Sunday, January 18, 2009

Globalization hurting other countries

This is a quick response to the article, "How Susie Bayer's T-shirt ended Up on Yusuf Mama's Back". I think that this article really brings up an interesting point on how globalization is hurting poor countries like Uganda. There are two different ways of looking at the situation. People in the United states who buys tons of new clothing every year, due to new styles, often donate their old clothes. These clothes are then shipped off to different countries who need them, or do they? From the article, it says how these second-hand clothes help the Ugandans becasue without them, they would be naked. But, in contrast to this, the second-hand clothes we donate to the countries, hurt their textile industry. Therefore, Ugandans are dressed completely in western clothing. A Ugandan mentions how they have a "used culture". Nothing they own is from their country, all of their possessions are from richer countries who dont want them anymore. This causes the Ugandan culture to fade away. In conclusion, countries are becoming more and more western due to the inevitable rise of capitalism.

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