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Sunday, July 6, 2025

Globalisation having negative impact in Caribbean

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What does glob­al­i­sa­tion mean for the Caribbean? Though glob­al­i­sa­tion is in­evitable, it has its ad­van­tages and dis­ad­van­tages. For the Caribbean, I be­lieve the dis­ad­van­tages out­weigh the ad­van­tages.

This mul­ti­fac­eted re­gion that many for­eign­ers vis­it be­cause of its love­ly beach­es and warm peo­ple, is a vic­tim of bul­ly­ing (by the Glob­al North). I view glob­al­i­sa­tion as a weapon used by the Glob­al North (Amer­i­can/Eu­rope) to sub­lim­i­nal­ly en­force their cul­ture on ours. First­ly, for ex­am­ple in T&T, we are see­ing the trend of Hal­loween par­ties, Thanks­giv­ing and Cy­ber Mon­day sales. If my mem­o­ry serves me cor­rect, there was nev­er an affin­i­ty for these things in the Caribbean–par­tic­u­lar­ly in T&T. Soon­er or lat­er these ac­tiv­i­ties will spread through­out the Caribbean.

Sec­ond­ly, most of our tele­vi­sion chan­nels are of the Glob­al North and help to per­pet­u­ate their mu­sic, fash­ion and ideas. Chil­dren who are grow­ing up have an affin­i­ty for things of the Glob­al North than the Caribbean. Re­cent­ly, I heard a lit­tle boy speak­ing in an Amer­i­can ac­cent. When I asked the par­ents why he spoke like that, with­out con­cern they said it was the Dis­ney chan­nel shows he watched. As time pro­gress­es the Caribbean is quick­ly chang­ing. We, as Caribbean peo­ple, need to be cog­nisant of what is hap­pen­ing around us be­fore it is too late.

Zane John­son

Ari­ma


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