Analysis Of Beverley Mclachlin's Speech

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Source I represents a speech from Beverley McLachlin, a former Chief Justice of Canada’s Supreme Court. In this speech, she initially indicated that economic globalization generally has a positive impact around the world as the world’s citizens have greater access to modern technology such as laptops, computers, cell phones, satellite T.V., air travel, and etc. However, McLachlin also argues that certain types of globalization such as social can be a challenge to the identity of people around the world due to unintended consequences such as the marginalization of a culture, the universalization of a dominant culture, and the homogenization of a society. She alluded to these consequences right after she indicated the plethora of economic benefits resulting from globalization. As a matter of fact, she specified how the world’s citizens must insist on affirming their identity by refusing to blend in with the crowd in an increasingly global community where transnational corporations will play a tremendous role in reshaping the identity of the world’s citizens. In conclusion, McLachlin believes that social globalization is a challenge to our identity by stating that each and every individual must affirm their identity in the international community while still believing that economic globalization has enhanced the standard of living of millions of people …show more content…

These arguments clearly outweigh the arguments in favor of economic globalization which has improved our access to the latest advanced technological breakthroughs such as laptops, satellite T.V., cross-border travel, and cell

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