The Plight and Rise of the Black Race (From The Ranting Files) / Japanese School Festival
Japanese Sentence of the Week : Kiwotsukete kudasai / 気をつけて下さい/ Be careful or take care
Days 1908 - 1914
Sunday, June 9 - 15, 2013
Day 1908 ( Madagascar 3 )
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Stayed in and watched Madagascar 3. Believe me, I thought it was going to be a waste of my time. But shockingly it was really funny!!! I had some good laughs. The story was interesting and it was good fun for the whole family. If you like to have a good laugh, then you should watch it. I give it a 7.5/10.
And it got a
5 - Download/Stream Worthy (Want to see a movie badly? Don't want to waste money? Are you ok with stealing/downloading and/or sharing/streaming movies? If your answer is yes to any or all of these, then this is for you.... )
with my review system.
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Day 1909 ( )
Monday, June 3, 2013
Did my one class at the YMCA not too far from where I live. The students in this class are getting very disrespectful. I try to make the class happy and fun but something just ain't right with these kids. Especially because it seem like their parents force them to do English. I had to speak very strongly to one of the students today, to which everyone got silent. I'm going to tell the boss about them just in case. I also need to make peace with them because I can't afford to lose even 1 class.
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Day 1910 ( )
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Had 2 short classes at the high school. They invited me to their welcome/goodbye party. I then went to my second job and of course got home at the usual 10:30 pm on Tuesday nights.
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Day 1911 ( The Plight and Rise of the Black Race - From The Ranting Files )
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Today my classes were all cut to 40 mins without the schools telling me anything. I learnt when I arrived at the school in the morning. There are few things more annoying than this. So when I got there, the class already started 20 mins before.
I must say that I really enjoy teaching high school. Unfortunately the pay sucks... Summer is going to be TERRIBLE!! Especially because I have a trip to Singapore coming up as well as my tax !!! Darn tax I have to pay to keep Japanese old people healthy. Well that isn't so bad after all right?
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The Plight of the Black Race
Just another random thing I wanted to write about. Some things we face just being black. I guess I can speak on behalf of all black people wherever they are, Africa, Caribbean, Europe, Asia, US, South America. Cause from yuh black, yuh jus black. (Because if you are black, you are just black.. no matter how mixed you are or think you are).
Here are some points I made.
We are abundantly successful in only certain areas. Key word abundantly.
What are black people mostly hugely successful in? You can guess it easily:
Sports - Too many to name. Basket ball players, American football players.... etc etc
Entertainment... Be it movies, singing or what ever.. Many in this area too.
How many successful black business men out there? Some are around but not as much as athletes and entertainers.
Most predominantly black countries / communities are marred by corruption, violence, trickery and a general unsafe feeling.
Except for a few predominantly black countries like say Barbados, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and The Cayman islands to name a few... The vast majority of them are either unheard of or has a bad reputation. Check out the African nations and many Caribbean nations. Wars, gangs and kidnapping etc galore.
How about in America? There are some places in New York, California, Detroit and Washington DC where you don't want to go.
There are a few communities around with educated blacks though.....Not many by a long shot.
Not Many other races like us very much
Anywhere in the world that black people go, there will be some others that just don't like us because of our color. Go to Europe, Asia, Latin America... It's all the same...Hey even we don't like ourselves at times you know. Ever tried to get some statistics on Black on Black crime? I'm sure it would be shocking.
Check out what some Black European soccer players go through. Particularly in countries from the Old Roman Empire like Spain, France and Italy...Even sometimes when a black guy is playing for a particular club, their own club members will booo them, make monkey sounds, throw bananas on the field and what not. Nothing will happen to these fans because its not a concern to the management.
Go to any Asian country... Any one....You are going to be stared at. And seen as suspicious depending on the country you go to. Latin America? I heard a story recently of a Black lawyer in Peru, where the judge thought he was the janitor and couldn't believe that he was a lawyer until he got his documents...... My friend also said a Mexican restaurant here in Japan... Didn't want to accept her... Yup we still face all manner of crap after hundreds of years...
Lots of Division Even Among Blacks
It is probably true that we don't try to build each other up when we see a Black brother/sister doing well. One person might "Bad mind (grudge)" the other and possibly even attempt to sabotage them. Or the reverse may happen... With the person who get promoted start looking down on his/her colleagues. And oooh how we love to quarrel and fight.... Do you know about the bloods and crips in the US? How about One order and Clansman in Jamaica? Who are they made up of?? All blacks.... These guys can't be reasoned with to stop the foolishness.
Was it predicted in the Bible That We Black People would Have Trouble for The Rest of Our lives?
I know that not many people believe in the Bible but yeah still. Long time ago, and maybe even today still, some White Christians quoted this verse to support the slavery of Black people:
Genesis 9:24-27
When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said,
“Cursed be Canaan!
The lowest of slaves
will he be to his brothers.”
The lowest of slaves
will he be to his brothers.”
26 He also said,
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem!
May Canaan be the slave of Shem.
27 May God extend Japheth’s territory;
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,
and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”
May Canaan be the slave of Shem.
27 May God extend Japheth’s territory;
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,
and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”
A little background to this... Noah (The dude who built the huge boat with animals) had 3 sons. Shem, Ham and Japheth. Historically, at least, Japheth is believed to be the ancestor of White people, Shem, the ancestor of Middle Eastern and Asian people and Ham the ancestor of Africans. Ham had a son called Caanan. And Noah cursed him as seen above... If this is true.. Then it can be said that the rest is history. We are still suffering the effects of this curse.
Black Christians as well as some White Christians explain this away, saying it was the racist Whites who used this verse to push forward their agenda. But, what if it was really true??? That God cursed us forever?
Is it Human nature to not like Black?
Why are kids afraid of the dark? Why are there negative connotations attached to stuff like "Black Cat", "Black Sheep", "Black magic" for example? Why is it that in Jamaica, lots of men tend to praise the "Browning (Females with lighter colored skin)?"... Again in Jamaica why is it some people say "Yuh black like (your skin is very dark)" as a way to ridicule someone? Is it that we blacks just naturally prefer seeing none-blacks? What is it?
We Get Successful Only to a Certain Point And No Further. But That is Slowly Changing
So maybe in the last 15 years or so... Some multi-millionaire/Billionaire Black people surfaced. Even a few gaining Multi-Billionaire status. But!!! Check out any big company all over the world... Maybe there are only a handful of black CEOs. And 90% or more of them are Black Americans.... They all stop at a certain point. American's and Europeans will only allow us to get to a certain point. Recently a few Africans have popped up though. That's good. Maybe it will become better in the future... Just maybe..
Even before the entire continent of Africa was conquered by the Europeans, it was being raped by the other middle east countries. Assyria, Babylon, Persia etc.... It was always being reset, time and time again. Some say that our own African brothers sold us into slavery, which maybe true, but this is an old practice. Slavery has been around forever. And there was no way Africans could have defended themselves against the invasion of Europe which was wayy more advanced technologically and otherwise. So even if the guys didn't sell their brother's into slavery, Europe would've still conquered Africa. Heck, they conquered the word!! That is why there are so many Chinese and Indians in Jamaica today....Britain sent them from the main land. Do you really think every single one of those 50 or so countries in Africa were deceived by their fellow brothers?? I think not.
So why is it that the countries above the equator became more advanced than the countries below it? Well I think the most logical explanation is that because up north is so cold, they had to find ways to survive. So it was more of a survival instinct. They had to develop or die. But the countries down south are warm and nice so its more comfortable and fosters laziness. So why develop when you are warm and comfortable? I think this continues even to this very day. Plus that lazy and comfortable DNA will pass down to our descendants. While the developing DNA will pass on to those in the developed countries. And the cycle will probably never end.
Africa is blessed with natural resources. But the people there weren't blessed with the know-how of capitalizing on these natural resources. So the Europeans and Asians go down there and make good use of it.
Anyway, I do have hope for a brighter future for us. I hope we will one day be able to walk anywhere and do anything without any trouble. And I hope to see more Blacks rising up the corporate ladder and owning their business etc. I'm sure we can do it. It's happening slowly but surely...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
We are in the rainy season now so rain fell for the most part today. I had the first real lesson with my new private student today. And as I mentioned last week, this lady has a baby clothes business for over 20 years. And her business is booming .... she does her stuff online. I asked her how much is her monthly expenses for the business. She broke it down for me 1 by 1 and the total was a whopping 6,000,000 yen per month!!!!! Unbelievable....
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Day 1913 ( )
Friday, June 14, 2013
Today was another one of those days where I go to work for a couple hours and do nothing. The students were preparing for their bunkasai (School festival) so everyone was busy cleaning, painting charts, doing flower arrangements, making tents etc.. So I went home after a couple hours then did 1 hour at the YMCA.
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Day 1914 ( School Festival )
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Had my usual 3 classes at YMCA today. One of them was an open class where the parents came to visit. It went well I believe.
After YMCA I went to my school festival with my big haired friend. As soon as we entered the school yard, some students started shouting her name .... I was like "What?", "Isn't this my school??" How come they are calling to her ??? Not one soul seemed to recognized me... Many of the visitors were from her Junior high school. It was after a long while, some of the students recognized me. I don't normally dress casual so I guess it confused them??
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