Globalization And Immigration

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Globalization refers to international interactions and trade between individuals, companies, and governments made more accessible by digital technologies. The term ‘Globalization’ was not used regularly within academic disciplines until the late 1970’s and early 1980’s when studied within the realms of sociology, anthropology and religious studies. Although, the concept of Globalization has been around for centuries.1 This can be seen through examining aspects of immigration and international adoption.

Globalization has created endless waves of immigration. In fact, academic literature surrounding globalization and immigration has demonstrated a pattern; an interdependent relationship. In other words, globalization itself has seen numerous
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2 Qingwen Wu, "Globalization, immigration and the welfare state: A cross-national comparison." In J. Soc. & Soc. Welfare 34 (2007): 90.
3 Alison Mountz, "Embodying the nation-state: Canada’s response to human smuggling." In Political geography 23, no. 3 (2004): 329.

4 Wu, “Globalization, immigration and the welfare state,” 92.
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Take the Vietnam War for example. It was the first war to be fully broadcasted globally. This created a desire to get children out of there since populations could virtually see the destruction! In turn, there was an increased effort to bring children to safety.6 The Americans who wanted to raise these orphaned Vietnamese children saw themselves as ‘liberal’ on a global spectrum and were confident they could adopt and absorb a non-white child.7 In Canada, elements of this pattern are visible over a century ago through the adoption of Native American children and presently through international adoption.8 Historian Karen Dubinsky talks about globalization as a historical process in regards to adoption. The ‘whitest’ Native American children were brought into families as during colonization. The pattern continues over time when considering international adoption.9 The racial politics of Cuba are relevant to this argument as Cuba is a population of mainly mixed Spanish, Indigenous and African descent. Most children transported to Canada were the ones who looks whiter, a mix of Spanish and