. A good example of cultural imperialism is the 18th and 19thcentury idea of the British regarding their worldwide territories.When the British colonized America and India, they believed they were superior to the native Indians in both places because the Indians did not speak the King's English and had strange habits and customs. Instead of trying to find a happy medium for coexistence, the British tries to force the natives to bend to theirs laws and abandon their religions and cultural values. Specifically in the case of America, the British treated their own people with disdain. This as well as other things brought about the American Revolution. It is interesting to note that once Americans gained their freedom, they continues the trend of oppression by persecuting, in a variety of ways, the American Indians, Africans, Orientals, and immigrants of various other nationalities who came looking for a fair, free land. Although the U.S. is now considered a melting pot of humanity, some people say that this trend continues today, within the country's boundaries as well as outside them. Therefore, if globalization is a manifestation of cultural imperialism, it is indeed problematic. On the other side of the coin, some people say that globalization is a mostly beneficial process which brings the countries of the world together, forming a global society, and which will eventually better the lives of people in even the poorest third-world country. Hannerz (1990) decided that this world culture is not created by an overpowering and newly created system of ideals and beliefs, but through the "increasing interconnection of varied local cultures" (Chuang, p.19). Hannerz believed that globalization cause various local cultures to mesh and mingle and create the world culture. So one the one hand we have local cultures adding up to a world culture. On the other, we have the word culture stamping out the local cultures. So which idea is co...
