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Modern America : Old Challenges in Modern Contexts

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Modern America : Old Challenges in Modern Contexts

While the United States of America boasts itself as the land of the free and the home of the

brave , there remain the problems of social prejudice and illiteracy . The history of the United States is witness to how blacks were mistreated and enslaved in earlier years while the problem of illiteracy has continued to hinder the growth of a portion of its population from reaching its full capacities in the context of the workplace . Prejudice and illiteracy are just two of the many challenges the United States of America and its people face in these modern times especially in a world where everything appears to have been globalized . That is , as peoples and nations become more and more intertwined with one another , the greater the challenge is for Americans in coping with the changing times . One way to overcome the obstacles brought about by globalization is to eliminate or , at the least , greatly lessen the illiteracy rates and the instances of prejudice

One of the main features of the contemporary age of globalization is the modern workplace where people intermingle with individuals from across national bs without leaving their cubicles or offices . Given the dynamics behind the daily communication efforts made in these places , race relations is paramount . For instance , it is not a farfetched case where American employees working in a firm with contacts and clients from across the world can have encounters with people from another race such as Asians or Africans . Racial prejudice casts a great detrimental effect on the communication between the employee and the foreign client or contact , especially when the American worker strongly despises Blacks , Asians , or any race other than his or her own . It hampers the lines of communication by allowing hatred to other races to hinder the flow of information exchange . More importantly , it isolates both the American company and the American worker from the other parts of the world just by ignoring or by exercising a negative attitude towards people from other races or countries

Another important illustration is from within the workplace itself where people from various races work in a single office , regardless of whether the office population is small or large . If prejudiced Americans are placed along with workers coming from other regions of the world , it is most likely that there will be no harmony and fluid working environment and working relationship among the employees . Worse prejudice can lead to corporate dysfunction where the workers do not get along well with one another just because one American worker cannot take the situation where he or she...