As an international student, I truly felt how globalization influenced my life. When I was 10 years old, I could never imagine one day I would be studying in a country 15 hours flight from my own or writing blog posts using another language. I am blessed that my family could afford me to study abroad under a better education system. I am lucky enough to be at where I am today - ready to graduate next year and start full-time in the place where I want to. That's a good thing about today's world: there are tons of resources for one to use no matter where he/she is at. However, the process didn't go as smooth as I originally thought and a lot of difficulties were only faced by the international group. With that said, the world is not as "globalized" as we thought.
My first step in making the world a better place would be to eliminate rules designated for different groups of people due to geographical differences. One very simple example, international students were not able to recruit for 80% of the American firms. This rule was made very clear when firms explicitly wrote "we don't hire international students" or "we will not sponsor work visa in the future" on their websites. The deep reason behind this rule is that the government was trying to make sure as many locals could be hired as possible, so it set a lottery system which all the international hires had to get in to obtain a work visa. Simply saying, I have worked very hard to secure a full-time offer from very limited choices of companies and I still only have less than 30% chances to get that work visa for me to legally work here. I respect those who make the rules for this country but if the world is truly a global village now, what's the difference between one country to another? People come to the United States or other countries because of their dreams and limited resources in their own countries. I cannot imagine how many talented people I know or I don't know have to give up their dreams because of this restrictions. Minorities' opinions and interests were usually ignored by the mainstream and this could really prevent the world from being a global community with "common human values". If problems like this caused by people's different backgrounds never get solved, no one can call himself/herself a global citizen. So I advocate to take this big step to create a true inclusion around the world. No matter what race, no matter what gender, no matter what nationality, one should be treated equally.
Hi Tong, I do agree that sometimes the restrictions imposed by local governing systems do tend to exclude some individuals and benefit others. However, I do understand these regulations. In your world you hope that everyone can be included and treated equally and be a global community. My first suggestion would be to become a politician either here in the US or from your home country and advocate for more inclusion of migrants or figure out work exchanges. If you don't like the idea of being a politician, I would suggest a more personal approach. You can create a business and hire employees from all over the world and have it be an example for other businesses in the US and abroad to follow. Thank you for sharing your ideal world and I hope that these ideas help you in your quest to making a better world.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I do understand that the United States is very concerned about the number of unemployed citizens in the country, I understand your desire to have the U.S. be a more global community with equal opportunity for all. There have been various times during history where immigrants have entered the United States (for example, around WWII) and those people made huge contributions to the U.S., so I can understand the benefit of being more of a global community as well as your own personal desire to be treated equally. I like Neyra’s idea on you opening up your own business and hiring people from other countries, as this would be a win-win for both your business and for your employees.
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