Prejudice studies (3) -Japanese has prejudice toward muslim-

 If interviewer ask me "What is your strong point?", I always answer "I have many friends all over the world.". Accually, I have many foreigner friends including muslim friends. However when my japanese friends knew that I have muslim friends, almost all them asked me,"Are there not bad people??" So, some japanese people think that muslim and islam countries are very dangerous.

 Maybe, the reason why they think is cause of terrorism like an Al Qaeda. In 9.11, many people were killed by suicided bombing. Also, many people were killed by invading Afghanistan.

 Of course, all muslim have taken part in sucide bombing or other act of terrorism. However, the prejudice is very huge in the world.

When I was in ninoi akino international airport, I took a taxi. and the driver is from mindanao and muslim. At first he said me, 'Dont feel scary, I am a muslim, but not dangerous'. Maybe he realized that muslim are feared by other people. Or he has an experience that he was made a misunderstood by christian or buddhist people.

So, I dont know that when this misunderstanding and prejudice end.

Prejudice studies (2) -Japanese has prejudice toward muslim-

 Prejudice often force people to make an misunderstanding.  In last blog, I wrote the reason why Japanese people has some prejudice of muslim. I think that our society rarely has communication with muslim. In my case, I have less muslim friends than Christian friends. Therefore, I do not have enough knowledge about muslim and the soiety.

 Today, I write the other misunderstanding. Before I talked with my Japanese friends. Then I talked that I have some muslim friends and sometimes chat with them. Then, one of my friend asked me "how many mothers does your muslim friends have? ".

 I think that this is a typical misunderstanding. Because he thought that all muslim countries has polygyny. Therefore, he asked me that how many mothers?  So, UAE, Morroco, Saudi Arabia are polygyny countries as far as I know. But some muslim countries are not polygyny countries. For example, Tunisia, Indonessia, Turkey.

 And some people also make a misunderstanding which they can have many wives in polygyny countries. Moreover some people envy this system. However,  they can have only 4 wives in their islam law basically. Its one of other misunderstanding.

 So, maybe some people think that polygyny are obscene. But its hard for them to keep family life of polygyny. Because the husbands have to treat wives equally in islam law. And they have to have a lost money to provide their wives too.

 If I had been born in these countries, Would I have chose to get some wives?  Maybe i will not. because I think that it is so hard for me to keep these relationships.

Prejudice studies (1) -Japanese has prejudice toward muslim-

 In this world, There are many prejudice toward other people. Having prejudice often make other people uncomfortable and mad. Why do people have prejudice toward other people? Today I write Japanese has prejudice toward muslim.

 In general, Japan is a island country. And our nation is called a racially homogeneous nation. It means that we do not have enough chance to communicate with foreigner although it became easy for us to communicate with foreigner through internet.

 Sure, Japan is close to China and Korea. therefore, There are some chinese and korean in japan. However, there are few muslims in Japan. In my case, before going on university, I didnot have a chance to communicate with muslim.

 But now, I can communicate with muslim, because I have some muslim friends. For example, tunisian, Morocconian, Alegerian, Egyptian, Indonessian, Bangladeshi, turkish, etc. As a result, I could get some knowlege of arabic country.

 However, almost all japanese dont have enough the knowledge. Actually, they have some prejudice toward muslim. For example, Almost all them think muslim girls always wear Abaya or Hijab. Islam countries are rich variety. But they donot know that.

 my egypitan friend had be angry this prejudice. when she chat with one japanese guy, he forced her to wear hijab. because he thought that all muslim girls always wear it.  This misunderstanding will make other muslim mad too.

so I think that misunderstaning and prejudice often make people mad. and it is very rude.

Japan Before and After

 Japan is a historical nation. The history is over 2000years. Now I write and analize about both acient and contemporary Japan. Especially, I point out language , political system and economy.

 Japanese language looks like a strange language in the world, because we always use 3 characters: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. It is similar to use 3 characters both acient and contemporary Japan. However in contemporary Japan, we sometimes use some coined words. So some young Japanese people mix both Hiragana and katakana.

 Second, I mention about Japanese political systems both acient and contemporary japan. So our head of Japan has been emperor for 2000years. Before, emperors have huge power in politics. But now empero does not have a power in politis. So it is like a symbol although he is still head of Japan.

 Third, our omtemporary economy is similar to acient economy. The similarity is that our economy is affected by china through long time. The reason is why china has been huge country. However contemporary our economy is diffrent from acient Japan. In acient Japan, emporors and nobilities monopolized economical activites. But in contemporary Japan, all people can take part in economical activities.

In my conclusion, I pointed out similarity and diffirence of acient of contemporary Japan. So, I could find some similarities and diffeirences in language, political system and economy. If you want to analize, it is useful for you to point out similarity and diffirence.

the effect of divorce

The Effect of Divorce on Family Life

 

Dostoevsky said, “With love one can live even without happiness.” So if we find a person who loves each other, we often choose to get married with the partner. It maybe look like a wonderful. But Michel De Montaigne also said “Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out” So some couple sometimes want to get out from marriage. As a result, they divorce. According to a survey from Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (2009), about 251000 couples divorced in 2008. In international marriage case, the ratio of divorce is higher than normal marriage. I think that there are some reasons. For example, If you marriage foreign partner, it will be harder and more difficult for you to communicate with the partner, because of difference of language. Other reason is difference of culture. For example, Japanese people are usually shy and they do not usually tell ‘I love you’ to their partner. But some foreigner can not understand this thing. Then, some international couple often make a misunderstanding. In the worst case, they fight, bawl and hit each other. Finally, they will decide to divorce.

And what is the main reasons about divorce? First, it may be an inconsistent of character. So, couple share their times in private time. But if they do not feel comfortable in their sharing time, they often feel stressful and seductive. Therefore, it is important for couples to feel comfortable to keep their good relationship. Second, I think that relations with the opposite sex is another reason. That to say that, couples spend not only their partner but also their friends or workmates in daily life. It is a normal thing. But some people often get jealous when their partner talk with opposite sex. I think that it is not bad. However, some people doubt partner’s cheating, when they find that partner chat with other people or talk with the opposite sex. Third, some people beat partner, because of stress, rude character and drunk. If partner is rude, it is difficult for couples to keep the relationship. Fourth, some couples do not have enough knowledge to run family life, because they got married when they were too young like a 17 or 18 years old.  In other word, child gets marry to child. In this case, if they get pregnant and give birth, it is not easy for them to provide their babies, because they do not become self-reliant in economically and socially. Especially, there are many people who got married too early in developing countries. In addition to that, almost all them suffer from poverty.

And what is the effect of divorce? I think that if they have children, there are substantial effect to their children. For example, their children may be overcome with apprehensions, because they often see fierce argument of parents. Furthermore, some children do not have a good record in school, because they can not concentrate on studying and one parent does not have enough time to pay attention to children. Therefore, they will not work in good jobs in their future too. In addition to that, they can not get married with good partner, because they did not have a good experience of marriage when they were children. In parents case, some parents who divorced from partner often feel stressful and melancholy, because they do not meet their children many times after divorcing. If they live with children or live near place, they can meet in weekend or vacation. However in international divorce, it is very hard for one parent to meet his/her children, because some children went back to another parent’s home country.

In my conclusion, they are many bad effects of divorce in both parents and children. What should we prevent from these bad effects? I think that we have to think seriously about marriage. And if they decide to divorce, they need to have enough time to spend their children after divorcing.

Countries in three group

Countries in Three Groups

 

Over 400years ago, almost all countries were monarchy. This typical system was that one king or emperor controlled his country. Moreover some nobilities have their manors and peasants. That is to say that one people has huge power. So, it had existed from ancients time to recent times. Some peasants and slaves sometimes rose in revolt. But they always were put down the revolt. One of the famous Gladiator ( Spartacus) rose in revolt to the Roman Empire. It is called Third Slave War. Then many slaves also took part in the war. But unfortunately, they could not defeat the Roman Empire although they had fought against the empire for 2 years. So, I think that it is very hard for normal people to defeat huge power. However, there was a big happening that people could defeat the huge power from 1641 to 1649 in UK. It is called Puritan Revolution. In this revolution, Charles1 was executed by people. And the government power transferred from one people to national assembly and the public. In France, Louis 16 was killed with Marie Antoinette by French people in French Revolution. Today, Country can be divided into three groups: democratic countries, socialist countries and despotic countries.

 First, Democratic countries have fair and popular election, disclosure of government and freedom of expression. This democratic system is linked in liberalism, constitutionalism, capitalism and parliamentary government. And these days, Almost all countries adopt democratic system. Japan and Philippines are also democratic countries. On the other hands, some intellectuals point out that democratic system intend to be mobocracy. The reason is why the mass of people take part in the process of decision making and they decide a plan of action through election and national assembly. Unfortunately, All mass of people are not intellectual. Therefore, they are sometimes controlled by mass media and take action on their own feelings. However, almost all people support this democratic system, because democratic countries guarantee human right and free economic activity of people basically. Furthermore, all people can also take part in political movement and operate government through election and running as a candidate at a general election.

Second, there are some socialist countries in this world. When the age of mass production began as a result of the Industrial Revolution, the gulf between rich and poor became very wide. Many poor children and wage earner were worked at dangerous area like mine and unsanitary factories. Then, there were a few capitalist and many poor worker. So, socialist countries came into this world to correct this defect of capitalism. Therefore, socialist countries insist on restriction or abolition of market economy system, planned economy, social security and welfare state. Especially, the Soviet Union had had as huge power as America until Soviet broke down. The reason is why Soviet was one-party dictatorship and bureaucracy. In other words, socialist countries intend to be decomposition. Before the breaking down, there were many socialist countries in this world. But now, a few socialist countries exist. For example, China, Vietnam, Cuba, Laos, North Korean and Syria. But China and Vietnam’s economy are mixed economy.

Third, there are a few despotic countries in this world When the country was suffered starvation or the instability of a political situation, people hope that strong leader conduct their countries. One representative example is Nazi Germany. And there were some military governments too. For example, Cambodia (the Pol Pot regime), Iraq (the Hussein Saddam regime ) and Chile ( Pinochet Augusto regime). Today, there is still military government in Republic of Fiji and the Central African Republic.

notion of dream house

My Ideal House

 

I think that it is important for my ideal house to have both good location, functional, interior and outer decoration, house garden, family.

First, living in a good location is essential in my ideal house, because if the house is not located in good place, I often feel tired or mad. So, my house which is located in downtown is not good. Because, downtown has some dangers, bad smell, dirty and cramped. On the other hand, the house is located in rural area, my quality of living will be rich. Rural area has clean air, rich nature( rich forest, clean river, near beach), large land for living  and not crowded. If I live in America, I would like to choose Long Beach or Virginia Beach. These two areas are typical popular rural area in America. The ideal location is that I can go to a metropolis within 40-60 minutes by car or train. I want to live in rural area, but convenience is as important as rural.

Second, it is necessity for the house to have functionality. In the concrete, the house has to be strong from earthquake and fire. Furthermore, the house must be a barrier-free house. Then, my old grandfather and grandmother can live with me in the house. And I will add some security equipment in my house too. In addition that, I will ask architects to prevent water condensation when they build my home.

Third, I plan to decorate my house more wonderful and more wonderful. In my outer decoration, I think that my house is built of red brick like a Dutch style. So, the red brick house will look like elegant and dignified. In my interior decoration, I want a fireplace, a Persian carpet, a chandelier, a clockwork clock and a round table in a living room. And in my room, there is a big bookshelf. I can imagine that I grow pleased with myself with surrounded by many books and thesis.

Fourth, I attach great importance to make a good garden. For example, I will make a pond in my garden. And there are many fishes in the pond. Furthermore, the garden is coved with grass. In addition that, there are Ferrari, Porsche, Jaguar and Audi in my garage.

Finally, I think it is the most important thing for me to describe my dream house is I can live with family. If I live alone in the house, I will feel lonely even if I can live a Luxurious house. My ideal house is need my wife and children.