Silas is the 5th grade teacher from Camaroon and he has been at AMEC for about 5 years. Being from Camaroon, he's black man. When he first came to Thailand he was in Bangkok looking for work and he couldn't find any because he was black. Employers would even tell him straight to his face, we won't hire you because you're black. He would respond by laughing in their face. Perfect.
Silas also told me that renting an apartment for black men is a challenge too; shit, getting a HOTEL room can be difficult. So there's a problem of racism in Thailand. But here's the kicker, it's not because he's 'black.'
Huh?
It's because his skin is so damn dark.
What?
Remember how I've said before that light skin is glorified? Shit, the soap here has bleaching agents in it.
So those that are 'racist' just despise dark skin. That means a very, very, dark skinned Thai would receive a tremendous amount of bullshit during their life.
After considering the situation I realized all those times Thais wanted to take pictures with me because I'm blond and white should have filled me with rage. You wouldn't have wanted to take pictures with god damn Silas? Would you??
The fuck Thailand?
Also I learned this week that in Japan there is a popular business where a van drives around and you can pay money to enter it and have a woman fart in your face.
**The More You Know**
In other news, Tuesdays are my 'speech' days. I have to talk for a few minutes in front of the school. It can be about anything. I was stumped. Rachel said if I couldn't amuse the students then to amuse myself.
So I told them all about guidos for a few minutes.
Points made where that they tanned their skin with chemicals, glitterized their clothes, wore sunglasses indoors at night, and this was all due to their not being very bright because they don't read.
I don't think any of them understood. But I did get them all to say "gweeeedoooss" with me.
lol
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