Multicultural Tension: Mexico's Globalization Dilemma

Multicultural Tension:
Mexico’s Globalization Dilemma

Introduction The main idea of Othello is a man not really fitting into his surroundings. He is accepted in society, marries the daughter of a well known senator, and leads their armed forces. Yet underneath is all, Othello is still the “Moor,” still the man with different colored skin who stand out from the rest. Mexico faces a similar situation in the nature of relations between the native population and the descendants of the conquering Spaniards. Shakespeare weaves the story to demonstrate that there are still cultural disparities which turn out to make all the difference, and this is mirrored in Mexico as well. Shakespeare uses his character, Othello, to make a strong argument
Despite being radically un-Venetian, Othello has won himself a prominent place in Venetian society as leader of the military forces. His heritage as “the Moor” may have even helped build him this aura of mystery and power. At first, it seems as though racism is not a worry or a problem, the integration of multi cultural globalization seems smooth. Under the surface, though, the transition has not been nearly as complete or total as it seems. What proved to be Othello’s downfall is one of the very trophies of just how accepted into local cultural he has become: his Venetian wife Desdemona. Wily Iago uses the cultural background that Othello is not familiar with as a springboard for dissention Othello’s assimilation into the culture was not complete because he
His idea, however, can also be supported by a past example in Othello. These two groups Barber writes about are Jihad and McWorld. McWorld is drawing everyone together based on mutual needs. Resource sharing, scientific information sharing and technological sharing are all aspects that require free flow of ideas. This is necessarily followed by a common language and common currency which allow sharing to be less inhibited which in turn allows even more progress and discovery. There are some groups, however, who realize that this internationalism is eating away at their individual identity. Clothes are becoming homogenized, language and food is all melting together to form a world with only marginal differences. These groups do not like this because they feel it encroaches on the very definition of which they are and so they devote themselves to fighting against it. Iago might not have said it right out in the play, but when Othello named Cassio as lieutenant rather than him, a talented military hero, Iago felt anger that a foreigner would shake up the order of promotion and chose an unqualified