In less than one week we will all meet in Krakow. One part of the project is to go in the street to share our question with the local community. To do it in Krakow we have to be prepared, that is why for the task n° 2 we will ask you to work on the question:
Have you ever fought for your rights?
This is the question that we will ask to the people in the street to launch a debate about Human Rights We will use the methodology of the “Word Carrier” a participative workshop of citizen’s expression.
Your task is to collect two answers to that question from your family, friends, relatives and writte it down as comments.
To give you a concrete idea, you can have a look to the the video of a previous project we did using the Word Carrier and discover the guideline of the Street Debate on the Facebook group.
And to give you energy and fun i advice you to watch the video of the Beastie Boys
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Answer 1: “I felt different when I gained weight and was heavier than my peers” (Cypriot 14-year-old girl)
Answer 2: “The moment I realized I was gay was really important. In that sense, I was feeling quite different than the rest” (Cypriot 18-year-old young adult)
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Dear all, please find below some example of answer that people gave me during the street debate in both France and Italy.
“Other people also asked me that question. But I don’t like answering it because i rarely know what to say? Where are you from? What is your religion? I do not exactly feel the same as others. My origins are diverse, but I don’t have a definite or singular identity and i don’t even want one.”
Anastasia, 21 years old (France).
“You’re asking me who is in a union, if I feel different? I’m the only one at work who fight and doesn’t shut up, so I feel sadly different every day. But i’m proud of my difference !”
Giancarlo, 38 years old (Italy)
“I’m from Sudan and I was forced to climb on a boat. I took a chance and crossed the sea. I have now been here for four years, but I have no place to sleep, no job security and no guarantee for the future. The work I do in the countryside, no one wants to do it, it’s a modern form of slavery. You should come and hear about our suffering. Here they always talk about integration but it’s just a word. How do you integrate foreign people if you leave them alone?”
Mohamed, 42 years old (Italy)
“I feel different every time I talk to people and they use catch-phrases, dictated by newspapers or the TV, without awareness or knowledges, like: « I’m not racist but I don’t feel safe because they are too many foreigners around, I would rather help them in their own countries » or « Women have too many rights and they take advantage of it ». It is on this that discrimination are based, as well as physical and psychological violence that happen every day. It shows that people who are considered « NORMAL » only know how to criticise without bringing the least bit of positive change, even to themselves, when they could learn from the constant fight of those labelled different.”
Davide, 36 years old (Italy)
“One year ago, I was at a dormitory school. During the year, a new student arrived. My dearest friends started to argue immediately against him. They were rude for just and only one reason; HE WAS BLACK, which is rare in Poland. I felt distance with my friends and different I guess.”
Wojtek, 18 years old (Poland).
“The only difference between people is language and culture? Colour of skin, country and appearance doesn’t matter. I live in a village with many migrants. We meet in the street, but we can’t speak, only because of language barrier. That is why we need a meeting centre where we can easily meet and talk.”
Gino, 74 years old (Italy)
“I went in Asia for my study and there I was the only white people. It was strange for me to be the only one like that. People were watching me all the time and some children were even following me everywhere. They were very friendly and I didn’t felt my difference as negative. But unfortunately the racism seems to be universal and there I noticed so many discrimination between different ethnic group.”
Tony, 32 years old (France).
“I felt different, when I was a child I was solitary. I don’t know if it was because I was or because people were thinking that I was. But for me it was ok to not be like everyone. Growing up I maintain this difference to not be as everybody. I was the « original » of my neighbourhood and it make me suffer. Now I would like to be more normal because differences create to much attention on me.”
Sylvie, 66 years old (France).
“At school it was the worst because I left my rural village to the city. Since I arrived, my mates put me aside and I have been nicknamed « the farmers ». I was the first one of my family to go to study in town and my family never understood why I gave up. From both side I wasn’t understood and I felt these differences during long years”.
Annie, 62 years old (France)
“I feel different from the other men, because I grew up without father figure but in the middle of women. I have a lot of femininity on me, and often people made me feel it. Stupid people judge me and think directly that I’m gay. Me I just feel more at ease with girls or boys like me and I just don’t know why. One day my dad told me something that hurt me for long time, I was crying and he told me « you’re a boy, you should not cry ». I never understood this vision of the men.”
Nicolas, 28 years old (France)
“The difference, I felt it when I accompany a group of disabled people in holidays. The glances of the passer-by, the bar that refuse you, or the restaurant that prepare a table for you in another room. The difference was obvious, and you feel it directly. But it was us, the accompaniers, that were the most chocked by the wickedness of the people. This experience was complicated but enrich me so much.”
Jerome, 28 years old (France)
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I feel different when people around me don’t think about we’re all humans and hate without think about how lucky they’ve always been just because they were born in the right place at the right time.
Stefano, 28 Italia
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