Students filled the classroom to capacity at one of the many lectures at Moorpark College’s annual Multicultural Day.

Then, when professor Ishita Edwards challenged the class to come up with an opinion on globalization, the responses varied.

“It’s a challenging question,” said Perla Hernandez, 19, biology major. “It can be both a good and bad thing. It allows us to have our cheap products, but at what cost? And a better question might be at who’s cost?”

While the majority of the students agreed with Hernandez’s statement, many were reluctant to explain the negative side of globalization.

Carmel Gutherz, 20, sociology major, was one of the few who spoke her mind.

“People are losing jobs to machines and people in other countries,” said Gutherz. “We need them, but at the same time we are competing against them.”

Edwards encouraged the class to look at globalization from various points of view.

“If you asked a worker in the United States who lost his job due to outsourcing, he would tell you globalization is horrible,” said Edwards. “But if you ask a worker who gained a job, a worker who now is able to help their families, they would tell you globalization is amazing.”