Issue #1. Rwandan Genocide: The Rwandan genocide was an event caused in part by the lack of international intervention, but largely by globalization. During the age of colonialism European powers scrambled to occupy Africa. This leads us to Rwanda, before occupation there were two distinct social classes. The Hutus, and Tutsis. As mentioned previously, they were defined by class, not race. When Germany took control over what is present day Rwanda, they divided people by how European they are. Evident of a Eurocentric view. For years Tutsis, who were deemed more European, were given more opportunities and special privileges that the common Hutus of Rwanda did not possess. After World War 1 (The Great War) Belgium was given control over Rwanda. Instead of abolishing the practice of ethnic segregation, Belgium intensified it. On official Rwandan identification cards it was easy to tell who was and wasn't a Tutsi. This went on until Rwanda's independence in 1962. After all this time of oppression to the Hutu people it's no surprise that there was hate between them and the Tutsis. During the period just before the genocide many media sources such as radio had frequent hateful broadcasts that targeted the Tutsi minority. It all reached a boiling point on April 7th, 1994. At this time members of the Hutu govenment started a mass killing that lasted until July of the same year.
Without globalization, there would not have been any genocide. Despite there being a divide between the people beforehand, it was worsned by globalization. Although that wasn't the only factor leading to the genocide. When Hutu Tutsi tensions were rising the United Nations sent a peace keeping unit to Rwanda. They had all the power to stop the genocide from happening, but the U.N stopped them from doing so, saying that the peacekeepers only take action in self defense. The United Nations is an organization entirely based in globalization, without globalization the nations wouldn't be united.
Without globalization, there would not have been any genocide. Despite there being a divide between the people beforehand, it was worsned by globalization. Although that wasn't the only factor leading to the genocide. When Hutu Tutsi tensions were rising the United Nations sent a peace keeping unit to Rwanda. They had all the power to stop the genocide from happening, but the U.N stopped them from doing so, saying that the peacekeepers only take action in self defense. The United Nations is an organization entirely based in globalization, without globalization the nations wouldn't be united.
Issue #2. Columbus' Arrival and The Grand Exchange: Historical Globalization and the age of colonialism were both kickstarted by Christopher Columbus. In search of a passagway to India he "discovered" North America. This lead to more explorers for different countries to sail to North America eventually leading to the settlement of the continent and Canada as we know it today. It didn't happen that fast though. When explorers from France and Britain landed on the east coast of Canada they quickly came into contact with the indigenous people of the land. At that time relations between European explorers and indigenous peoples were neutral. Another important result of Columbus' arrival was the grand exchange. Which is the spread of plant, animals, technology and many more things from the "Old World" to the Americas. Without the grand exchange North American ecosytems would be different, indigenous technology would be far behind what the "Old World" would have. The greatest effect on modern indigenous society would be in the European goal to assimilate the indigenous peoples into mainstream European culture. It's effects are still fealt today. During more modern times the Canadian Government put into place policies whose goals were to assimilate First Nations people. The greatest effort was put into residential schools, where First Nations children were taken from their parents to schools disconnected from their own culture. Abuse was commonplace. The causes of this relate back to globalization, specifically the Eurocentric view held by many Europeans.
Issue #3. Slavery and Depopulation: During the age of imperialism mercantilism was a common economic system for colonies. In these colonies resources were taken for the mother country. In order to get these resources labour was required. As a result slaves were taken from Africa (mostly but not exclusivly). Slaves were shipped by the masses to countries in the Americas and Carribean ocean to work in horrible conditions. In the United States slaves were treated better, but still not good. This lead to American slaves having children who went into slavery, also resuling in a lack of the need to ship new slaves in. Even worse off were slaves shipped to European colonies elsewhere. The conditions for them were so dangerous that many died, living short lives. This created a need for many slaves to be constantly shipped to those territories. Not only did this affect African culture, it also created a vacuum in African communities. With large amounts of the population in certain communities being put into slavery, these communities were hard pressed to continue functioning. This all leads back to the need for slaves caused by imperialism, mercantilism, and globalization.