respond to this statement:
The theory of Cosmopolitanism is the belief that all people are entitled to equal respect and consideration, no matter what their citizenship status or other affiliations happen to be. (Britanica/2015)
My personal belief of attempting to bring countries together on major issues of justice is that it would be a difficult task. You will have to take into account the different cultures and what has been practiced for years as well as deal with the different victimology’s within that country/nation. Change has to come from within and not forced upon you. We have to have a common goal to work towards in order to achieve equality as human beings no matter what the ethnicity, race, gender, religion, or affiliation.
Change and acceptance has to come from within and then grow. An example of change coming from within is regarding the trafficking of human beings. Human trafficking is a global problem and one of the worlds most shameful crimes, affecting the lives of millions of people around the world and robbing them of their dignity. (UNODC/2022)
This is something that has been practiced for years since early ancient times. The practice of abducting blacks from African Nations was an accepted culture, until the Civil War in the United States changed that. (Wallace and Robertson/Victimology).
The Civil War was a huge step in the right direction in achieving equality. Civil rights movements made even more progress. The International Criminal Court is also a huge step in accepting the fact that this is a crime against humanity. But I still feel that even today, there is still a ton of work in the acceptance of all human beings and giving everyone equal respect. I do believe that cosmopolitanism can work with the major issues of criminal justice for most countries. But for the countries that are behind in the kind of progress we have made; this will not be an easy transition. You can’t accept and respect individual differences of people nationally until you accept them in your own backyard, in my opinion.
