Am I saying this because I’m a fan of Serbia, and I thought Serbia deserved a higher ranking? No, not really. If you’re a big fan of Eurovision and have been following it for a while now, you probably know what I’m talking about. It’s all about politics. Everything. Take a look at the countries that voted for each other. Take a look at the countries that didn’t vote for each other. Everything is about politics! Sweden, Finland, and other Scandinavian countries always vote for each other. Even if the song the other produces is a steaming pile of turd. Not that it was, this year. The Balkans always vote for Serbia. Montenegro, Slovenia, and Bosnia gave Serbia the maximum amount of points, with other countries giving them lower points, but still giving them something. Then you have the whole Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, Belarus and others, thing going on…who always vote for each other.

It’s politics, and nothing else. Like I said, a country could create a steaming pile of turd of a song, and it would still be voted for by the country’s neighbours/political allies. The favourite going in 2008? Well, it doesn’t take a political science major to figure out that Russia was going to win. Next Eurovision, I think I’m going to accurately predict the results (like everyone else has been doing) just by judging the political ties between the countries. It’ll be interesting to see how accurate I actually am, since I know I’ll be accurate to some degree.

But anyways, if this competition was judged by songs, it would have to go to Oro from Serbia. I don’t say this because I’m Serbian, I say this because it’s the truth. The other songs are jokes compared to it. They aren’t serious, and feel like they’re just happy to be on Eurovision. While Oro has a purpose. Okay, I’m being a little biased, but the Russian victory was well deserved. The Russian guy has an amazing voice. But the song itself was crap. The only other qualm I have about it is…that it was sung in English!

Another big problem with Eurovision. What the hell is the point of having countries, if we can’t even hear a song from that country? This means the song being sung in the country’s official language. Not English. Your own language. Screw trying to reach a larger audience; people don’t care if they can’t understand the song the first time they hear it. They can always look up the lyrics later. When I see a country come up to perform, I expect to hear a little piece of their culture. Their music. That to me is far more interesting than all of this generic Euro trash that is littered across Eurovision. I’m sorry, but it’s true.

Which reminds me, I heard that the French were mad that their performer wasn’t going to be singing in French a few months ago. Good on them! And good on the ranking he got. France didn’t deserve first place this year because they betrayed their country by singing in English. If your own country won’t support you, then you have no chance of attracting attention elsewhere. I think the French-English-singing guy even said something along the lines of “Eurovision isn’t about culture.” What an arrogant ass. It isn’t just about culture, but people would be a lot happier if they saw some of it instead of your garbage.

I’ll summarize. Countries need to start singing in their own language. You can win without singing in English! Just take a look at the video at the bottom of this page, of last year’s Eurovision, where Serbia won. They sang in their own language. By the way, last year’s song kicked this year’s song’s ass. Secondly, showing a little culture wouldn’t kill you. How am I supposed to form a unique opinion of your country? Thirdly, generic Euro trash is boring, and almost everyone does it. Especially when you sing in English. Russia, you have a beautiful language, and you’ve decided to turn your song into crap by employing English, and making it sound very generic and boring. How about a little variety?

Also, here is the best song that has ever been on Eurovision.

Canada doesn’t have a single unified culture. While America can be called a Christian nation (and this might be stretching it for some people), Canada can be referred to as a multicultural mosaic. We, as Canadians, are encouraged to express our culture and beliefs. In fact, some of us are even paid to do it. But when you take a public school and start segregating it, then in my opinion you are crossing the line. This idea of an “all black” school would only work if we took a bunch of black kids and taught them “white” history, while taking all the white kids and teaching them “black” history.

However, this school brings far worse problems. How are we ever to achieve a state of equality when we are constantly reminded of slavery and atrocities committed long ago? I agree that we should never forget them (history has forever recorded them anyway), but we live in a society now that frowns upon and even prevents slavery. Why should we view blacks as an oppressed people? Yes, maybe black ancestors were once oppressed, but my current black friends certainly never were. By erecting this school we are stepping back into a more ignorant and hateful time.

This logic can be applied to all different minority groups. Take for example, homosexuals. But wait, the Toronto district school board even has school for them! How are homosexuals ever to be viewed as equals if we keep separating them? How are blacks, and every other group you can think of, ever to be viewed as equal, if we keep separating them?

The answer is, they never will. We will always view them differently. Black History Month does the same thing. During the four weeks of Black History Month we are reminded of Blacks who did great things. We are reminded of “black” history. Firstly, I don’t want to sound rude, but if you want to study history, there are history books that could teach you far more than some “black” month could. And secondly, why on earth are we only honouring people from one type of race during this month? Where is this logic coming from? Oh wait, we have to because the “black” race was once oppressed in the past, and now that they aren’t any more is only makes sense for everyone to reminded of how “special” the entire “black” race is.

I am white. I’m not a racist. I would say out of every 10 of my friends, only 1 is white. And I don’t mind at all. In fact, I love it. I am very grateful for Canada’s multiculturalism. When I am with my black friends, I don’t think about how their race was once oppressed in the past. I don’t know anybody who does. I treat them like human beings, the way I want to be treated. This is all very obvious. I don’t even know why I’m saying this. Everyone knows how you should treat another human being. Having things like this “all black” school and a Black History Month only reminds us of how blacks were once oppressed. I think I speak for everyone when I say this, but, we don’t need to be reminded of that.

Here are some links to articles. [1][2][3]

Edit: I thank you all for the comments. I realize this is a controversial issue, but let me clear up some misconceptions some people seem to be having. I do not think this school was created to further segregate the black community because they were once oppressed. I only said what I said above because by having this school, it inadvertently segregates the black community, whether we like it or not. For more details, read the comments below.