Invisible Fences

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Many people have strong opinions-some for and some against-on globalization. One proponent might like the fact that people coming together in trade can bring huge benefits. Another may cite the fact that many real or invisible fences are built due to globalization, which separates people from getting resources. However, self-interest, most notably, is at the root of this argument, because both ideas are motivated by their self-interest. Zadie Smith in “Speaking in Tongues” discusses her biracial identity. She hopes there can be a “Dream City” where no barrier or discrimination exists and people can express themselves freely. It is a place just like the Garden of Eden. People who have multiple identities erect many invisible fences because they As the world becomes closer because of globalization, people will move in the direction of a more open “Dream city”. People will not get further benefit if they move to a fenced world. Social protest gives people the right to take down the fences. Also, the fence drives people to break this unbalance and unfairness world and find a new balanced world, which is the “Dream City”. People will not erect more fences but head to a dream city because they use social protest correctly to protect them. Fences cannot give people a sense of security while social protest can. Social protests reveal the determination of people to take down the fences. The goal is to break people’s indifferent attitude and seek for their deserved right. Klein states the reaction of the proponent when she says, “The ‘war on terrorism’ has become yet another fence to hide behind, used by summit organizers to explain why public shows of dissent just won’t be possible this time around or, worse, to draw threatening parallels between legitimate protesters and terrorists bent on destruction” (199). The “summit organizers” mainly refer to the government and they want to fuzzy the boundary between “protesters” and “terrorists” because they are afraid that the protesters will

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