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本では英語は必須科目である。なぜ英語を学ぶのか。英語の教科書には、アメリカ、カナダ、そしてオーストラリア人が登場する。つまり、彼らと会話するた
め。つまり、白人社会と交流するためなのだ。自由、民主主義、テロと戦う、それが国際社会。それが常識。日本人は黄色いバナナ。肌は黄、中身は白。黄色の
バナナからすると、中東社会が野蛮に見えてくる。テロは中東社会にとっても脅威であるが、それはただバナナになれなかった人の受け皿に過ぎない。
English is a required subject for all the Japanese. Why do they study English? In an English textbook, there are only Caucasian people from the US, Canada and Australia with whom they speak. That is, it's to talk with them. It's to get along with the Caucasian Western society, where freedom, democracy and the fight against terror are all taken for granted. Japanese are, so to speak, 'yellow bananas'; outside is yellow and inside white. For bananas, the Middle East looks so barbarian. The terror is also a great threat to the Middle East, but it just only prepares a room for those who have no clue to become 'bananas'.
English is a required subject for all the Japanese. Why do they study English? In an English textbook, there are only Caucasian people from the US, Canada and Australia with whom they speak. That is, it's to talk with them. It's to get along with the Caucasian Western society, where freedom, democracy and the fight against terror are all taken for granted. Japanese are, so to speak, 'yellow bananas'; outside is yellow and inside white. For bananas, the Middle East looks so barbarian. The terror is also a great threat to the Middle East, but it just only prepares a room for those who have no clue to become 'bananas'.
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