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Global Migration, Human Identity, and Multiculturalism: A Comprehensive Review

Explore the complexities of global migration, economic, political, and cultural impacts, and the evolution of human identity in a diverse world. Reflect on the shifts from traditional views to a new mosaic of ethnicities and the significance of "humanity" in shaping specialized identities. Delve into the concept of a new melting pot where human rights and the aftermath of World Wars have reshaped our understanding of a united world. Gain insights into the intertwined nature of immigration, tourism, and globalization, examining economic, political, and cultural influences on a global scale.

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Global Migration, Human Identity, and Multiculturalism: A Comprehensive Review

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  1. Announcements • Sections start this week • We expect you to attend

  2. Review • Immigration: human tissue of globalization • U.S. is country of immigrants • Origin countries have changed but reasons for coming have not • economic (e.g., to seek jobs) • political (e.g., to escape war) • cultural (e.g., to flee religious prosecution)

  3. Review (cont’d) • Economic remittances (e.g., $$) • Political remittances (e.g., social-movement tactics) • Cultural remittances (e.g., notions of romantic love)

  4. Melting Pot to Mosaic? • Common to argue there’s been a shift • We’ll argue both have strengthened • New idea of “humanity” provides base for more specialized identities

  5. The New Mosaic: Discovering Ethnicity

  6. The New Mosaic: Discovering Ethnicity • Between 1990 and 2008, the U.S. AI/AN population increased by 65 percent, from 2.0 to 3.3 million • (Indian Health Service)

  7. The Traditional View: Us (Humans) and Them (Animals) • “The X are animals,” he says. “They are less than human. They are savage beasts….[T]he X do not love. They hate. They should be destroyed. We should put fire to them.” • -from Harper’s Magazine October 2001

  8. The New Melting Pot: A “Human” Species • Domain: Eukaryota • Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Class: Mammalia • Order: Primates • Family: Hominidae • Genus: Homo • Species: H. sapiens • Subspecies: H. s. sapiens -Linnaeus 1758

  9. The New Melting Pot: “Human” Rights • 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations) • “Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world….”

  10. The New Melting Pot:“World” War (Hiroshima 1945)

  11. The New Melting Pot: “World” War (Hiroshima 1945)

  12. The New Melting Pot: Planet Earth (1969)

  13. Tourism • Like immigration – human tissue of globalization • Unlike immigration – typically links rich countries to other rich countries rather than rich to poor

  14. Tourism (source: World Tourism Organization)

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