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One Black comedian is so popular in Japan. He was interviewed about racism in Japan. We can watch this interview video with Black man. This was so interesting. This man speaks English but we have Japanese subtitles so easy to understand. I highly recommend you to watch.

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【僕が日本で感じたこと】アイクぬわら人種差別インタビューを見て思う本当のところ。

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In this video, we can learn the difference between Latino and Hispanic. In today's section, I wondered the difference of these two words. And I could find that Latino is a geographical word from this video. And Latino is a name of the race.

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Latino or Hispanic? What's the difference? - BBC News

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Start of today's section, Dr. Nydia showed us the music of Latin American's music. I love music, so I was interested in that music. I have listened to that music and seen some music instruments in the video before. This video shows Latin American's music instruments. I want to play Cajon! I wish I can play these instruments someday.

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In today’s section, we had a presentation by Dr. Nydia Martinez. Her presentation was about Latin Hispanic. Before today’s section, a knowledge about Hispanic that I had was only that they are the people who are connected to Spain. But I caught many information about them. I was interested in the effect of Hispanic culture to the culture of the U.S. In the U.S, there are more Mexican restaurant than the other restaurant even more than Mac Donald’s. And, moreover, in the area of language, Spanish is the second most common language in the U.S. Like this, Hispanic culture affects largely in America. This is because the Hispanics’ fast increasing of the population Dr. Nydia mentioned. And, we watched the live streaming on YouTube about “The Bluest Eye” written by Toni Morrison. This was so difficult for me. But after that we also watched the movie. In this movie, Toni Morrison was interviewed. I’m not sure whether I could catch the meaning correctly, but I was impressed. She said that recently, in some books, black women were the center of the stories. But they didn’t focus on the black girl. So she decided to put one black girl into the center of her book. Morrison wanted her to be surrounded by people. This was the motivation to write her book she said in the video. I was impressed by her words.

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In this web site, many individual people answer the question, "What is America?" I think this is similar to "Who is America?" Reading some answers, I came up with an idea. I think everyone can be an American. Of course, in America, there are so many races. But, we cannot say that they are not American because their ancestors are from Europe. It is not true. I think America includes so many races, so accepting other race people is important.

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Answer (1 of 62): I am going to add this historical point. Back in the early 1600's, the English were not exactly supposed to be showing up in the temperate zone of the eastern coast of North America, coming ashore and forming colonies. Spain and Portugal had claimed the entire hemisphere for th...

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Hello Robinson. It was grate to see you in this program. I had a precious time to talk with you. I have some questions that I couldn't ask you. I'm glad that you will respond my questions.

Questions
1. To understand the other race, what do you think is the most important?
2. Do you have any positive or negative expression as a black person?
3. Is there any movement that claim Asian racism like Black Lives Matter?

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In this section, we did mainly two things. First is talking with BJ Robinson. And the other is reading and watching task about Hispanic. Talking with BJ Robinson was so interesting. He is a teacher of arts and music at the same time, he is a music director. And I asked him a question, “Do you have any specific experiences as music and art teacher?” He answered and told us that experience. The most important thing is that we have to communicate each other. We have to explore our thinking. To understand each other, we have to continue to contact. It was interesting. And then, we read an article and watched a video about Hispanic. And we read a lesson plan. This was also exciting task. In the lesson plan, there was a question. It was “Who is American?” This was so interesting question for me. In the history of America, there were Native Americans. But later, Europeans came to America. Then I learned that Dominicans came to find work. And now, so many Asian people, African people and people from the other area are in America. So, answering this question is so difficult and important. But we have to think to understand each other I believe.

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The misunderstandings of Native Americans

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The misunderstandings of Native Americans

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In this video, some Native American girls are answering questions. I could know the word 'red skin'. One girl said that this word is racism. I think so too. And I learned more about Native Americans.

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6 Misconceptions About Native American People | Teen Vogue

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The similarities between Japanese and Native Americans

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The similarities between Japanese and Native Americans

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When I see pictures of Native Americans, I always think that Japanese and Native Americans have similar face. So I searched on the Internet. This Japanese article says there are three similarities. They are face, words and way of thinking. But the relationship of Native Americans and Japanese is not discovered yet. I hope we have.

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ナバホ族を含めたネイティブアメリカンは大元をたどると、アジアから来ているのをご存じですか？

これが、 人類が移動した地図 です。

（出展Wikipedia)

大陸がつながっていたような昔々、祖先は同じモンゴロイド系から来たアメリカインディアン。

実はあまり知られていないけど、 スケールを大きくして考えれば人類はもともとどこかから来た人たちなわけで、そう考えるととても壮大な話 です。
ネイティブアメリカンと日本人、共通点というのは実はたくさんあります。
写真は純血ナバホ族のメンズたち。

これはとてもとても大事で大きなポイントです。
顔が似ている日本人。日本人側からしてもネイティブアメリカン側からしても、とても親近感がわきます。
写真を見て、明らかに欧米の白人さんやアフリカ人、メキシコ人の顔とは違うのが分かっていただけるかと思います。
「顔が似ている」というのが本能的に「親近感」に直結することは外人の多い海外に住んでみて痛感します。
あの人、おじさんに似ている。。。

私は今ナバホ族の父として慕う人のことを最初見たときに思いました。その日から私の中で、彼の名前は「アンクル(おじさん)」となりました。

「顔が似ている」だけで安心感を感じるというのは日本にいるとなかなか感じることがないですが、敵か味方かを判断するような「人間としての本能」なのだと思います。

ネイティブアメリカンは私たちの味方、と本能が察知するわけです。

ナバホ語は、とても難しいです。

（学校では少し数字や挨拶を覚える程度。スペイン語やほかの外国語をちょっと勉強する程度で100％は教えてくれません。）

そんな覚えるのが難しいナバホ語ですが、とても日本語と似ている言葉があります。

英語でいうと、That way と　This way。

これがナバホ語になると、
他にもとてもたくさんの言葉が日本語の言葉とリンクします。
「ハコネ」はナバホ語でまたねという意味

「マナ」はホピ語で少女という意味

「カラシ」はズニ語でカラスという意味

「ヤラ」はズニ語で山という意味

他にもたくさんあります。文章にできる能力はまだないですが、少しでもわかる単語があるととても親近感がわいてきます。

リザベーションのネイティブアメリカンの人々はものすごく簡単に言うと、 「日本の田舎の人たち」と似ています。

イベントがあるたびに親戚一同が集まる。

他の町や海外に行くのを恐れたり、見たことのないものに拒否反応を示す。

その土地にある大きな木を聖なるものとしてたたえる。

豊作を祈るための歌や祈りをささげる。

毎日をただただ生きる。

日本人と似てませんか？

私は日本の田舎の人々を思い浮かべます。

私の父の田舎は高知県の山奥の村で公共交通機関と呼ばれるものが家の近くまでは通っていない、農村地域です。

祖母は畑をやり、毎日家と畑の往復で、娯楽といえば新聞とテレビとラジオ。ご近所の親戚に井戸端会議をしに行き、近くの集会所に集まり、たまの贅沢といえば近くの商店のアイスクリームでした。
奥深いリザベーションの人々の形を見ると、その村の人たちのことを考えます。
羊飼いをして、家と家畜の世話を仕事にし、家に帰ってテレビとラジオを楽しみ、暇があると親戚のおうちに遊びに行く。たまに子供や孫たちが来ると一緒に町で食事をして、買い出しをする。

夫が初めて日本に来るとき、 「海を渡るなんて、、、」って年配のおばさんに心配やら軽蔑やらされた そうです。2009年なので10年以上も前の話になりますが、それでも海外旅行が当たり前の日本人からしたら「考え方古い！」ってなりますよね。

それが、高知県の人生で数回しか本州に出たことのないおばあちゃんに「アメリカに行ってくる」というとしたら、「 ありゃ、アメリカってあの戦争の国かい、なぜそんな国に、、、。」 ってなっていたと思います。

「ネイティブアメリカン」として自己の文化を育てていった部族と「大和の国」として自己の文化を育てていった日本人

日本人が一番驚いて共感するのがここです。
「八百万の神」と「自然崇拝」 「独自の言葉で独自の文化があること」というのは本当に誇らしいことです。
だから多くの日本人は「よそ者」として儀式を見ていても、どこかに共通点が感じられて感動させられ、魅了されてしまいます。
日本の文化も同じように発展してきたからこそ、日本人のスピリットにネイティブアメリカンのスピリットが刺さります。

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インディアンと日本人は似ている

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ナバホ族を含めたネイティブアメリカンは大元をたどると、アジアから来ているのをご存じですか？ これが、 人類が移動した地図 です。 （出展Wikipedia) 大陸がつながっていたような昔々、祖先は同じモンゴロイド系から来たアメリカインディアン。 実はあまり知られていないけど、 スケールを大きくして考えれば人類はもともとどこかから来た人たちなわけで、そう考えるととても壮大な話 です。 ...

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In today’s section, we learned about Native Americans. First, we read an article about Native American’s issues. In this article, we could know many vocabularies. For example, tribe, boundary and sovereignty. These are so important vocabulary to understand about Native Americans. We could hear important words like these after this reading task. So, after reading task, we watched a video that interviewed Native Americans in a festival. In this video, we learned the cultures of Native Americans. The most interesting thing for me was the dream catcher. It looks like spider web, and has a feather. It prevents us from a bad dream. I love it. Lastly, we discussed with volunteers. In this discussion, we watched another video. In this video, one woman said that Native Americans went thorough the bad history. They were discriminated and raped, even killed. I was shocked with that fact. And, water therapy was interesting. They can feel ancestors’ memory or thinking through this therapy. And they can wash away bad things.

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I read the Japanese article. The picture shows Yuriko Koike. She is a mayor of Tokyo. And she succeeded to be a first female mayor. She said female has many problems to demonstrate their ability.

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I watched the video of option1. In option one, I could learn about the cultures of Native Americans for example, houses, foods and arts. And I found that there are some kinds of Native Americans. In each area of America, they included one kind of Native Americans. And I thought Native Americans had similar face to Asian. I'm curious about it. Also the video said Native Americans used nature items to live. Furthermore, they made some arts from them like mats and potteries. It was so surprising because they were so beautiful. Today, we learned the cultures of the Native Americans, so now I want to know today's Native Americans in this week's section.

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Today, firstly we discussed about gender. One of the topic was the differences and similarities between Japan and America. We found one interesting similarity. It was “Some people don’t want women to be a president. In our country, Japan, we haven’t seen a female president. But now, in Tokyo, we have a female mayor named Yuriko Koike. So I think way of thinking is changing. This is good I think because my opinion is that if person have abilities to lead people, he, she or they should be a leader regardless of the person’s gender. Secondly, we learned about Native American. Especially Native Americans live in Plateau. I was surprised that in Plateau, temperature go up to over 100 degrees in summer, and in winter, it goes down to under 0 degrees. This was so surprising to me. They struggled to live I read in the web site. This was so exciting work.

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This is the LGBTQ community in Japan. This community works to spread the information about sexual minors. And they worked through 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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プライドハウス東京 - PRIDE HOUSE TOKYO JAPAN 2020 -

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About
Pride
House
Tokyo

Pride House Tokyo is a project that transcends sector boundaries to link various groups, individuals and corporations in solidarity. Pride House Tokyo will take the opportunity of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics to establish a pop-up information center and spread information related to LGBT people and other sexual minorities, as well as provide various events and programs related to diversity. In addition to working to ensure that LGBT athletes, their friends and families, spectators and local participants are free to be themselves as they enjoy a diversity-themed Olympics, it also aims to create a permanent safe space for the next generation of LGBT youth as an enduring legacy of 2020.

The Pride House Tokyo consortium is working toward fully developing a comprehensive plan for Pride House Tokyo as shown below. Divided into the three phases of the period leading up to the Olympics and Paralympics (TOWARD 2020), the period during the Olympics and Paralympics (UNITED 2020) and the period after hosting the Olympics and Paralympics (BEYOND 2020), this plan links various roles and responsibilities that will utilize the strengths of each group and individual within the Pride House Tokyo consortium.

The period leading up to the Olympics and the Paralympics
（September 2018 - July 2020）

●Inform
Pride House Tokyo will spread information about LGBT people, LGBT people in sports, and LGBT culture, etc., through various interactive initiatives, as well as provide information to sports-related groups and organizations

●Gather
Pride House Tokyo will procure operating funds by collecting donations, and along with creating activities and programs for 2020, it will also develop a pop-up Pride House Tokyo space.

During the Olympics and the Paralympics
（July - September 2020）

●Celebrate
The Pride House Tokyo space will be established in downtown Tokyo. It will offer opportunities for large numbers of people to experience the beauty of diversity. We will share messages from LGBT athletes and allies, and we will create mechanisms to support LGBT people through product purchases.

●Save
Pride House Tokyo will distribute information related to sexual health, provide media guidelines, and provide consultations and a support network for anyone in need.

After the Olympics and the Paralympics
（September 2020 - ）

●Create
Pride House Tokyo: Legacy (provisional name) will be established as a permanent LGBT center with the goal of creating a safe space for the next generation of young LGBT people. Pride House Tokyo will support efforts to create similar locations all across Japan based on its accumulated experience, past projects and knowledge.

●Sustain
Pride House Tokyo will not rely on donations, aid and endowments as its sole sources of revenue. Rather, it will create education and information consulting programs as an independent business, and thus establish itself as a sustainable organization. The Pride House Tokyo consortium will consider how to actively make use of government social sector policies such as utilization of dormant deposits and employment of civil servants in dual roles.

The Pride House Tokyo consortium views taking a collective impact approach and participating in local government and corporate projects as crucial to having a broader, more positive impact on Japanese society. In particular, the consortium is actively calling on local governments connected to the Olympics and Paralympics as well as corporations that are official partners of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. In addition to receiving support from corporations, the Pride House Tokyo consortium is also considering new methods for procuring operational funds that involve substantial civic involvement such as charity events and crowd-funding, as well as developing a sustainable framework. In order to increase the number of allies (people who understand and support LGBT issues) in the sports world who can promote greater understanding of LGBT issues with positive messages and actions, the consortium also plans to encourage outreach to sports groups and groups related to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, as well as promote the Athlete Ally Ambassador Program which features prominent athletes as advocates for LGBT people and issues.

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I searched about Rainbow flag on the Internet. And I found so many kinds of flags. And we can know that rainbow has changed several times from this picture.

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Today, we learned about LGBTQ+ from Maggie. Her presentation is mainly about gender. I could know new words and some words more deeply. I was especially interested in Aromantic, Pansexual and Demiromantic. Aromantic is person who isn’t drawn to people romantically. And Pansexual is person who is attracted to all gender. Lastly Demisexual is person who is attracted to emotional connection. And more interesting thing for me was about LGBTQ+’s flag. We looked some flags. One is for lesbians, and the other one is for gays, and the other is for bisexual. I didn’t know the meaning of the rainbow. Today Maggie taught us the meaning of each colors. This was so interesting. And, after listening to Maggie, we talked with students in EWU Pride Center. At this point, I asked one question “Did you see the person who is ally?” And one of them told us about the story about rainbow cake. After telling she is LGBTQ+ person, her grandmother made her a rainbow cake. This story was so heart-warming. And I could know that rainbow means so important for LGBTQ+ people.

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This is a song sung by The Blue Hearts. The Blue Hearts is a Japanese band that I like so much. This song claims that we shouldn't discrimination. I love this song. And this is the link to lyrics in English: https://lyricstranslate.com/ja/%E9%9D%92%E7%A9%BA-aozoraaoisora.html

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Today we did mainly two things. One is listening to Vanessa about her movement. And secondly we discussed with Tomoko, Erina and students. First, Vanessa’s story is about helping minority people like LGBTQ people. It was so interesting. She makes communities to help them. Minority people feel not good if there is no community of them. So, to encourage them, she does movement to create a community. Also, she advised us. As a teacher, we should meet a student individually. I think it is important to support them. They don’t want to talk about themselves, so teachers have to make trust from them. This was the thing that I was mots interested in from Vanessa’s story. And secondly, we talked with Tomoko and Erina. They lived in Japan 18 or 20 years ago. From them, we could learn some differences between Japan and America about racism, LGBTQ people and culture. The most interesting thing that I heard from them is about racism. It is sure that not many people in America hate people who is not white. But I had an image that any place include people like that (I know the number of people like thai is not so much). But they taught me not all of the area in America have discriminations. Recently Black lives matter movement is so hot, but the fact is that we don’t have to worry to much about it. This made me comfortable, and I became to want to go to America more!

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Vanessa told us so many about her movement. One thing is about what she is doing in her organization. She said she and her co-workers make communities which help people who are not majority like black people and LGBTQ+ people. This movement is so important for them because people like that feel not good if they don't belong to any community. So Vanessa and her organization give community to connect people. And secondly, she advised us how to achieve as a teacher. As a teacher, to help minority people, we have to know each other. But, minority and young people don't want to speak first. So, as a teacher, we should expose ourselves first. It will encourage students to speak themselves and know each other.

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Today, we learned about LGBTQ+ people. This is the one that I wanted to know about in this program. So today’s lesson was interesting. Firstly, we looked the gender unicorn. By using it, we can figure what we are. And we also watched a video about LGBTQ+. In this video one gay boy struggled to a society. He noticed that LGBTQ+ people are bullied in schools. So he decided to make a community to help LGBTQ+ people. Once it was denied by principal. But he could find an ally. An ally gave him a classroom to make community. So he succeeded to build a community. Lastly, we discussed about LGBTQ+. I learned that in the US, it is super common that there are so many kinds of LGBTQ+ people. But in Japan, we don’t know people like that. I think this comes from Japanese character. However they do exist in Japan too. So we need to be careful about it. Not to hurt them(although I didn’t mean to do so) we should learn about LGBTQ+.

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This video is about a man who married one woman. In 1998, he and his wife thought that they should divorce. They lived in California and in California, a husband and his wife had to live separated for an year before divorce. So he traveled to think more about himself as a gay. While this travel, he put a rainbow stripe sticker on the back of his car. Sometimes, people gave him a honk or nod as they see that sticker. It means "You're not alone. You're in the same community with us." That encouraged him to tell that he is a gay to his family, friend and his wife. He and his wife talked about their future, and decided to live separated to be happy. Now he married a man and he was able to be happy. Lastly, he thinks telling about ourselves to people is difficult or it seems it has a high hurdle. But maybe it is not high hurdle as you think.

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Gay Man Confronted By Ex-Wife. “I Hear You Have a Rainbow Sticker on Your Car."

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In class activity: I say, you do! (Teaching verbs)

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Learn English with our free online listening, grammar, vocabulary and reading activities. Practise your English and get ready for your Cambridge English exam.

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Today we learned how students learn English and teachers should teach English. As a English learner we should produce English. It means we should write or speak. And when we speak English, we feel scared, embarrassed or bad emotion. So teachers should tell students not to scare mistakes. Mistakes are important. Next, we should use language. Not practice language. In other words, students should solve a problem using English. Just practicing is not effective way to learn English. And to motivate students, teachers should set easy and exciting tasks. Game is one of the good example of this. Lastly, we should learn or teach English with someone. Studying alone is good, but speaking with someone is more effective way.

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Hello. My name is Taiyo. I live in Mito, Ibaraki. I like to play a drum. And I'm interested in music in USA. I want to know about Indians and LGBTQ. So I decided to participate this program. My English level is quite low. But I wish I can do my best.

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What things can you do to learn English? 

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What things can you do to learn English? 

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1. Learn English by memorizing phrases
2. Ask questions
3. Discuss with other students and other English Speakers
4. Try to understand
5. Listen to Native Speakers' English
6. Listen, listen, and listen
7. Read, read, and read
8. Before class, prepare notes, research before meeting someone
9. Look at the Workshop Page
10. Look up words like BLM and LGBTQ before class
11. During, take notes, review the notes, and watch videos again