I saw this posted on the outside of a nearby school in Quezon City. For those who couldn’t make it out, it says “Be proud of the Filipino Race.” Yes, I believe it is the wrong thing to teach.
First of all, Filipino is not a race. It is a nationality.
Second, whether it’s race or nationality, it’s best not to be proud of an accident of birth. It makes no sense to be proud of something you cannot control. Be proud of achievements. And just because you’re not proud doesn’t mean you’re ashamed. You just know how to keep your hot air in check.
Third, “be proud of our race…” that’s racism. If we should be proud of our race, we should be proud of others’ races too. We’re all equal in this world after all. No race is superior.
Fourth, race has been debunked by the Human Genome Project. Race has also been acknowledged as a concept with no more obvious purpose than to enforce inequality and control of others. It’s a concept best done away with.
This slogan is a symbol and result of the low self-esteem that our culture propagates. It’s a futile triumphalist attempt to cover up this low self-esteem.
Thus, this slogan “Be proud of the Filipino Race” is one of the worst things to teach our children. It will give rise to sentimentalist crap that “we’re proud of anything Filipino,” even if that particular Filipino may be the Versace murderer Andrew Cunanan, or the guy who created the Love Letter virus. Heck, even if the Filipino does something wrong, other Filipinos are still told to be proud – just like what happened after the Manila Bus Hostage Crisis. It will also give a sense of Filipino imperialistic crap – that we should conquer the world and make others bow to our feet, instead of becoming truly positively contributive citizens to the world.
Wish I had the clout to tell the school to take this down, as it’s not a good thing to make part of our local education drives.
About the Author
ChinoF has written 33 stories on this site.
Chino, a freelance writer and aspiring artist, believes that Filipino culture is backward, repressive, corrupt and defective, so if you want to do something right in this country, you have to go against culture. He also knows that in doing so, you risk being called "anti-Pinoy" by the defective and deceived people, and hence he feels at home in this blog site. Chino is also a former Google Answers Researcher who went by the username techtor-ga.
A person should be proud of his own achievements (assuming he has one; if not, he should go out there in the world and achieve something). Being proud of your Nationality is pretty much useless. It will not bring money on the table; it will not improve the economy.
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wow great article Chino! This is the reason why Pinoys cannot progress and furthermore the educational system in the Pinas needs 2 change.Man it needs 2 do it becouse sooner or later I might don’t know what will happen 2 this country if this thing continues.
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Errata – It’s “I Love You Virus”, not “Love Letter Virus.”
And to the post, I couldn’t agreed more.
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ChinoF Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 9:33 am
Thank you. I stand corrected.
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tsk tsk u ppl think being a filipino is a shame well think again well unlike americans u are not circumcised and ur gay u have no hospitality and u are ****ing horny all of u are bad u hav sex even if u are married u hav sex 2 other ppl u all shud shut ur mouth ****ed up b4 u speak ur country united states will fo down in hell first when judgement day comes u are all ****ing evil
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Aegis-Judex Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 7:33 am
You dumb she-ite! Just because we decry the errors of our culture, you consider us alien? No wonder the statement is such a terrible farce; The failures of Philippine culture are mentioned EVEN BY THE MORE INTELLECTUALLY GIFTED FILIPINOS.
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poyt Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 8:04 am
lol, typical pinoy mental crap…
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poyt Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 8:08 am
typical pinoy crap
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ChinoF Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 9:35 am
Now where did I say that being Filipino is shameful? Look again.
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Chorvaqueen Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 11:25 am
Someone’s shooting himself in the foot.
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eleanor Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 6:57 am
Now this is what I call Intellectual discourse and debate.
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http://cornholiogogs.multiply.com/journal/item/518/Hes_One_of_Us_Thats_Why
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Another of Noynoy inner circle has embarassed Pilipinas by insulting Hanoi’s hospitalilty and its people (lahat daw, mukhang insik!), and Lacierda says “… pabayaan na ninyo, masipag naman iyan, eh. At wala namang namatay,
so okay lang!”
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ChinoF Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 10:11 am
I wonder if that person who tweeted about Vietnamese wine is the same person who answered Donald Chang during the Hostage Crisis? Even if not, it’s the same level of bad habits.
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The Philippine Guild Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 11:28 am
very irresponsible — both the one who tweeted that and the Aquino government spokesperson who seems to make the act worse by contending that no one got hurt or died from it. eh di ba nag-invest ang Aquino government ng money on international image building efforts? it seems it’s not working for us.
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Off-topic but maybe not. A sign at the Jon Stewart-Stephen Colbert rally yesterday :
“I am pretty sure God Hates Us All Equally.”
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Napagisip isip ko din ang mga bagay na yan last month lang. Narealize ko din na di naman natin kailangan maging proud, kailangan nating maging humble. At kung may nagawa tayong mga bagay na maganda hayaan nalang nating ibang tao/bansa ang makapuna at huwag nating ipagmalaki kasi kaya din naman nila yun e.
Isa pa, yang “Be proud to be Pinoy” at “ipagmalaki mo!” na yan media lang naman nagpasimula nyan e. Nagsisunod lang ang karamihan ng Pinoy dahil gaya nga sa sabi ng author na mababa ang self-esteem ng mga Pinoy.
Nakakapagtaka nga e, ang dami daming relihiyoso sa Pilipinas, e nakalagay naman sa Bible na isa naman sa kasalanan yang pagiging proud.
“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble [James 4:6]”
Di ako relihiyoso, ni hindi nga ako nagsisimba e. At kung may diyos man, alam kong sa impyerno bagsak ko. At yung mga laging nagsisimba pero araw araw namang gumagawa ng sakit ng ulo/lungkot sa ibang tao ay sa langit mapupunta dahil yun ang paniniwala nila. Pero alam ko naman ang tamang pagtrato sa kapwa, di na kailangan ng dahilan para dun.
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ChinoF Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 9:38 am
Sumasang-ayon ako sa mensahe mo, Gobilam. Maraming salamat po.
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Chorvaqueen Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 11:32 am
Bunch of hypocrites really, let’s start from that bedjumper kris down to mindless block voters.
Come to think of it, only time flips would go to the church and act saintly is when they need something–fortune,health,trivial stuff,baptizing their dogs (yes they do this) or basically any favorable “want”….or some entertaining buzz known as church meddling bull****–”just compels you to stick up for them, I dunno, for what? Saying you gave a damn about it?”
It’s like the church is one big warm-hugging momma and flips will go to her when they have a boo boo.
Believers may want to shoot me for this comment but I couldn’t care less. Condemn me to hell, don’t care either—I thought this is country is hell already?
/rant
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Aegis-Judex Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 11:42 pm
“Pero alam ko naman ang tamang pagtrato sa kapwa, di na kailangan ng dahilan para dun.”
I’ll see you in heaven if that’s the case, for God is in you. Why? Deus Caritas Est — God is Love. By treating other accordingly, you act in the manner that God made you to act.
Love isn’t called a theological virtue without reason.
“Bunch of hypocrites really, let’s start from that bedjumper kris down to mindless block voters.”
These are the Flips who pervert the ethos of their creed. And by pervert, I mean BIG TIME!
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nice perspectives. I’ll sure be following your posts. ciao.
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ChinoF Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 10:15 am
Thanks for that.
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o_O at this pic
@chinoF
It will give rise to sentimentalist crap that “we’re proud of anything Filipino,”
worse yet it will bring rise to vacuous ultra-nationalism
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One word: ethnocenticism.
And you have a point, there is no Filipino race, only nationality. But then again, some people might think you’re the vocabulary police. And their point? Anyway, I’ve been trying to look at things objectively and whenever I go to youtube or some other sites that have a Filipino talent, I see these ‘nationalistic’ comments everywhere. I haven’t seen this a lot in other countries, and this is certainly not what the media or school teaches the people.
Just yesterday I saw this link where Dara of 2ne1 had an ad for a Korean music awards show where she showed off her Tagalog skills. You’ll cringe at the comments where some of them say ‘Yeah Dara, don’t forget your nationality.’ or ‘I’m so proud to be a Filipino. You’re still a Filipino after you became famous.’. And these kinds of comments just go on. I couldn’t take it anymore, so I closed it. Erm, yeah. That pretty much says it all
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ChinoF Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 11:35 am
Blueredicedtea,
Vacuous ultra-nationalism indeed. And people follow it without knowing why.
Luraaa,
Ayan, people do it without knowing why.
One of my theories on why some people spout, “we’re proud to be Filipino” is because if no one does it, they’ll feel that there’s nothing to be proud of and they’re the most shameful people in the world. They mistake pride and shame as opposites.
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OFW-in-Maryland Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Pinoys, especially these months with Noynoy Aquino administration, starting to get a reputation. They disrespect their hosts — Hanoi. But that is nothing compared to how Pinoys can disrespect their guests. And Noynoy’s response??? Pakikisama and “protecting the inner circle” is top priority — BFF is forever and ever.
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Lorenz Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 6:19 pm
You’re taking it wrong guys. Take a deeper look into our people. Ethnocentrism doesn’t really exist in our society. The Japanese society is the strongest ethnocentric society in Asia. They view Japanese as different from non-Japanese. They also treat them differently. If you’re not Japanese then you are not a part of our group. No matter what you do, they always view and treat foreigners differently. This is a fact confirmed by Americans who lived there and some Filipinos too.
Now, the Filipinos are what you call Xenocentric society. Don’t know what it is? Love of foreign and hate of own. Most if not all local artists are white skin. For Filipinos, white skin is superior. For Filipinos, everything made outside is automatically better than local.
But, where did this slogans came from? It is because of Charice, Pacquiao, etc. Ultra nationalism? lolz don’t you know that pacquiao and charice are admired by Filipinos because they became great in the WEST? If they are limited to be popular in Asia, i bet they won’t be admired as now. What does this mean? That Filipinos always look up to the WEST something that isn’t ultra nationalist.
Why is this? Filipinos don’t have epic histories like China, Japan and even Indonesia (Srivijaya kingdom, majapahit, etc.) Most of our history is covered by Western colonization. Do you guys even know the history of Philippines before it was called Philippines? Very little is known of it til now.
What’s the effect? Filipinos have no identity and no great past that’s similar to the empires and kingdoms. This results to craving for something/someone that marks a great history . So, they leaned to Charice, Pacquiao, etc.
Look at Americans, they don’t care much if they have a great singer, boxer, etc. Because they already have numerous great figures and happenings throughout the history of their nation. Civil War, War for Independence, big boom, etc. That’s what made them proud.
Saying Filipinos are a nationalist race is laughable at best. Chinese, Japanese, and even Indians are way more nationalistic than Filipinos.
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ChinoF Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 2:13 am
I don’t think we’re necessarily Xenocentric… it’s a mix. We try to copy some of what’s abroad, but we’re bad copiers. The good copiers, they’re the ones we become proud of or admire. Bad copiers stay here and make shows like Wowowee. But in the end, we can be proud of our copiers and tell foreigners to watch out.
There’s a bit of ethnocentrism, though I believe it’s mostly on the Visaya, Bicolano, Ilocano, etc. level. Which for me gives good reason for federalism to happen. That would also help us develop an identity, because we would appreciate diversity instead of insisting on one absolute “Filipino” identity. I doubt other countries have an absolute singular identity. Perhaps Japan has some diversity too.
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Lorenz Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Barth Suretsky was an American ex-pat who, after several visits in the Philippines since 1982 and immersing himself in the history and culture of the archipelago, decided to live permanently in the country in 1998 as he fell in love with the country. He died in 2001 and left a lamenting article about his thoughts on the root cause of the problems in our country.
He said:
Maybe it will sound simplistic, but to go back to what I said above, it is my unshakable belief that the fundamental thing wrong with this country is a lack of pride in being Filipino. A friend once remarked to me, laconically: “All Filipinos want to be something else. The poor ones want to be American, and the rich ones all want to be Spaniards. Nobody wants to be Filipino.” That statement would appear to be a rather simplistic one, and perhaps it is. However, I know one Filipino who refuses to enter a theater until the national anthem has stopped being played because he doesn’t want to honor his own country, and I know another one who thinks that history stopped dead in 1898 when the Spaniards departed! While it is certainly true that these represent extreme examples of national denial, the truth is not a pretty picture.
Filipinos tend to worship, almost slavishly, everything foreign. If it comes from Italy or France it has to be better than anything made here. If the idea is American or German it has to be superior to anything that Filipinos can think up for themselves. Foreigners are looked up to and idolized. Foreigners can go anywhere without question. In my own personal experience I remember attending recently an affair at a major museum here. I had forgotten to bring my invitation. But while Filipinos entering the museum were checked for invitations, I was simply waived through. This sort of thing happens so often here that it just accepted routine.
All of these things, the illogical respect given to foreigners simply because they are not Filipinos, the distrust and even disrespect shown to any homegrown merchandise, the neglect of anything Philippine, the rudeness of taxi drivers, the ill-manners shown by many Filipinos are all symptomatic of a lack of self-love, of respect for and love of the country in which they were born, and worst of all, a static mind-set in regard to finding ways to improve the situation. Most Filipinos, when confronted with evidence of governmental corruption, political chicanery, or gross exploitation on the part of the business community, simply shrug their shoulders, mutter “bahala na,” and let it go at that.
for full article: http://www.thebrownraise.org/2009/03/inferiority-complex-a-filipino-malady/
there is a little bit of ethnocentrism but the one here in Philippines thrives for division instead of unity unlike the Japanese ethnocentrism.
Japan and Korea are mostly homogeneous countries unlike China and Philippines which have numerous different ethnic people.
ChinoF Reply:
November 2nd, 2010 at 3:32 am
I still don’t buy the colonial mentality thing, since there are a lot of things from the former colonial powers we can benefit from. In Wikipedia, the article on colonial mentality says that the desire for skin whitening products is not due to admiring foreigners’ lighter skins. I doubt it is a real problem and it may be a bogeyman reinforced by the media. But you did raise some valid issues, such as the “bahala na” attitude. I think we don’t know how to go about unity, thanks to ridiculous govermment policies, which is why we suck at it. Best solution for me is to use only English in education, so no ethnicity will complain that they have to learn another ethnic group’s language, and implement federalism.
BTW, let’s hear from other foreigners aside from Barth Suretsky who have opinions about our own country. We have one here at AP.
ChinoF Reply:
November 2nd, 2010 at 4:18 am
Let me add, I think the problem is also making pride as a goal. I believe it is better to look for order first. Pride under disorder can be false pride. Once we have a more orderly society in the Philippines, we can have pride as a peripheral benefit. I doubt pride itself is the method to achieve an orderly society, since pride can exist without any desire for an orderly society.
SO DOES THAT ALSO MEAN UR NOT PROUD OF UR MOM? UR DAD? ACCIDENT OF BIRTH DIN YAN EH.. AND IT MAKES NO SENSE TO BE PROUD OF THEM KASE U HAD NO CONTROL OF BEING BORN AS THEIR SON DB?
P.S. DON’T BE DUMB.
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ChinoF Reply:
October 31st, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Yes. You can admire your dad and mom for being your parents, and be thankful, but you don’t need to be proud of them. If you’re not proud of them, it doesn’t mean you disrespect them. Pride is different from love. You can be proud of their achievements, too, since at least you have a direct relationship with them unlike with Charice or Pacquiao.
If you were born in a squatter area, and your dad was a drunkard, would you be proud of your dad?
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@gwapo:
You’re the one being dumb. The article is specifically about the misplaced Filipino pride and the self righteous pseudo-nationalism it promotes; not about the accident of conception due to parental coitus.
It’s normal to be proud of your parents. and like all good children of the motherland it’s also normal that we should feel proud of her bountiful chocolate hills and flowing waterfalls and such..
but like the article says: anything more than that is Filipino imperialistic crap. I personally call it KKK or Kahambugan, Kayabangan at Katangahan. Which makes me wonder.. Are we really that culturally deficit? most of the avid readers would probably agree. That we are culturally malnourished and we are aware of it.
It’s like a subject of taboo. everybody knows it but nobody really talks about it. and when somebody does talk about it.. It usually ends up with somebody being called a traitor to the motherland. simply because somebody stated the obvious.
That people tend to overcompensate when they feel inadequate. it’s like being a sexually impotent rich guy buying a ferrari. however most of us can’t affford a ferrari.. so what’s the next best thing? bluff.. after a while the bluff becomes full blown bull****. in other words Kahambugan.
PS: Typing in CAPS doesn’t help reinforce your argument, however.. it does make you sound Bobo.
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A nation in delusion will find more ways to delude itself…
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We elected an incompetent and coward President. We had a tragic Hostage situation, that would not had happened. We have a Whore, Kris Aquino, used in Politics. Our country is under the mercy of vicious Hacienda Luisita Mafia. We have Secretary Puno, in charge of the Police, who confessed he accepted Bribes. Noynoy Aquino was recently in Vietnam to beg the Vietnamese for rice to import. Because, he cannot solve the rice and sugar problem. What more is left to be proud of? We are being deceived, left and right; up and down; covertly and on plain view…I don’t see anything to be proud of…except, if we allow ourselves to continue to be in the State Of Delusion…
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How low has the Filipino fallen? Misplaced pride that encompasses our sense of right and wrong. Nice article. And I couldn’t agree more.
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This isn’t nationalism. It’s more of fascism. True nationalism is the desire for the progress of thy country. Nationalism isn’t being proud. It’s about love of country wanting it to succeed and giving it honor by having your own great achievements.
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ChinoF Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 2:07 am
If you mean true love of country… yes, I agree that it’s absent. Fascism nga yung above poster, in a way.
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Extrajudicial punishment (especially against farmers, teachers, doctors, lawyers), the Maguindanao massacre, the Manila hostage crisis, and the Hacienda Luisita fiascos… and then we should be proud of our race? I’m getting sick of all that pleasantry addiction. Why should we wait for miracles?
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Wow…What a wonderful article…The thing is these mind altering slogans are everywhere…I’m from India and in school its pretty much the same crap they dish out on students…exactly as you mentioned…they tell you east or west India is the best…Indian race and its cultural history is the best etc etc…During my school days..i never liked any of these…but we were told to repeat it every morning during national anthem.
Now i understand, they dumb down kids at an early age so that with false pretensions they would join the military and fight wars. I think it’s all political…If kids don’t dig in filipino or Indian pride who will fight wars and die for a stupid cause…
I’m amazed everyday i read anti-pinoy the similarity in politics and suffering of its people from both PH and India is soo matched up…I for once think the same players are controlling both countries somehow…
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Hyden Toro Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Politicians and leaders are the same. They are all self serving. They are bent on maintaining their self importance. They deceive people. Same as in any ideology. Same as in any nationality. Same in as any religion. It is the Human Heart that matters; not the: looks, colors of the skin or nationalities of people; as the great Holy Book: Bhagavad Gita of India had taught us…
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Jack Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Very well said…thanks
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Its just me or what… Para talagang communist o facist propaganda yang mga “proud to be pilipino.. bla bla bla..” too bad for them… I don’t buy their cheap tactics…
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When I hear the word “Be proud of the filipino race” or anything that resembles that word. I’m thinking of NAZI Philippines. Yes, Nazi Philippines with it’s brand of ‘superiority’ over other countries and in the future because of our explosive population growth (thanks to our medieval church) we can do the zerg rush and commit genocide of countries that we think are insulting our so called ‘culture’. That’s ****ed up right there
We can blame the media for creating the Proud Filipino crap
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Ethnocentrism plus culturolatry equals that uniquely Pinoy dysfunction of misguided pride we see today.
This photo is proof that this sort of moronic thinking that infests our society is deeply institutionalised even in our education system.
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ChinoF Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 4:17 am
Culturolatry – man, that’s a great way to call it.
Yes, the institutionalization in education is what got me worried about this. Imagine schools teaching the students to mouth out “I am proud!” even when a Filipino got caught doing a crime and it got publicized around the world. Other nations might say we’re teaching our kids to be just like Nazis or Pol Pots.
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na dali mo ChinoF… high five!… pag nanalo si Pacman sa laban nya for sure dami na naman pinoy sa FB at Blogs na mag popost “Proud to be Pinoy”… at pag lumabas na naman si Charice sa Glee dami na naman ulit mag popost na “Proud to be Pinoy”… ang naisip ko nga dito eh, diba ang Crab Mentality eh hatakan pababa…(fact: pag nag search ka ng “Crab Mentality sa google, most of the links are related to Philippines… bakit kaya?) ano naman tawag dun sa kapit tuko sa achievements ng iba tao? na feeling nya eh maipagmamalaki na din nya sarili nya…
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manzi Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 2:45 am
it’s like a disease that’s nakakatawa, nakakahiya and at the same time nakakahawa. lalo na on a local scale. kabaranggay ko yan! woo! magkumpare mga lolo namin! woo! parang magka-mag-anak na kami! nakakatawa pa lang yan..
the moment somebody claims familial relations to a “celebrity” without proof.. nakakahiya na yon. we all know somebody in real life who does that. no matter how detached, they will make a connection. pinsan ko ang tiyuhin ng asawa ng lolo niya. putsa pare we’re related! that’s the local equivalent to magaling siya at galing siya ng pilipinas therefore magaling din ako. da best ang pinoy woo!
by this point all the isolated cases have become a fullblown social epedemic.. ayun nagkahawaan na.
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ChinoF Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 4:31 am
Kaya “proud to be Pinoy” nalang, because if they can’t claim blood relations, eh di national relations nalang. Makasakay lang para makihati siguro.
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ChinoF Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 4:49 am
“Crab mentality,” pulling down others who are doing better, could be found anywhere in the world after all, but I believe the term was coined in the Philippines.
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manzi Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 6:35 am
crab mentality sounds specific.. hinahatak pababa ang paakyat. dapat may term din para sa mga nakikisabit at nakikisakay.
“coat tail riders” sounds high brow.. para mas local pakinggan, marine life relevant and verbally ironic at the same time.
“pilot fish” – A small slender marine fish (Naucrates ductor) that often swims in company with larger fishes. this fish has a “the bigger the better” mentality. and will leave its current fish master when it spots a bigger fish. minsan may pagkatanga din at bumubuntot sa mga bapor kung walang pating.
pilotfish is called “tigre” in tagalog..
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Nice article. Totoo nga na sobrang low-esteem ng “race” natin, we keep on using shallow means to uplift us. Lalo na ung victories ni Pacman, Charice Arnel etc.
For me, ang gusto ko lang, magkaroon ng OFFICIAL statement ang isang figure or committee or whatever, in defining what it really means to be a filipino. Were not just Malayan descent as its obvious when you go out in public. Total mix ng pacific islanders, malays, sino, and yes, european. Cmon now, 300+ years of colonialism.
I think if our society fully embraces a well-defined history, we can start from there. And then magkaroon ng isang cultural committee na magdadagdag ng official STUFF sa cultural identity natin. Example, changing of our national anthem, kasi daw pang-marching band daw at hindi solemn. Some folk wanna change it, most wont, kasi daw nakasanayan na. Pero if we OFFICIALLY change things about our society, magbe-benefit din ang mga descendants natin 300-600 years later.
In favor ako na we should use english more, and at the same time, promote literature that exalts tagalog naman, tas dagdagan natin ng special discipline: pag-gamit ng Baybayin.
Bawasan or eradicate ang sensationalism sa media, alisin ang CHISMISAN at bigyan ng proper outlet ang mga bakla para mapunta sa productive arts ang talents nila.
Dapat ang mindset ng BAWAT filipino ay Professionalism at Politeness.
The current reigning elites are doing bad. Hindi maganda ang ugali ng masa dahil sa conditioning na gawa ng hegemonic* media na under control nila. Kasuklam-suklam ang mga ugali ng masa.. Mindless and silent ravenous.
We have a long way to go, pero id like to think na people here in anti-pinoy will start the initial spark. Antipinoy.com na siguro ang La Solidaridad ng panahon natin.
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ChinoF Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 5:12 am
“The current reigning elites are doing bad. Hindi maganda ang ugali ng masa dahil sa conditioning na gawa ng hegemonic* media na under control nila. Kasuklam-suklam ang mga ugali ng masa.. Mindless and silent ravenous.”
This “proud to be Pinoy” thing is mostly likely a media concoction as well. Our local media is so atrocious. Aside from Wowowee stuff, even presentations of our history are mostly maligned. You got it, man… mass media is a big ogre that we should challenge.
And yes, to challenge that is the modern La Solidaridad… us. I like that, thanks for that.
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Chino,
Sana tinuturo/ enforce na lang ng schools ay ang pagcontribute ng mga tao para sa pag-unlad ng bayan. Pride is useless.
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ChinoF Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 4:47 am
Onga eh. Dito kailangan ng educational reform, hindi yung dagdag ng dagdag ng taon. Kahit dumagdag nga ng taon, wa-epek pa rin kasi puro hangin sa ulo ang tinuturo.
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brianitus Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 6:34 am
Chino, I know this idea is going to be stretch:
Imagine this: You have your new kids coming in sa public school every year. Chances are, most of these kids are underprivileged/ poor/ suffering from their own lack of self-esteem. Then compound that with the school teaching them that Pinoys should learn to be great/ be proud (dahil api-apihan ang mga Pinoy). Who knows? Today’s public school system could be the breeding ground for Pinoy racists of the future.
As far as educational reform is concerned: Maybe dapat maisip ng buong PIlipinas na hinay hinay muna sa paggawa ng bata ang mga tao. Kung ang pagdami ng eskwelahan ay simbilis ng pagdami ng tao, aba fight lang ng fight. Kaso hindi eh.
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ChinoF Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 7:49 am
That’s a good summary of what’s happening with this kind of educational system. With more kids being churned out, more kids are there to hoodwink with this kind of emo propaganda. Add to that the Wowowee idiocy telling them it’s OK to have kalaswaan in “general patronage” shows. Now who coined that term… “the corruption of the youth.”
The entire Filipino race is forever genetically racially culturally inferior to every other race from other countries since Filipinos are a tropical race from tropical country Philippines. All Filipinos should better commit suicide now before it’s too late, you’ll be glad you did sooner.
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naalala ko lang, a friend of mine posted in his facebook wall during the hostage taking last aug.. he was saying something like filipinos have shown the world that it can move forward at times of calamities/tragedies… lets pray blah blah blah… taas noo parin blah blah blah…. and that he is still proud to be pinoy… wtf… ano ang dapat ko ikatuwa that time… ano dapat ko ipagmalaki??? when i commented on his post, I definitely got him hyped and he was saying the same argument as every flips are saying… “kaya d uunlad ang pinas dahil sa mga taong katulad mo… blah blah blah…” matindi dito, may mga sumawsaw pa… common denominator sa kanila? kumikinang na dilaw sila… well… ang Emo nga naman… patuloy na mag papahirap sa pinas
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ChinoF Reply:
November 2nd, 2010 at 3:15 am
I would have reacted to your friend, “Proud to be Pinoy when a Pinoy murdered foreign nationals? You’re proud of a Pinoy murderer?” and “In the hostage crisis, it’s not really us who should move forward after a calamity, but Hong Kong since they’re the ones who suffered from the tragedy, not us. We’re suffering from our own stupidity.” I’d like to lay it down in a way that makes them think.
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Haha. We had a discussion about Philippine contributions to the world. One of my friends asked, “What if the Philippines sank?” Another friend of mine answered, “Nothing. The world will remain as it is. It will just lose a chunk of islands.” We all agreed.
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ChinoF Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 8:01 am
If that happened, I’d say people like Charice and Arnel lost most of their fans (unless they’re here and joined the sinking).
It’s like the saying…. “you know your value to the world by how many people go to your funeral during a raging storm.”
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Be proud? There are nothing but a squatter mentality.
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you all are some dumb ass racist……………………………………………!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…you dont respect other people by creating this website… this website is just ****….****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!you retards should get a life..all of you racist bastards…
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Hyden Toro Reply:
November 1st, 2010 at 12:35 pm
To face your own Realities is not Dumb…If you continue in your own state of delusion; you can live in the little corner of your little mind. We are free to think….
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Dude, at least we think. What about you? oh yeah, you only spit ****
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that was for filipino ako btw
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Thanks for Labu for sharing this blog post of Tim Ferris:
20 Things I’ve Learned From Traveling Around the World for Three Years
On no. 12, “Everyone is proud of where they are from,”.I’d assert that saying how you cross the street in Palau is very different from blurting “we are proud of our race!”
And on no. 16: “ In developing countries, government is usually the problem.” Nyahahaha, right on!
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