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The documentary that we watched during class this week does a good job at looking at globalization and global inequality.  Living in the United States of America we take for granted small things such as electricity, clean water, and food in our everyday lives.  Seeing how hard it is for the people in the documentary to get access electricity for basic lighting is really an eye-opener to how fortunate we are to be living here.  It’s sad to see that there are still many countries that have communities that live like the ones that were shown on the documentary.  However it’s a good thing to see that there are program such as the Barefoot College that help spark changes within these communities.  They do so by providing people the basic knowledge and skillsets, to harness the power of modern technology to help better their community.  What I really enjoy seeing is that they specifically targeted the women from patriarchal society to participate in this program.  This gives these women a chance to see what they are capable of doing, and somewhat experience what western culture feels like.  So it’s good to see that people acknowledge that there is inequality around the world, and there are programs such as the Barefoot College out there.

I think the movie Slumdog Millionaire is a good example to demonstrate globalization and global inequality.  It shows globalization by showing the progress of the city Mumbai from its Indian roots to the more modern westernized version it is today throughout the whole movie.  It also features the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire as the center piece for the movie, which the show is of western origin.  As for global inequality, it displays the two main characters struggles as poor citizens living in a country going through modernization.  It’s a good film, and I highly recommended to anyone who hasn’t seen it.  The trailer to this movie can be watch down below.