To What Extent Should Contemporary Soiety Respond to Legacies of Historical Globalization

Social, economic and political aspects of modern day society are all affected by historical globalization. Society needs to respond to legacies of the past because as humans, learning from mistakes is part of our nature. Without the ability to do that, not an single person would ever reason to move past anything and history would continually repeat itself. Recently, there have been actions taken by governments to aid in the coping of first nations who were abused within the residential school system that was implanted in Canada . The French and United States government formally apologized to the Rwandans for the 'mistakes' that they made during the genocide of 1994. There are countless people living today who carry the memories of these traumatic events very close to them. I feel as though we are responsible to answer to these people, aiding them in the recovery of their identity and ability to function properly within society.

Governments are obligated to respond to the impacts of events that have taken place long ago for it is accountability they need to attain. Prime minister Stephen Harper demonstrated this when he formally apologized to the first nations in 2008 for their residential school experiences. It is tricky to embrace historical globalization without re-inflicting devastation so the government and churches today refer to residential schools as an “sad chapter in our history.” The aboriginal children were forcibly taken from their homes and placed within an residential school. They were abused sexually, physically and emotionally. For this, the modern day government has given out millions of dollars in compensation money. There are still many people today that live in constant fear, and suffer from many other things such as depression and the feeling of being