In the modern world, socio-culture has become more connected internationally. People have become interconnected and more interdependent globally, and the change is examinable in the social sphere. Based on the film, it is examined that there are humanistic social forms and customary beliefs that have been integrated with people and have caused diversions in the life is being handled. With people sharing the social place, which is the world, some cultures are considered popular and widespread in the respective populations across all continents. Therefore every specific social environment across the world is based explicitly on language. There are many languages, and no one can attest that their language was the first on earth; hence “more popular” in modern culture is detrimental to all cultures (https://www.globalonenessproject.org/). There is a humanistic need to realize that there is a deep and inherent intelligence that affects our lives and how we handle issues because culture is very influential as the beliefs and social forms are guiding principles, especially when it comes to personal lifestyles and social interactions (https://www.globalonenessproject.org/).
For example, there are spheres of the world where Spanish is dominant, while others speak French; even in Africa, a majority of the people in Europe speak English, and there is Swahili which is dominant in East Africa. What is more interesting is that most countries worldwide have their native languages. Additionally, land for settlement is an essential factor for people to have cultural identities, and the beliefs make people have a past due to their ancestors and a future as there is generational continuity (https://www.globalonenessproject.org/). Culture is a phenomenon significantly tied to the environment, and the continuous degradation of forests and natural habitats is one of the fundamental reasons cultural identity has been degraded, especially in Africa and South America. There are cultural societies that exist best while in nature and not in cities and polluted urban centers. For instance, global climate change has caused every culture to be vulnerable as catastrophes such as hurricanes, droughts, and floods are more prevalent than in the past (https://www.globalonenessproject.org/). The Native Red Indians of the United States of America have their land degraded as major companies exploit the resources found in their territories, affecting their cultural ties and beliefs because their land has ancestral connections.
The aspect of culture is also determined to have spiritual ties hence the need to have a soul search in ourselves so that greed cannot surpass our cultural identities and subject all people in the world to popular culture. Older adults were their subsequent generations to learn and speak their native languages and not conform to the dominant use of English, as languages are the most relevant form of cultural identity. We all live in a world with different and many ways of knowing; hence there is no cultural need to have a unified system that makes people abandon their cultural identities. Culture is a non-verbal narrative that guides and nourishes people in their daily social lives because, in the world, there are families as the basic unit, communities, societies, and jurisdictional territories which orient and characterize people (https://www.globalonenessproject.org/). It is essential to ensure that everyone has a place to call home because it is the first significant factor of cultural identity. Some people identify as Mexicans, Chinese, Egyptians, and Britons; because they have a social identity.
On the contrary, refugees do not have identities or a reason why they feel and are homeless and live at the mercy of dominant states who may even refuse to host them because of cultural differences (Falola., 2023). For instance, thousands of Haitians try to escape their turmoil by going to the Southern part of the United States, especially Miami, via the Atlantic Ocean; some are refused, giving them nowhere to go. As humans, we ought to respect all cultures and languages and ensure every human has a place to call home.
References:
Globalonenessproject.org (nd). https://www.globalonenessproject.org/
Falola, T. (2023). Memories of Africa: Home and Abroad in the United States. Univ. Press of Mississippi.
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