like commerce make sense with this issue. And with the help of organizations like Human Rights Watch, GLSEN, and others keepings to make a difference in the Anti-Bullying Campaign we can create change. Change that one day might be taken into account when dealing with monetary trades or stocks nationwide. Globalization is a topic that influences a lot of different topics such as Bullying and with the right kind of research and spread of the word and impact it can create to solve problems, people can one day upset the setup. We must work with the system to turn it on its head to achieve the desired results.
In conclusion, globalization and bullying are two peas in pod. They connect with each other through the need for a global network of people to trade and give back to the economy. If we cannot take care of ourselves as humans then what makes you think we can keep up with globalization with various countries – billions of people. The proposal of adding LGBTQ studies to fight against bullying is a need not a commodity to people. We must relinquish all thoughts of separating people amongst each other or else this network of people would cease to exist without the support of the people contributing the most – the workers.
[1] 1998; Adapted from Jan Vandermoortele, Absorbing social shocks, protecting children and reducing poverty: The role of basic social service, UNICEF Staff Working Paper, UNICEF, New York, January 2000, p. 26
[2] Jim Vail, Charter school report shows scores of Chicago charters are 'failing' as measured by Illinois tests, Substance News: Defending the Public Schools for over 30 years, October 09, 2009. Web.
[3] Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, “Education” philosophy, 2012, Web.
[4] Veronique de Rugy, Spending Surge for Seniors: Medicare and Social Security Total 50 Percent of Budget by 2030, Dec 19, 2011, Web.
[5] Adapted from “Debt: The New Colonialism” by Jean Somers, in 75/25: Developing in an Increasingly Unequal World, edited by Colm Regan, Birmingham, UK: The Development Education Centre, 1996.
Digital Humanities 7th
May 29th, 2012
Globalization Essay
Bullying & Globalization Bud Heads
"And it is very odd but those who see the changes - who dream, who will not give up - are called idealists . . . and those who see only the circle we call them the 'realists'! (Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun”).” Money and bullying – commerce and the wellbeing of others: they are two issues that may seem to be distinct in and of themselves, but they are not. They are issues that are influenced by each other whether we see the connections or not. When I speak of commerce, I am specifically talking about globalization. Globalization is the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of communication, transportation, and trade. It is what provides many things from different countries to us: clothing, food, electronics, items, etc. Globalization ties to teaching LGBTQ studies in order to combat bullying because of it connecting back to money. This essay will explore the ways and means globalization is very much connected with globalization and will argue the need to make a difference today.
Globalization impacts the importance of my chosen issue: bullying in schools. Due to the overwhelmingly attention media has given it in the past few weeks (i.e. NATO in Chicago), issues that do not pertain to economics and/or growth in jobs are pushed aside. Thanks to the “economic crisis” happening today due to the stock market and house value losses, a lot more people are losing their jobs. Along with losing their jobs, people are losing their homes and even their families in the process. With the great loss in numbers of jobs, many people pay more attention to movements like Occupy Wall St., NATO Protest, G-8 Summit and others like WTO, IMF, etc. for solutions. It has come to my attention that with the search to fight for economic equality, people are not paying attention to social issues like safety in schools. Looking at, “Debt Overshadows Basic Social Services” by UNICEF and UNDP[1], third world countries like Nigeria and Peru have similar basic social services that do not cost twice as much as the external cost. This shows that with proper allocation of money in social services like health care, etc. we can be providing necessary and proper services for the people of the United States. But if we look at countries who have Capitalistic countries, we see big differences between basic social services and cost (i.e. Philippines, Zambia, Jamaica). Bullying in schools often results in some trips to the hospitals due to physical, psychological, and/or personal damage. Social Services provided in school does not allow for proper treatment of bullying because it is not at the priority of schooling systems. Chicago Public School’s Rahm Emanuel is bringing in Neo-Liberalism to Chicago. Neo-Liberalism is the contemporary political movement advocating economic liberalizations, free trade and open markets. He argues that privatizing sectors in Chicago like education can greatly better the economy while taking children’s futures into account as well. But the argument goes further than that, it is the argument of setting limits on the ways one can limit the private sector in America. Looking specifically at Chicago, charter schools are failing even and/or are at the same level as public schools[2]. This depicts how even with the privatization of education schooling for children and youth are not getting better.
The issue of money goes far beyond America. Globalization describes a process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of communication, transportation, and trade. This plays a significant role in our lives as individuals. In some way, shape or form we are connected to globalization whether we like it or not. Take for example, the clothing we wear, food we eat, electronics we use, and things around us. Most if not all of these things were manufactured in some other city or country. Globalization has brought things like bananas, oranges, mangoes, avocadoes, and other wonderful fruits to countries that would not be able to produce these foods. Globalization has become the catalyst in our society to always have things we would no longer be able to.
Bullying in schools uniquely connected to the global network of communication. By global network of communication I mean the way people are constantly changing in the 21st century. It has been close to 50 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and as people we are constantly fight to change the way people are perceived today. Today, bullying affects a group of people who fall “short” of the societal standards. By that I mean people who may not conform or be like society says it wants us to be. Globalization is about the connections we make as people. And when people forget or do not know how to treat eachother with respect then this makes associating with others difficult. In globalization, networks are crucial to keeps businesses going. This issue is national and eligible to be enshrined in the Constitution because in first section of the 14th amendment it states, “[n]o State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” I believe through a mandate to create a LGBTQ curriculum in public schooling education can help prevent bullying from occurring in schools. This is also viable based on the Congress’ power to “regulate interstate commerce”, by this I mean the number of deaths that occur connecting this issue of bullying to medical bills and visits to Hospitals. I believe that if Congress does not ratify my proposal, they would be upholding a unconstitutional and heterosexist agenda on the public. So not only does this amendment to mandate LGBTQ history is public schooling systems help the lives of people and prevent bullying from happening, but will help foster a place for all in the United States.
Another issues that is tied with globalization is ethics and morality. This issue is a matter of ethics and debate over whether or not the issues of bullying should be addressed through LGBTQ curriculum. With the help of the Standing Committee of Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) because they will strive for “ensuring our country’s workforce is prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st Century through a lifetime of learning for our citizens[3].” They will definitely be of good use to fight against the people who oppose learning about LGBTQ. Especially those who say it should not be taught, they can easily argue for their children to be taught at Jesuit schools or private schools. The issue of not wanting certain things taught to children has been easily resolved through Zielman v. Simmons-Harris, which was a case that allowed for parents to be able to get vouchers for their children to go to Jesuit or Private schools. Today, almost everything is tied down to money and/or profit.
The most important issue concerning globalization, of course, is money. My amendment or proposal to incorporate LGBTQ studies in public education systems will increase the budget for education by a little bit, not a lot though. In comparison to Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security[4], it will be nothing. Another possible solution would be to redistribute the funds across the budget for education to accommodate the new costs for the creation of the books that will be for the schools. These books will of course be created by the leading organizations across the nation with the help of a team of educators across the universities/colleges in the United States. They will know what to include the books such as the most vital information to know. By having educators and leading organizations in issues of bullying, the books will have more meaningful “real” information as opposed to corporations creating the books hiding certain information from the public. This will create a series of social justice framed books as opposed to books that say they include LGBTQ history when in reality they just hold only certain facts. I believe these are unique issues that will be faced during the process of passing to incorporate this proposal in Congress and to create the “LGBTQ Studies” program in public schools nationwide.
When speaking about Globalization the WTO, IMF, and World Bank contribute to my fire project by decrease its urgency to help fix this epidemic. In the United States, constituents like you and I live under the capitalistic dominance society. Merit is sometimes pushed aside thanks to patronage (i.e. Chicago Machines – Daley family). Due to the large attention given to protests around economic equality (i.e. NATO protest, Occupy Movement World-Wide, G-8 summit) people have focused their issues to help take down a large enterprise (the top 1%). It is with this fight that arguments in favor of social movements like Anti-Bullying Campaigns that have not been given the right amount of spotlight. These organizations like the WTO, IMF, and World Bank exchange communications with countries around the world. Profit is its main priority. In addition, with that being said, some countries (i.e. Europe and United States) will stay in power while others like Africa, Brazil, South America, India, and others are left to fend for their debt: “Poor countries themselves were desperate for loans – to cover their increased oil cost and also for development. The needs of the banks and those of poor countries appeared neatly matched[5].” It indirectly interferes with my issue becoming a national campaign. There are so many issues and of all of them, bullying seems to not be taken into account as an issue that kills. Moreover, although globalization has kept my issue from becoming a sense of urgency, it can be the solution. Since, globalization affects almost everyone in some shape, way, and/or form, policies can be created at the WTO, IMF and World Bank to help fight for the rights of people to live. The way to convince a multimillion dollar corporate to suddenly change its ways of obtaining money will be difficult since in the past it has not been successful (i.e. protest around NATO).
With that being said, it is through the effectiveness of legislation here in the United States where influence over other countries can happen. Organizations like WTO, IMF and World Bank will not taken policies like this serious because people do not clearly see the connections between globalization and an issue like bullying. It is through research that ideas like commerce make sense with this issue. And with the help of organizations like Human Rights Watch, GLSEN, and others keepings to make a difference in the Anti-Bullying Campaign we can create change. Change that one day might be taken into account when dealing with monetary trades or stocks nationwide. Globalization is a topic that influences a lot of different topics such as Bullying and with the right kind of research and spread of the word and impact it can create to solve problems, people can one day upset the setup. We must work with the system to turn it on its head to achieve the desired results.
In conclusion, globalization and bullying are two peas in pod. They connect with each other through the need for a global network of people to trade and give back to the economy. If we cannot take care of ourselves as humans then what makes you think we can keep up with globalization with various countries – billions of people. The proposal of adding LGBTQ studies to fight against bullying is a need not a commodity to people. We must relinquish all thoughts of separating people amongst each other or else this network of people would cease to exist without the support of the people contributing the most – the workers.
[1] 1998; Adapted from Jan Vandermoortele, Absorbing social shocks, protecting children and reducing poverty: The role of basic social service, UNICEF Staff Working Paper, UNICEF, New York, January 2000, p. 26
[2] Jim Vail, Charter school report shows scores of Chicago charters are 'failing' as measured by Illinois tests, Substance News: Defending the Public Schools for over 30 years, October 09, 2009. Web.
[3] Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, “Education” philosophy, 2012, Web.
[4] Veronique de Rugy, Spending Surge for Seniors: Medicare and Social Security Total 50 Percent of Budget by 2030, Dec 19, 2011, Web.
[5] Adapted from “Debt: The New Colonialism” by Jean Somers, in 75/25: Developing in an Increasingly Unequal World, edited by Colm Regan, Birmingham, UK: The Development Education Centre, 1996.