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0 -> black history is everyone's history
6.16 -> how would you describe your country the
9.2 -> best way
9.92 -> that i could describe america for
12.32 -> someone who has
13.28 -> never been is that it is a melting pot
16.4 -> of many many many different cultures i
19.039 -> would describe
20.08 -> the uk as a country with lots of
22.64 -> contrast so
23.519 -> you can go to a place like london where
25.519 -> i live which is really really diverse
27.84 -> you'll have like
28.56 -> shops from all over the world you have
30.8 -> people from all over the world speaking
32.079 -> different languages
33.28 -> and then you'll drive out like maybe two
35.44 -> three hours and then not see a black
37.04 -> person at all
38.079 -> if i could describe my experience in
40.16 -> japan in three words
41.92 -> it would be fun safe and peaceful to say
45.039 -> the least
45.6 -> however on the other hand being included
47.36 -> by japanese community
48.8 -> and being so ingrained into the
50.239 -> tradition and culture
52 -> has made me ignorant and oblivious to my
54.16 -> own bloodline ancestral history and
56.48 -> culture
57.36 -> what is black history month i would
59.84 -> describe
60.559 -> black history month as a time for people
63.92 -> to learn about the black communities
66.159 -> in the areas they live in for the
67.439 -> country or even around the world
69.6 -> in brazil we mostly do small events
73.84 -> it could be some artistic
77.52 -> even some speeches we celebrate
81.439 -> historical black figures who've had a
84.08 -> huge impact
85.04 -> in the world and also amongst black
87.36 -> people when i first arrived here in
89.6 -> vietnam
90.32 -> people were not really familiar with
92.079 -> black history month so
93.6 -> i thought it was important for us to
95.92 -> engage
96.96 -> the local people amongst the black
99.36 -> people here
100.4 -> when do you celebrate black history
102 -> month in australia black history month
105.04 -> is actually
105.68 -> based in july i think that people
108.799 -> outside
109.439 -> of australia probably don't know that
111.36 -> there's a black history month here
113.36 -> and i think that that's not really a
115.92 -> surprise
116.719 -> black history month here is centered and
119.36 -> quite rightly so
120.399 -> around the indigenous populations
123.36 -> unfortunately
124.56 -> the relations between the government and
127.36 -> indigenous australia
128.64 -> is really not what it should be even
131.76 -> in the sense of prioritizing and
134 -> amplifying the voices of indigenous
135.92 -> australians i don't really feel like
137.599 -> we're there yet
138.8 -> in america we celebrate black history
141.28 -> month during
142 -> the month of february it was originally
144.48 -> only supposed to be a week long
146.16 -> and it was known as negro history week
148.959 -> but
149.52 -> we decided to make it a month long event
152.239 -> because a week just wasn't enough
154.319 -> we celebrate the black history month
157.84 -> in november the date is 12th of november
161.76 -> in brazil like for black people we are
164.56 -> not
164.959 -> pretty sure from where we are from
168 -> where we came from so it's
171.68 -> a way to celebrate all of the great news
175.36 -> that we have
176.8 -> inside us and outside as well just to
179.76 -> give a depiction
180.8 -> as to japan's demographics within
183.2 -> japan's population
184.319 -> only two percent of japan's population
186.879 -> are foreigners and of that two percent
189.519 -> eighty percent of that two percent are
191.84 -> foreigners from other asian countries
193.92 -> black history month is not a nationally
196.4 -> recognized thing
197.519 -> however that does not stop us from
199.44 -> taking our time to
200.879 -> celebrate and remember our black history
202.879 -> within our community
204.159 -> and outside our community for black
205.68 -> history month legacy foundation japan
207.68 -> will be working with monique marianne
210 -> the heart behind organizing black
211.68 -> history month events here in japan for
213.92 -> over 10 years
215.12 -> when did you start learning about black
216.879 -> history month
218.159 -> i originally heard about black history
220.56 -> month in elementary school
222.48 -> but our teachers did not really take
224.879 -> advantage of
226.08 -> black history month to be honest like in
227.84 -> canada there isn't much
230 -> of a black history curriculum at schools
232.879 -> um you know we kind of go through like
234.56 -> martin luther king
236.239 -> like a brief mention in malcolm x nelson
239.04 -> mandela in the underground railroad
240.64 -> because it came through canada but
242.64 -> beyond that it was kind of it a lot of
244.879 -> the time when we learn about
246.159 -> history it's very very whitewashed and
248.879 -> even when we do learn about black
250.08 -> history
251.28 -> in school outside of black history month
253.519 -> there's not really that much of a focus
255.04 -> if we learned about black history it
256.799 -> wasn't you know a lot it was just like
259.12 -> there was slavery and there was a little
261.28 -> bit of the civil rights movement but we
262.88 -> didn't learn it as in depth as we
264.8 -> learned
265.28 -> white history what historical figures or
267.84 -> events do you celebrate during black
269.759 -> history month
271.199 -> norton hill carnival is a really
272.88 -> important event that takes place at the
274.24 -> end of august
275.28 -> but it actually started after there were
278 -> race riots in west london
279.52 -> so in like the late 50s and early 60s
282.32 -> there was a huge influx of migration
284.479 -> from the caribbean after the war and
286.8 -> that obviously led to racial tensions so
289.28 -> the carnival was kind of like in
290.88 -> response and like a celebration of
294 -> west indian culture in london there have
296.4 -> been a number of first blacks here in
298 -> japan
298.56 -> chris hart he's from bay area san
300.8 -> francisco
302.08 -> and he is a j-pop artist here in japan
304.639 -> one of the
305.36 -> biggest historical events for black
307.52 -> history month
308.4 -> that was very important for america was
311.28 -> the civil rights movement
312.96 -> during the civil rights movement there
314.56 -> were many marches
316.56 -> protests and other events that helped to
319.36 -> shape america the way we know it today
324.24 -> black people have had a huge impact
326.4 -> around the world and it's important to
328.56 -> know that because sometimes there's a
330.72 -> negative
331.6 -> narrative about black people especially
335.12 -> through the media for literally hundreds
337.44 -> of years
338.16 -> black people have been silenced in
340.24 -> america we were first silenced when we
342.4 -> were kidnapped and brought here as
343.919 -> slaves
344.72 -> to work for free i feel that as an
347.36 -> immigrant i
348.32 -> especially one that got their
349.759 -> citizenship that easily
351.52 -> i think that it's an obligation upon me
355.12 -> to
355.68 -> go and learn about the history of this
357.52 -> country growing up in the uk
359.919 -> as a black person there is sometimes a
362.16 -> consensus
362.96 -> that being black kind of makes you not
365.52 -> british which is completely not the case
367.28 -> at all and i think learning black
368.639 -> history
369.28 -> i've realized that black people have
371.12 -> been so pivotal
372.4 -> to the making of the country they
373.759 -> continue to be really really important
375.6 -> to the country
376.4 -> black people are everywhere in the world
378.08 -> like it's not just in the states not
379.52 -> just
379.84 -> here it's like every country has a black
