im off this morning to do some training in the west bank city of Ramallah. Dont know what kind of computer access ill have, so updates might be few and far between. slept outside on the roof of the hostel last night. it was great. perfect temperature for sleeping. met some japanese and south africans at the hostel this morning. also met a fellow air canada employee. small world. feeling a little homesick already. ha.
enjoyed talking about the parallels of the apartheid system here as opposed to the south african one. its funny, people have a hard time seperating overt racism to institutionalized racism. thats why its so hard for people to get it i think. on a personal level im sure everyone can relate to each other. but its hard for the oppressor to empathise with the oppressed. the one things the south africans mentioned is that its now become harder for whites in S. Africa. It got me to thinking about how people fill roles when the roles are reversed. When the oppressed get a chance at becoming the oppressor, why do they follow the same path as their previous oppressors?
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