Our first stop was the Vollsmose Cultural Center, located on the island of Funen (the island between Zealand, where Copenhagen is, and the Jutland, the part of Denmark connected with continental Europe). Our guide, Peter, talked with us about what they do at the Cultural center. A lot of what they do is work with ethnic youth in the area. They help with studies and homework, they assist in finding people jobs (the people there were of mixed opinion if it was harder to get a job if you weren't an ethnic Dane), and they work with youth interested in music and the arts. They have various theater and music groups, and we got to meet with a sort-of "rap coach," who works with youth in the studio to create music. He played some really good rap for us--created by two 13 year-olds! It's better than the stuff on the radio! Kids rap in Danish, English, Arabic...whatever language they want. Some of the biggest immigrant populations are Turkish, Palestinian, and Somalian.
After the cultural center we visited the nearby Brandts Musem, which had the photo exhibit "A Kick Out of Africa" with kids all over Africa playing soccer. Our next event was a lecture by a Professor Necef from Syddansk (South Danish) University, and he talked about racism in Denmark. It was really interesting to hear another point of view, really different from what we're learning in class. Our hostel that we stayed in that evening was beautiful! We stayed in cabins on a lake in a town called Skanderborg. We had a bonfire in the evening and everything!
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