Hello to all my fans...
ANYWAYSSS...today I have two things to talk about. Very interesting on how similar both of these topics are. Lemme start.
So today we had to give a presentation on an aspect of Chile whether it be music, food, geography. So of course ya girl who is an old soul and nostalgic for no reason did one of my favorite Spanish bands. This was THE MOMENT where I could finaly give a presentation on a band that was from my neck of woods. LOS PRISIONEROS. Brief resumen on the band. Chilean band from the '80s who composed all kinds of songs and their uniqueness is that Chile was living under a dictatorship so their songs were about real life issues like education, politics, etc. So of course, there is a song that I have personally loved and been a fan of for some time so of course Chile was THE place where I could sing it all day long and where people could sing it with me too. It's called "El Baile de Los Que Sobran" which roughly translates to "The Dance of Who is Left ". It talks about how despite all the things that students are told and no matter how hard they work, for some, the dream of going on and bettering their situation, in regards to their educational opportunities, is unattainable. THIS SONG IS IT PEOPLE. So of course I was so giddy to present it, HOWEVER, I was so nervous. I went first, but I was shaking cause this lady knows her Spanish so I'm like "okay get it together". It turned out to be a pretty good presentation. I attached the video below. RESPECT THE SONG THNXXXX
You know what is very crazy?! So after class we had heard about a teacher "docente" protest. So normally, I was like "Let's go". So as we walk on to Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins we see the image below and I think it was a foreshadowing for what is to come. I know some of the history of the dictatorship in Chile and it was really horrible (the US also sucks for playing a part in it but that is a conversation for another day). Anyways, I saw the carabineros who are the police and it seemed like they were going on a war hunt. They had tanks and horses and were all dressed up as if they were getting ready to fight somebody.
*the rally is in the far background on the left. There were carabineros standing next to me so I was trying to snap a quick pic.
Here is the moment for the "Deep" Daily Post. Police culture is a sentiment that I feel strongly about. Why? Cause I have had the misfortune of facing the injustices that exist when you are a person of color. I proudly wear my brown skin and support "Black Lives Matter". However, the carabineros out here have been an aspect of life that people despise because of the dictatorship. I can only imagine what I have left to learn about, but I do think that there are so many aspects of that culture that plague people and how they are able to manifestarse in Chile. This was also relevant to today because we had a seminar on the dictatorship in Chile and the image that will forever be locked in my head was the force that the police used to take over their people which I found to be frightening. This is why the picture I took was just crazy to think that this was happening today.The question here lies is where, who and why is the police such a prominent and intimidating figure in both parts. That is something I live you all to think about.
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