These two devices promiss so much but provide only frustration!!
Today we tried to get the internet via our mobile phones. We were mostly unsuccessful, however we did get a chance to meet Mario, an old friend of Patrick's. Patrick had brought us over to Mario's house because Mario is tech savvy. Mario, Doris and I spent about an hour trying to get the phones to work. We eventually got both computers on the internet once, but neither of us were able to repeat the feet. So we decided to call it a night. On the way out Mario started telling us about his heritage as a colored person. This confused Doris and I, at one point he mentioned the "N" word, we tried to tell him politely that we didn't use that word our culture and that it made us uncomfortable. We eventually said good bye and Patrick apologized for his friend. He explained that he and his friend were considered part of the "colored" class during the rigid segregation of the Apartheid (a designation that fell between black and white, meaning if one was not white but not black than one was colored).
Patrick told us that many people who were in the colored class haven't shook the label. They, in fact, are trying to cling to it. During the time of Apartheid if one was colored they were far better off than someone who was labeled black. Therefor they would never be the lowest rung on the latter, they could always point "down" on someone. This attitude helped to further separate the classes. Many people formerly (and presently) referred to as colored are afraid there culture is disappearing. Patrick was also once labeled colored though he believes that these labels are diviciv and should not be used. He says part of the problems in South Africa stem from the fact that so many haven't "transcended" the labeling.
After leaving Mario we went to NuSaKo, the bar where the film screening had taken place. We saw a Brazilian band play house music and we all danced.
That dark blur in the middle is the performer
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