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noracismnews | 17 Aprile, 2007 13:00
Recensioni:
"La Razza in campo" e "Black Italians"
di Mauro Valeri
Mauro Valeri. Studioso, sociologo, docente universitario, psicoterapeuta e massimo esperto di fenomeni xenofobi in Italia.
"La razza in campo"
Editore EdUP / 2005
Da Andrade a Pelè, da Gullit a Weah, da Ronaldo ad Henry, Mauro Valeri ripercorre le vicende, sportive ed umane, di calciatori neri e meticci che sono riusciti ad affermarsi sui campi di calcio e, nel loro piccolo, a combattere il razzismo.
"Ho scelto il calcio - spiega Valeri - perché è lo sport nazionale, chiunque in Italia se ne interessa. E poi perché credo che educhi all'integrazione, come dimostra la mia antica venerazione per Pelè: quando un campione ti appassiona la razza passa in secondo piano, contano di più la fantasia, la freschezza. Infine perché la storia del football offre provocazioni divertenti, nessuno può negare che sia stato l'ingresso dei neri a fare grandi alcune squadre".
"L'obiettivo di questo libro è anche quello di far riflettere sulle nuove forme di discriminazione di cui sono vittime in Italia i figli degli immigrati.Non siamo ancora pronti culturalmente ad aprirci a questa realtà ed il sistema sportivo italiano l'affronta unicamente opponendovi lo strumento delle quote, affinché venga mantenuta la presenza di giocatori italiani sui campi di calcio. Ma in questo modo i ragazzi ed i bambini figli di immigrati hanno difficoltà di accesso al mondo sportivo, come testimoniano alcuni casi giudiziari recenti".
"La razza in campo" è dedicato al piccolo Luca Amorese, il "Pelè del Quadraro", un ragazzino nero della borgata romana scomparso misteriosamente anni fa, pare ucciso da italiani, "uno dei tanti che sperava di trovare nel calcio uno spazio d'integrazione".
"Black Italians"
Editore Palombi/ 2006
"Trentanove storie - racconta Mauro Valeri - di italiani neri che hanno indossato la maglia della Nazionale.
L’obbiettivo è quello di dimostrare che anche l’Italia è un paese multirazziale. Curioso che atleti come Dan Gay, forte cestista, abbia avuto difficoltà ad entrare nella nazionale, proprio perchè nero".
Eppure di italiani neri ce ne sono...
"La loro presenza - ci dice Valeri - nella storia uficiale è molto nascosta. Ci sono stati partigiani meticci, che hanno contribuito a liberare l’Italia dal fascismo, e nessuno lo sa. Uso il termine black italians proprio in senso provocatorio perchè anche gli italiani migrati in Australia e in Usa erano considerati neri, in senso denigratorio, naturalmente. Dovrebbe essere oggi, quindi , rivalutato, riconsiderato, questo essere nero".
"Siamo l’unico paese - continua Valeri - che mantiene ancora il concetto di sangue per avere la nazionalità. Le persone con un colore scuro della pelle, soprattutto nel calcio, hanno estrema difficoltà. Certo, per il pugilato è diverso, ma anche questa opportunità di fatto nasce da un pregiudizio".
Anche in Black Italians, come ne la "Razza in campo", tante splendide storie di sport. La differenza è che qui le esperienze di chi racconta sono molto forti e negative.
Questi atleti hanno dovuto superare la discriminazione prima che gli avversari sulla pista. E’ vero che i processi sociali sono complicati da assorbire, ma l’Italia in questo senso va molto piano.
"Credo che l’Italia sia un paese molto chiuso. La diversità spaventa ancora, ma l’Italia ha una storia ricca di commistioni. Mi preoccupa che quello che si fa in questo senso, viene inteso come un qualcosa di alternativo alla realtà".
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PART LXIII
Grownupism!
1Day, When I Grow Up!
So, as usual, I wuz sittin' an' stinkin' 'bout now an' the future!
Aktually, I wuz thinkin' 'bout a specifik future!
Mine!
Speakina future, my perents alwayz tell me, peeple wanna no more 'bout me!
I don't know why, but Ok. Here goes.
I'm 10 years an' a boy, who is forced by his perents to go to borin' skool ev'ry day.
Well, at least ev'ry day the dungeon-skool is open an' that feels like ev'ry day!
My perents an' the dragon-teecher are alwayz sittin' on my back 'bout my spellin'!
But I figure, it's the ideas that count an' not the spellin'!
I kin lern that stuff when I'm old, like my perents an' the dragon-teecher.
What do I look like, well I look like ev'ry child in the wurl that's imprisoned in a skool they don't like, by deaf perents.
I look jes like ev'ry child in the wurl that fits that deskription!
So, theresa lotta us!
My name is Ev'rychild!
Xmas an' New Year are gone, for wut seems like forever, or at least until the end of the year an' a lot kin happen durin' that space an' time, that makes the wait seem like forever!
Me an' my pardnurs are back in the dungeon-skool an' under pressure, as usual!
You wuld think the dragon-teecher wuld git weaker as she gets older, but no way! She's still relentless with her skool-homework-torture, while all the while claimin' she's doin' it "in the name of education".
Man, ain't that sum stuff!?
I think she's been listenin' to ol' Stetson Hat too much an' jes cumin' up with all kinda excuses for makin' us kids lives - miserable!
I meen, she is the dragon-teecher-homework-queen!
She doesn't bite our neck or nothin' like a reel vampire, but she gits the blood an' flesh outta us another way!
'Course, the perents are alwayz on the teecher's side!
No matter wut!
Teechers kin do no wrong an' plus, "it's only for your future that the teachers are so demanding!"
So the perents alwayz sey!
For instance, 'cause it is cumin' up 'lektion time, we gotta write sum papers 'bout the kandidates.
Not jes one kandidate, but alla them!
Ok, I know wut to do in these emergency homework cases - straight to which ever perent is available!
I wuz listenin' to a very interesting diskussion between granma, mama an' papa, with my sister chimin' in ev'ry now an' then with her two cents!
Ok., I gotta admit, wut she sez sumtimes, makesa lotta sense!
So, near as I kin tell, I'm gonna tell the dragon-teecher on paper, sumthin' like this!
The peeple are lookin' for a great big change from the mess up time of ol' Stetson Hat an' his crew.
So, a change to the correct time looks like this -
The man from Illinois is a big favorite in my household an' a welcome relief from ol' Stetson Hat's stumble werk an' stumble mouth.
This man kin sey wut he meens an' he's an inspiration to peeple, all over the wurl!
Even Caroline Kennedy sed, he's the one an' I guess, it dosen't git much better than that, considerin' her family gave up so much, while tryin' to git America to straighten up an' fly right!
So that's wut I lerned from my family discussion and wut I'm gonna sey on paper to the dragon-teecher an' I gotta feelin' that even though she's a kinda zombie, she's gonna like to hear 'bout President Barack Obama.
Wow, all this politikin' is exhaustin'.
So, I'm gonna sey
G'nite
I luv you
G'nite.
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Erwachsensein!
Eines Tages, wenn ich erwachsen werde!
Also, wie üblich war ich am Sitz'n und Stink'n üba jetz' und die Zukunft!
Eigentlich dachte ich üba 'ne spezielle Zukunft nach!
Meine!
Jetz', wo ich's sag, meine Eltern erzähl'n mir imma, dass die Leute mehr üba mich erfahr'n woll'n!
Ich weiß nich' warum, aber okay. Hier also.
Ich bin 10 Jahre und ein Junge, der von seinen Eltern gezwung'n wird, jeden Tag in die langweilige Schule zu geh'n.
Na gut, jedenfalls an jedem Tag, wenn die Kerkerschule offen is', und das fühlt sich an wie jeden Tag!
Meine Eltern und die Drachenlehrerin häng'n mir imma im Nacken wegen meiner Rechtschreibung!
Aber ich denk ma', es sind die Gedanken, die zähl'n, und nich' die Rechtschreibung!
Das Zeugs kann ich lern', wenn ich alt bin, wie meine Eltern und die Drachenlehrerin.
Wie seh ich aus, nun, ich seh aus wie jedes Kind in der Welt, das in der Schule, die es nich' mag, eingesperrt is', von tauben Eltern.
Ich seh einfach aus wie jedes Kind in der Welt, auf das die Beschreibung passt!
Also, da gib's 'ne Menge von uns!
Mein Name is' Jedeskind!
Weihnachten und Neujahr sind, wie's scheint, seit ewigen Zeiten vorüba, oder zumindest bis zum Ende des Jahres, und da kann 'ne Menge passier'n in Zeit und Raum, was die Wartezeit ewig schein' lässt!
Ich und meine Kumpels sind zurück in der Kerkerschule, wie üblich!
Man sollte mein', die Drachenlehrerin wird schwächer, je älter sie wird, aber nix da! Sie is' imma noch erbarmungslos mit ihrer Schularbeitenfolter, während sie hin und wieder behauptet, sie mache das "im Namen der Bildung."
Mann, is' das nich' 'n Ding!?
Ich glaub, sie hat olle Texashut zu viel zugehört und denkt sich nur alle möglichen Entschuldigungen aus, um das Leben von uns Kindern jämmerlich zu mach'n!
Ich find, sie ist die Drachenlehrerinhausaufgabenkönigin!
Sie beißt uns nich' in den Hals oder sowas wie 'n richtiger Vampir, aber sie kriegt das Blut und Fleisch aus uns auf 'ne and're Art 'raus!
'Türlich sind die Eltern imma auf der Lehrerseite!
Egal was!
Lehrer könn' nix falsch mach'n und dann: "Es ist nur für deine Zukunft, weshalb die Lehrer so fordernd sind!"
Das sagen Eltern imma!
Zum Beispiel, weil bald Wahlen sind, soll'n wir 'n paar Aufsätze üba die Kandidaten schreib'n.
Nich' nur üba einen, sondern üba alle!
Okay, ich weiß, was ich in diesen Hausaufgabennotfällen zu tun hab - direkt zu einem Elternteil, das grad da is'!
Ich hab 'ne sehr interessante Diskussion zwischen Oma, Mama und Papa gehört, mit meiner Schwester, die ab und zu ihren Senf dazu gab!
Okay, ich muss zugeb'n, was sie manchma' sagt, is' sehr sinnvoll!
Also, so weit ich das sag'n kann, werd ich der Drachenlehrerin in meinem Aufsatz irgendwas wie das hier schreib'n!
Die Leute such'n nach 'ner bedeutenden großen Veränderung gegenüba der Vermasselzeit von olle Texashut und seiner Mannschaft.
Also, eine Wende zu der korrekten Zeit sieht wie dies aus -
Der Mann aus Illinois is' ein großer Favorit bei mir zuhause und 'ne große Befreiung von olle Texashuts Stolperwerk und Verhaspelsprache.
Dieser Mann kann sag'n, was er meint, und er is' 'ne Inspiration für Menschen auf der ganzen Welt!
Sogar Caroline Kennedy sagte, er is' es, und ich glaub, da gibt's nix besseres als das, wenn man denkt, wieviel ihre Familie aufgegeb'n hat, als sie vasucht hat, Amerika aufzuricht'n und in die richtige Richtung zu beweg'n!
So, das hab ich aus meiner Familiendiskussion gelernt und das werd ich im Aufsatz der Drachenlehrerin sag'n. Ich hab das Gefühl, obwohl sie 'ne Art Zombie is', wird sie gern was üba Präsident Obama hör'n.
Wow, dieses ganze Politikisier'n is' erschöpfend.
Also sag ich ma'
'Nacht
Hab euch lieb
'Nacht
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USA 2006/2007
English
ART MOVES / ADILIA ON STAIRWAY
Director: Michael Douglas Hawk
Experimental, Color, 10 min.
Germany 2006
no dialogue
BLACK ON BLACK
Director: Damon Russell
Narrative, Color, 10,5 min.
USA 2007
English
BLUEPRINT
Director: Kirk Shannon-Butts
Narrative, Color, 75 min.
USA 2006
English
BURU GARRA / HILLY RIVER
Director: Shriprakash
Documentary, Color, 29 min.
India 2007
English and Hindi with English subtitles
DE WEG NAAR MEKKA / THE ROAD TO MECCA
Director: Johannes Bucher
Documentary, Color, 40 min.
Belgium 2007
English, Dutch, Arabic, French with English subtitles
DON'T HATE: STRIPPERS FIGHT THE GOVERNMENT
Director: Jimmy A. Bell
Documentary, Color, 71 min.
USA 2007
English
HONOR FORD SMITH: HONOR-BOUND
Director: Jay Prychidny
Documentary, Color, 24 min.
Canada 2006
English
HOW DO I LOOK
Director: Wolfgang Busch
Documentary, Color, 80 min.
USA 1995-2006
English with German & Spanish subtitles
I USED TO LOVE HER
Director: Mark Harris
Narrative, Color, 90 min.
USA 2008
English
MOVEMENT (R)EVOLUTION AFRICA
Directors: Joan Frosch & Alla Kovgan
Documentary, Color, 65 min.
USA 2007
English and French, Portuguese, Wolof, Japanese with English subtitles
MUHTADI
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon
Documentary, Color, 24 min.
Canada 2007
English
PAINTED SMILES
Director: Frank E. Jackson, Jr.
Narrative, Color, 95 min.
USA 2007
English
POP FOUL
Director: Moon Molson
Narrative, Color, 20 min.
USA 2007
English
RAPGALSENE - WORD POWER FROM SENEGAL
Director: Lukas May
Documentary, Color, 57 min.
Senegal/Germany 2007
French/Wolof with English subtitles
REVOLUTION '67
Director: Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno
Documentary, Color, 90 min.
USA 2007
English
SHARED HISTORY
Director: Felicia D. Furman
Documentary, Color, 57 min.
USA 2005
English
SIPHON / SYMPHONY
Director: Farid Mirkhani
Experimental, Color, 12 min.
Iran
Persian with English subtitles
SURF NOIR, TU SOLUS SANCTUS
Directors: Suyen Mosley & Marsha Terry
Documentary, Color/B/W, 7 min.
USA 2007
English
TARA WOODS - MACOMERE FIFI
Directors: Frances-Anne Solomon & Andrew Stuart
Documentary, Color, 24 min.
Canada 2007
English
THE POWER OF ART / WOMEN'S VOICES IN AFRICA
Director: Claudine Pommier
Documentary, Color, 51 min.
Canada 2007
English and French with English subtitles
THROWN AWAY / THO`WAYS
Director: James W. Jaggers II
Documentary, Color/B/W, 57 min.
USA 2007
English
FILM DESCRIPTIONS & FURTHER INFORMATION
XXIII. Black International Cinema
Berlin/Germany, Warsaw/Poland & U.S.A. 2008
http://www.black-international-cinema.com/...8.htm
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AACHRONYM
A Blog regarding Global African Arts with a focus on art-equity and cultural patrimony issues.
Notable Person: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith / Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
http://aachronym.blogspot.com/...-prof-donald.html
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THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.
Offener Kanal Berlin (OKB), Open Channel Berlin
***Upcoming LIVE Edition***
FEBRUARY 17, 2008
9.00-10.00 pm/21.00-22.00 Uhr
RE-BROADCAST
FEBRUARY 24, 2008
9.00-10.00 pm/21.00-22.00 Uhr
CINEMA
THE COLLEGIUM presents "Culture In Berlin"
ARTS CALENDAR
Sankofa
American Black History in Song...
RayCurt Johnson/violin
Victor Maximov/guitar
Yaw Domprey/percussion
1. Autumn Leaves
2. Windsong (a tribute to Noel Pointer, jazz violinist, R.I.P.)
3. Summertime
Sankofa
Go back and Assume
The importance of returning in time to contribute useful cultural values to the present. It is believed progress is based upon the constructive utilization of positive contributions from the past, which are needed today. This symbol teaches the wisdom of learning from the past, which assists in constructing the future. It also teaches people to cherish and value their culture and avoid adulteration. Sankofa is a symbol of positive reversion and revival.
STATE OF AFFAIRS
Prof. Ruth Ann Stewart
Clinical Professor of Public Policy, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University. Teaching and research focus on arts and cultural policy and the role of the arts and artist in urban revitalization. Co-editor of the forthcoming book, UNDERSTANDING THE ARTS AND CREATIVE SECTOR IN THE UNITED STATES.
Prof. David Levering Lewis
Julius Silver University Professor and Professor of History, New York University. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for the 2-volume work, W.E.B. DU BOIS: BIOGRAPHY OF A RACE and W.E.B. DU BOIS: THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY AND THE AMERICAN CENTURY. Just published, Professor Lewis's most recent work is GOD'S CRUCIBLE: ISLAM AND THE MAKING OF EUROPE, 570-1215.
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***Upcoming SPECIAL Edition***
February 27, 2008
8.30-10.00 pm/20.30-22.00 Uhr
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin
in co-operation with
Offener Kanal Berlin
Production & Direction
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, (co-founder/producer/director)
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
Black International Cinema Berlin
Cultural Zephyr e.V.
via Television, Radio, Internet
in English, German, Polish
present/präsentieren
A COMPLEXION CHANGE
Intercultural Dialogue within a Migratory Society
The future is with us, how do we respond to the inevitabilities of population change,
clash or cooperation?
Partial Portrait / Past, Present, Future?
A relationship of Europe to the world and the human contributions to a developing Europe, at the dawn of the 21st century.
EIN WANDEL IM ERSCHEINUNGSBILD
Interkultureller Dialog in einer Migrationsgesellschaft
Die Zukunft ist heute. Wie reagieren wir auf die Unabwendbarkeit der Veränderung der Bevölkerung?
Konflikt oder Kooperation?
Teilporträt / Vergangenheit, Gegenwart, Zukunft?
Eine Beziehung Europas zur Welt und den Beiträgen der Menschen zu einem sich entwickelnden Europa, im Anbruch des 21. Jahrhunderts.
Guest Speakers/GastrednerInnen:
Anna Grudzinska/Foundation Diversity Forum, Poland
Mark Headley/Choreographer, Barbados
Günter Piening/Beauftragter des Senats von Berlin für Migration und Integration, Germany
Barbara Saltmann/Vorstand, Caribbean United European Society e.V., Jamaica
Christine Schmidt/Projektleiterin für Umweltprojekte, Germany
Visual Presentations/Visuelle Präsentationen:
Cordula Alkert/The Collegium, Germany
Rolf Gänsrich/ freier Journalist und Autor, Germany
Thomas M. Wendt/The Collegium, Germany
"I Dream A World", Producers: Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre & Pol Tel
Director: Tomasz Lewinski
Translators/ÜbersetzerInnen:
Marta Domurat/The Collegium, Poland
Martin Kersten/The Collegium, Germany
Martin Schmidt/Germany
Editors/Redaktion:
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith/The Collegium, U.S.A.
Angela Kramer/The Collegium, Germany
Marion Kramer/The Collegium, Germany
Technicians/Techniker:
Martin Kersten/The Collegium, Germany
Tom Penman/The Collegium, Scotland
For further information & photographic impressions,
please visit THE COLLEGIUM website.
http://www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de/col-e.html
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Fountainhead® at fest21.com
http://www.fest21.com/blog/fountainhead
XXII. BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN 2007
FESTIVAL IMPRESSIONS
http://www.black-international-cinema.com/...t.htm
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PART LXIII
Grownupism!
1Day, When I Grow Up!
So, as usual, I wuz sittin' an' stinkin' 'bout now an' the future!
Aktually, I wuz thinkin' 'bout a specifik future!
Mine!
Speakina future, my perents alwayz tell me, peeple wanna no more 'bout me!
I don't know why, but Ok. Here goes.
I'm 10 years an' a boy, who is forced by his perents to go to borin' skool ev'ry day.
Well, at least ev'ry day the dungeon-skool is open an' that feels like ev'ry day!
My perents an' the dragon-teecher are alwayz sittin' on my back 'bout my spellin'!
But I figure, it's the ideas that count an' not the spellin'!
I kin lern that stuff when I'm old, like my perents an' the dragon-teecher.
What do I look like, well I look like ev'ry child in the wurl that's imprisoned in a skool they don't like, by deaf perents.
I look jes like ev'ry child in the wurl that fits that deskription!
So, theresa lotta us!
My name is Ev'rychild!
Xmas an' New Year are gone, for wut seems like forever, or at least until the end of the year an' a lot kin happen durin' that space an' time, that makes the wait seem like forever!
Me an' my pardnurs are back in the dungeon-skool an' under pressure, as usual!
You wuld think the dragon-teecher wuld git weaker as she gets older, but no way! She's still relentless with her skool-homework-torture, while all the while claimin' she's doin' it "in the name of education".
Man, ain't that sum stuff!?
I think she's been listenin' to ol' Stetson Hat too much an' jes cumin' up with all kinda excuses for makin' us kids lives - miserable!
I meen, she is the dragon-teecher-homework-queen!
She doesn't bite our neck or nothin' like a reel vampire, but she gits the blood an' flesh outta us another way!
'Course, the perents are alwayz on the teecher's side!
No matter wut!
Teechers kin do no wrong an' plus, "it's only for your future that the teachers are so demanding!"
So the perents alwayz sey!
For instance, 'cause it is cumin' up 'lektion time, we gotta write sum papers 'bout the kandidates.
Not jes one kandidate, but alla them!
Ok, I know wut to do in these emergency homework cases - straight to which ever perent is available!
I wuz listenin' to a very interesting diskussion between granma, mama an' papa, with my sister chimin' in ev'ry now an' then with her two cents!
Ok., I gotta admit, wut she sez sumtimes, makesa lotta sense!
So, near as I kin tell, I'm gonna tell the dragon-teecher on paper, sumthin' like this!
The peeple are lookin' for a great big change from the mess up time of ol' Stetson Hat an' his crew.
So, a change to the correct time looks like this -
The man from Illinois is a big favorite in my household an' a welcome relief from ol' Stetson Hat's stumble werk an' stumble mouth.
This man kin sey wut he meens an' he's an inspiration to peeple, all over the wurl!
Even Caroline Kennedy sed, he's the one an' I guess, it dosen't git much better than that, considerin' her family gave up so much, while tryin' to git America to straighten up an' fly right!
So that's wut I lerned from my family discussion and wut I'm gonna sey on paper to the dragon-teecher an' I gotta feelin' that even though she's a kinda zombie, she's gonna like to hear 'bout President Barack Obama.
Wow, all this politikin' is exhaustin'.
So, I'm gonna sey
G'nite
I luv you
G'nite.
Fountainhead Tanz Theatre
Copyright, February 2008
PART LXIII
Erwachsensein!
Eines Tages, wenn ich erwachsen werde!
Also, wie üblich war ich am Sitz'n und Stink'n üba jetz' und die Zukunft!
Eigentlich dachte ich üba 'ne spezielle Zukunft nach!
Meine!
Jetz', wo ich's sag, meine Eltern erzähl'n mir imma, dass die Leute mehr üba mich erfahr'n woll'n!
Ich weiß nich' warum, aber okay. Hier also.
Ich bin 10 Jahre und ein Junge, der von seinen Eltern gezwung'n wird, jeden Tag in die langweilige Schule zu geh'n.
Na gut, jedenfalls an jedem Tag, wenn die Kerkerschule offen is', und das fühlt sich an wie jeden Tag!
Meine Eltern und die Drachenlehrerin häng'n mir imma im Nacken wegen meiner Rechtschreibung!
Aber ich denk ma', es sind die Gedanken, die zähl'n, und nich' die Rechtschreibung!
Das Zeugs kann ich lern', wenn ich alt bin, wie meine Eltern und die Drachenlehrerin.
Wie seh ich aus, nun, ich seh aus wie jedes Kind in der Welt, das in der Schule, die es nich' mag, eingesperrt is', von tauben Eltern.
Ich seh einfach aus wie jedes Kind in der Welt, auf das die Beschreibung passt!
Also, da gib's 'ne Menge von uns!
Mein Name is' Jedeskind!
Weihnachten und Neujahr sind, wie's scheint, seit ewigen Zeiten vorüba, oder zumindest bis zum Ende des Jahres, und da kann 'ne Menge passier'n in Zeit und Raum, was die Wartezeit ewig schein' lässt!
Ich und meine Kumpels sind zurück in der Kerkerschule, wie üblich!
Man sollte mein', die Drachenlehrerin wird schwächer, je älter sie wird, aber nix da! Sie is' imma noch erbarmungslos mit ihrer Schularbeitenfolter, während sie hin und wieder behauptet, sie mache das "im Namen der Bildung."
Mann, is' das nich' 'n Ding!?
Ich glaub, sie hat olle Texashut zu viel zugehört und denkt sich nur alle möglichen Entschuldigungen aus, um das Leben von uns Kindern jämmerlich zu mach'n!
Ich find, sie ist die Drachenlehrerinhausaufgabenkönigin!
Sie beißt uns nich' in den Hals oder sowas wie 'n richtiger Vampir, aber sie kriegt das Blut und Fleisch aus uns auf 'ne and're Art 'raus!
'Türlich sind die Eltern imma auf der Lehrerseite!
Egal was!
Lehrer könn' nix falsch mach'n und dann: "Es ist nur für deine Zukunft, weshalb die Lehrer so fordernd sind!"
Das sagen Eltern imma!
Zum Beispiel, weil bald Wahlen sind, soll'n wir 'n paar Aufsätze üba die Kandidaten schreib'n.
Nich' nur üba einen, sondern üba alle!
Okay, ich weiß, was ich in diesen Hausaufgabennotfällen zu tun hab - direkt zu einem Elternteil, das grad da is'!
Ich hab 'ne sehr interessante Diskussion zwischen Oma, Mama und Papa gehört, mit meiner Schwester, die ab und zu ihren Senf dazu gab!
Okay, ich muss zugeb'n, was sie manchma' sagt, is' sehr sinnvoll!
Also, so weit ich das sag'n kann, werd ich der Drachenlehrerin in meinem Aufsatz irgendwas wie das hier schreib'n!
Die Leute such'n nach 'ner bedeutenden großen Veränderung gegenüba der Vermasselzeit von olle Texashut und seiner Mannschaft.
Also, eine Wende zu der korrekten Zeit sieht wie dies aus -
Der Mann aus Illinois is' ein großer Favorit bei mir zuhause und 'ne große Befreiung von olle Texashuts Stolperwerk und Verhaspelsprache.
Dieser Mann kann sag'n, was er meint, und er is' 'ne Inspiration für Menschen auf der ganzen Welt!
Sogar Caroline Kennedy sagte, er is' es, und ich glaub, da gibt's nix besseres als das, wenn man denkt, wieviel ihre Familie aufgegeb'n hat, als sie vasucht hat, Amerika aufzuricht'n und in die richtige Richtung zu beweg'n!
So, das hab ich aus meiner Familiendiskussion gelernt und das werd ich im Aufsatz der Drachenlehrerin sag'n. Ich hab das Gefühl, obwohl sie 'ne Art Zombie is', wird sie gern was üba Präsident Obama hör'n.
Wow, dieses ganze Politikisier'n is' erschöpfend.
Also sag ich ma'
'Nacht
Hab euch lieb
'Nacht
Fountainhead Tanz Theatre
Copyright, Februar 2008
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THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
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Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.
* LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE *
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THE COLLEGIUM Television Program is televised in Berlin, Magdeburg and Wolfsburg. THE COLLEGIUM Fernsehmagazin wird in Berlin, Magdeburg und Wolfsburg ausgestrahlt.
produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/ Cultural Zephyr e.V.
BERLIN
Every Sunday/jeden Sonntag
9.00-10.00 pm
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Filme / Diskussion / Kunstkalender
for program information, please contact:
Programminformationen bitte unter:
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THE COLLEGIUM MAGDEBURG
First Thursday in every month
Jeden ersten Donnerstag im Monat
6.00 - 7.00 pm
18.00 - 19.00 Uhr
THE COLLEGIUM WOLFSBURG
TV 38
THE COLLEGIUM Special
"A Complexion Change"
February 17
6.00-7.30 p.m. / 18.00-19.30 Uhr
February 24
9.00-10.30 a.m. / 9.00-10.30 Uhr
3.00-4.30 p.m. / 15.00-16.30 Uhr
THE COLLEGIUM
February 27
6.00-7.00 p.m. / 18.00-19.00 Uhr
February 28
9.00-10.00 a.m. / 9.00-10.00 Uhr
3.00-4.00 p.m. / 15.00-16.00 Uhr
March 26
6.00-7.00 p.m. / 18.00-19.00 Uhr
March 27
9.00-10.00 a.m. / 9.00-10.00 Uhr
3.00-4.00 p.m. / 15.00-16.00 Uhr
THE COLLEGIUM Television Program Berlin
Upcoming *Live* Editions 2008
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BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN
THE COLLEGIUM - FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
CULTURAL ZEPHYR e.V.
MISSION STATEMENT
We are an international, intercultural community of persons engaged in achieving increasing understanding and cooperation between individuals and groups in support of democratic procedures and the elimination of violence, religious, ethnic and gender persecution, youth exploitation, homophobia and racial hatred through the process of art, education, culture and dialogue.
Wir sind eine internationale, interkulturelle Gemeinschaft von Menschen mit dem Engagement für ein besseres Verständnis und wachsende Kooperation zwischen Individuen und Gruppen, mit Unterstützung des demokratischen Prozesses und der Beseitigung von Gewalt, Verfolgung aufgrund religiöser, ethnischer und geschlechtlicher Zugehörigkeit, Kindes- und Jugendmissbrauch, Homosexuellen-Feindlichkeit und von Rassenhass, durch die Mittel der Kunst, der Bildung, der Kultur und des Dialogs.
Nous sommes une communauté internationale et interculturelle de personnes engagées à promouvoir la compréhension et la coopération croissantes entre les individus et les groupes, à lappui des outils démocratiques et à travers lélimination de la violence, de la persécution religieuse, ethnique et sexuelle, de lexploitation de la jeunesse, de lhomophobie et de la haine raciale par le processus de lart, de léducation, de la culture et du dialogue.
MOTTOS
"I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure wont if I dont..." - Oscar Brown Jr.
"Mankind will either find a way or make one." - C.P. Snow
"Whatever you do..., be cool!" - Joseph Louis Turner
"Yes, I can...!" - Sammy Davis Jr.
Copyright: Fountainhead®, February 2008