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		<title>Being Black in Japan (Part 3 &#8211; The Dancing Jigger Toy[1])</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been procrastinating on this post because this is probably the most difficult/uncomfortable thing that&#8217;s happened to me in Japan&#8211;well, race-related. Now that I think about it, it might very well be the most uncomfortable, race-related situation that has happened to me in my life. And instead of drawing it out, I want to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Black in Japan (Part 3 &#8211; The Dancing Jigger Toy[2])</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is Part 2. Click here for Part 1.]
Yes, I was uncomfortable beyond words.
I had a slew of different thoughts that kept hitting me at 1,000,000 MPH. The most important thoughts/questions were:
Why did he show ME that toy??
Doesn&#8217;t he understand where that toy comes from?
Doesn&#8217;t he understand the history behind toys like that?
Does he not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>日本語の勉強、頑張って！(Go to a Japanese Bar)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you read the title right.
In this post, I want to talk about going to a Japanese bar in order to study Japanese.
When I first came to TUJ, I met a student who was really great at speaking Japanese. I asked him how long he had been studying and he said, &#8220;a year and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>焼肉がおいしいよ！(Yakiniku is delicious!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friends and I went to a yakiniku restaurant in Nerima-ku.
Yakiniku is great on a Saturday night with friends before heading to a party!
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		<title>日本語の勉強、頑張って！！ (Watch Japanese TV)</title>
		<link>http://tuj-circle.net/topics/tokyo-life/2009/07/313</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I explained how Rosetta Stone was the best thing that&#8217;s ever happened to me in my journey to fluency in Japanese.
Yes, that statement still stands.
However, since I have finished Level 1, and do not have enough money to buy Level 2, I will be Rosetta Stone-less for now. However, that doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Black in Tokyo (Part 1-Racism)</title>
		<link>http://tuj-circle.net/topics/tokyo-life/2009/06/278</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an African-American female living in Tokyo, I am reminded everyday just how unique my life truly is. Ordinary, mundane things (such as walking to class, sitting in class, riding the train) all remind me of the obvious: there aren&#8217;t many Black women in Japan. Whenever I do see a Black woman here, I always wonder what [...]]]></description>
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