難民支援協会の活動は、様々な背景から難民に思いを寄せ、関心を持ち続けてくださる方々に支えられています。寄付者として難民支援協会(JAR)の年次報告書にメッセージを寄せてくださった、ロックリー・トーマスさんもその一人です。
日本で10年以上教壇に立ち、国際的視野に立った日本史を教えるイギリス出身のロックリーさんに、ご自身の研究や難民に関心を寄せてくださった背景について、お話を伺いました。
*** ――ロックリーさんにJARの事務所で初めてお会いした時、難民の方への支援物資として、たくさんの食料品などと一緒に持ってきてくださったのが、ご著書の『信長と弥助 本能寺を生き延びた黒人侍』『Yasuke: The true story of the legendary African Samurai)』でした。戦国時代に織田信長に仕えたアフリカ人の侍「弥助」に関する著作で、「難民の人にも読んでほしい。きっと勇気をもらえるから」と言ってくださいました。
— Atsuko Yamamoto🇯🇵 (@piyococcochan2) July 9, 2024
「我々はヨーロッパの白人女性全員を強姦し、男性全員を斬首する。
我々はヨーロッパを占領した。それが今の私たちの姿です」
Islam is all about sex and killing.
Muslim immigrants shouting, "We are going to rape all the white women in Europe and behead all the men. We captured Europe. It's our now." pic.twitter.com/bIifeAdMUB
Oakland police captain won't call last week's attack a hate crime. Black-on-Asian violence in the Bay Area has been an epidemic for decades. pic.twitter.com/dX2baq4jhU
Hey that's Yasuke! The SAMURAI protagonist in ASSASSINS Creed, Yasuke Assassins Creed never featured a real historical figure before This is also the first time setting the stage in Japan We are UBI SUNSHINE! (Jp flag) But you gotta be careful Japan's history is very deep Handling historical research is gonna be tricky Here comes SWEET BABY INC According to them future games Must involve people with color (yellows aren't people) So we came up with raining bullets of historical alteration Samurai Nobunaga, Akechi, And for some reason Yasuke... There's no other way! It was our teams revelation (Oh yeah) Gotta work hard on historical research Gotta work harder the person who "knows a lot about Japanese history" We all worked hard and made Shadows. Released the trailer and in came all the criticism What should we do? Yasuke! Let's make him g** and dig into Nobunaga! Yasuke is Japan's pride Tatami's are square, rice is harvested in spring, incense is burned at shrines All warrior's sit in seiza We UBI are eternal. Having a SAMURAI as the protagonist in ASSASSINS Creed is wild You should hire a professional Japanese historian After researching through various documents, books, and novels We figured out that Yasuke actually might not be that amazing? That's why we filled Japanese history with OUR STORY But what should we do? Creating the concept art without AI is difficult Enter Elon Musk here According to him, DEI kills art No way, Shadows is the best Assassin's Creed ever Don't underestimate us, Elon Shut up Elon hides all likes from X Here we messed up using Chinese subtitles On a trailer video for the Japanese audience (all yellows are the same) The concept art was made by AI Uh, okay, we're literally burning down now Released the trailer and in came all the criticism What should we do Yasuke? We regret using Yasuke Don't underestimate us, Elon Shut up Elon hides all likes from X Here we messed up using Chinese subtitles On a trailer video for the Japanese audience (all yellows are the same) Released the trailer and in came all the criticism What should we do? Yasuke Let's make him g** and dig into Nobunaga! Yasuke is Japan's pride Tatami's are square, rice is harvested in spring, incense is burned at shrines All warrior's sit in seiza We UBI are eternal.