The global citizenship conversation reinforce the existing belief that those in non-Western societies are \u2018less fortunate\u2019 and \u2018worse off\u2019. By painting individuals in these societies as such, those in Western societies are immediately elevated while those who do not exist in Western societies are put at a disadvantage. Consequently, their communities, customs, way of life and even their lives themselves are viewed as less important and their overall worldviews are marginalized.<\/p>\n
Global citizenship conversations also prompts the idea that there are two distinctly different types of societies; Western and non-Western. The idea that these societies are different creates a mental distance between the two which allows for an \u2018us versus them\u2019 mentality to be formed. In such cases, the \u2018us\u2019 population (Western society) feels superior to the \u2018them\u2019 population (non-Western society). \u00a0Because of this feeling of superiority, the \u2018us\u2019 population often views and treats the \u2018them\u2019 population negatively.<\/p>\n
Historically, \u2018us versus them\u2019 mentalities and feelings of superiority has led to ideas such as \u2018the white man\u2019s burden\u2019 which was said to \u2018justify\u2019 colonization and slavery. In the 1700\u2019s, Caucasian\u2019s (the \u2018us\u2019 population) saw African\u2019s (the \u2018them\u2019 population) as different than themselves. This perceived difference created a distance between the two populations in the Caucasian\u2019s minds. This distance allowed Caucasian\u2019s to think of themselves as superior and think of African\u2019s as savage, inhuman and therefore inherently lesser. These views and attitudes towards the African population then used to \u2018justify\u2019 enslaving the African population, as well as the atrocious acts committed towards Africans. This was done by arguing that the Caucasian\u2019s knew what was best for the African population. However, in this case, and in many others, all the Caucasian\u2019s really did was take advantage of, mistreat and abuse those they deemed to be lesser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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