Comments on: Half-caste symphony, half ear, half head, half foot http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/half-caste_symphony_half_ear_half_head_half_foot.html black looks Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:12:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Beauty http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/half-caste_symphony_half_ear_half_head_half_foot.html#comment-101061 Beauty Sun, 25 May 2008 13:19:42 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/half-caste_symphony_half_ear_half_head_half_foot.html#comment-101061 <blockquote><strong>I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.</strong></blockquote> When I 1st came across this Maya Angelou quote about how hurtful people could be, it brought the type of sadness that begged the question. Which hurt you more? Those people or our people? Beautys last blog post..<a href="http://nigeriawhatisnew.blogspot.com/2008/05/greed-game-smart-game.html" rel="nofollow">The Greed Game? The smart game!</a>

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

When I 1st came across this Maya Angelou quote about how hurtful people could be, it brought the type of sadness that begged the question. Which hurt you more? Those people or our people?

Beautys last blog post..The Greed Game? The smart game!

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/half-caste_symphony_half_ear_half_head_half_foot.html#comment-101057 Sokari Sun, 25 May 2008 12:45:06 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/half-caste_symphony_half_ear_half_head_half_foot.html#comment-101057 Beauty @ "We have this huge problem at home yet people claim racism abroad." My brother and I experienced both almost simultaneously - on visits to England we would be called "nig nog" "sambo" "wog" and "paki" by the local kids then return home to Nigeria only to be called "half-caste" which is not just a "descriptive" but is loaded with notions of superior / inferior, exclusion etc. And yes I think these abuses have very long term effects on children's psyche that continues in adulthood in one form or the other. Beauty @ “We have this huge problem at home yet people claim racism abroad.” My brother and I experienced both almost simultaneously - on visits to England we would be called “nig nog” “sambo” “wog” and “paki” by the local kids then return home to Nigeria only to be called “half-caste” which is not just a “descriptive” but is loaded with notions of superior / inferior, exclusion etc. And yes I think these abuses have very long term effects on children’s psyche that continues in adulthood in one form or the other.

]]> By: Beuty http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/half-caste_symphony_half_ear_half_head_half_foot.html#comment-101053 Beuty Sun, 25 May 2008 12:24:54 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/half-caste_symphony_half_ear_half_head_half_foot.html#comment-101053 This is the type of required learning in Nigeria, excellent poetry that reflects today. How much education will it take to refer to people without disrespecting their race and evaluating them according to the preconceptions of one’s own? We have this huge problem at home yet people claim racism abroad. But then look up to the sky and see how tiny our biosphere is in order to appreciate how insignificant we all are. Beutys last blog post..<a href="http://nigeriawhatisnew.blogspot.com/2008/05/greed-game-smart-game.html" rel="nofollow">The Greed Game? The smart game!</a> This is the type of required learning in Nigeria, excellent poetry that reflects today. How much education will it take to refer to people without disrespecting their race and evaluating them according to the preconceptions of one’s own? We have this huge problem at home yet people claim racism abroad. But then look up to the sky and see how tiny our biosphere is in order to appreciate how insignificant we all are.

Beutys last blog post..The Greed Game? The smart game!

]]> By: richard oshowole http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/half-caste_symphony_half_ear_half_head_half_foot.html#comment-101050 richard oshowole Sun, 25 May 2008 10:24:03 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/half-caste_symphony_half_ear_half_head_half_foot.html#comment-101050 The term half caste has its rigins in the colonial and racist era and should be treated in the same way as odious terms from that era. The term half caste has its rigins in the colonial and racist era and should be treated in the same way as odious terms from that era.

]]> By: aeye http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/half-caste_symphony_half_ear_half_head_half_foot.html#comment-101045 aeye Sun, 25 May 2008 03:58:58 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/half-caste_symphony_half_ear_half_head_half_foot.html#comment-101045 This is a good poem full of insight. Thanks for posting it. Really makes you think of the duality of life for many people. This is a good poem full of insight. Thanks for posting it. Really makes you think of the duality of life for many people.

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