If I am to understand and
interpret ethnic studies in the age of globalization, it has become a universal
commodification, a category within works of neoliberalism or a work in progress
towards who knows what. Questioning the direction of Ethnic Studies and
re-iterating alternatives to fully gain access and understand the purpose or
goal of having Ethnic Studies is what I think may have been a central core of
this chapter. In thinking about Ethnic Studies, containing inside and outside
perspectives instead of just one perspective from a domain collectively
provides more useful and directed sense of priority. In a way, we can’t just
limit ourselves to understanding ethnicities of others from one domain such as
a university that is run by privatization, capitalism, white supremacy, and
other held restraints. This makes me wonder much about how far along Ethnic
Studies has come along and the purpose/core context of whether Ethnic Studies
is moving towards a direction of a better
future for all or not. Is there a
stagnant period in Ethnic Studies that we as today’s generation have tried to
push to see beyond the silver lining or have we been cases of followers heeding
to those in power?
http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2011/10/12895/how-has-globalization-caused-a-loss-of-culture/
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