This discussion is seriously overdue.
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As a Filipino, I think our culture perpetuates these issues because we still see ourselves as defined by colonial rule. The more Indio you are, the less educated and poorer you are perceived to be. The darker you are, the uglier and more provincial you are.
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This translates to a culture that supports the status quo of the dominant culture in the diaspora. The mindset behind it is survival. Hiding traditional aspects of culture has been needed to avoid persecution
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My family is from one of the last areas to be occupied by the Spanish. My great great grandfather was forced to haul stones to build the church, and watched whole lineages of the family beat to death in the town square for trying to flee
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He, like most in the area was from an indigenous group the Spanish forced to assimilate with workers they brought from Cebu. Despite begging he took all his knowledge to the grave well into the US occupation for fear his remaining family would be killed.
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This legacy translates directly into suspicions and dislike of other indigenous groups. A lack of understanding as to why they don’t conform when they aren’t being beat to death. The economic position of many Filipinos in Hawaii takes away the privilege of thinking about this.
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They often see thinking about social issues as frivolous luxuries for the wealthy, whites and mestizos. It doesn’t help that the second generation acts like the first is uneducated and poor. Supporting the status quo becomes a method of survival.
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Is it survivors guilt, or survivors abuse baggage that we carry that makes Filipinos view, treat, and continue on as a mode of the colonizers? Cause my family and I lived and survived the colonizers abuse and honestly I'm just happy to be here.
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