Penoy Praydists Getting Offended Over That Alleged Racial Slur In "Make My Heart Smile" Proves They're Insecure, Butthurt Crybabies
I'm mad at China as a POLITICAL ENTITY but not the Chinese people as a whole. it was revealed at that earlier episode of an ongoing Chinovela called Make My Heart Smile has an alleged slur scene. The leading guy arrogantly tells the leading lady that her dress is like that of a Filipino maid. No surprise is that there are already BUTTHURT statements against the Chinovela for the statement. The incident caught me off-guard while giving me an idea for a Chinese New Year post. Yup, I really laughed just reading the post about it.
This isn't really too surprising if you can remember the outrage in Hong Kong (last 2015) concerning the "offensive" textbooks? I was amazed at how the book really made them mad when the textbook promoted Filipinos as "domestic helpers". What did they want to be portrayed as? Conquerors of Hong Kong? Please, OFW means Overseas Filipino WORKER, not Overseas Filipino Warrior. When Filipinos work abroad -- they're under the authority of the FOREIGN BOSS. They go abroad separated from their families and for what? Conquest? That's again a fool's dream. Many Filipinos go abroad to be domestic helpers hence the stereotype. There's NOTHING offensive about Filipinos being "stereotyped" as such unless if it's something like "I'm a Filipino and..." the correct answer is "a drug mule". Why aren't they proud of their honest work as a domestic helper? Do they want to be stereotyped as drug mules or as domestic helpers?
I always find it funny (and irritating) at the same time when SOME Filipinos falsely accuse me of alleged racism against them. They would even play the racist card against foreigners in order to enjoy their blunder. They would throw the racist card whenever it's convenient such as when they try to avoid constructive criticism. Thinkers doers, right? When they're asked to give SPECIFICS about where so and so was being racist -- they further act tough, they say they don't need to point the specifics (HUH), and start to play the victim whenever it's convenient. Even worse, they throw a lot of racist jokes at other Filipinos (of different ancestry) or foreigners. I remembered being bullied for my Chinese ancestry even when I'm already considered Filipino. Other offensive jokes have them calling Koreans "faggots" and Indians "bahong sibuyas" (smells like onion).
This is the problem of their claim that Filipinos are supposedly the most powerful race in the world. It's no different from Adolf Hitler's claim that the Aryans were the best or Mao Zedong's Chinese pride. Both Hitler and Mao were terrible racists themselves too. Their claim to be the most powerful race in the world is further disproven when one single line from a C-Drama caused them to roar like crazy. If they were so great then that line wouldn't be so offensive. This line wasn't like what happened in Desperate Housewives when Filipino doctors were discriminated against. Dressing like a Filipino maid means to dress for service. Besides, shouldn't it be an honor instead to dress like a Filipino MAID than a drug mule?
May pagka-one-sided talaga ang mga Pilipino. Pag mag kokomplimento ng tao ¨ay ang ganda mo teh muka kang Japanese! Pwede ka na mag asawa ng mayaman! =OR= Ay ang puti puti mo naman, kay tangos ng ilong tapos chinita eyes pa, muka kang Korean!¨ Pero pag maitim tapos napadaan sa madilim na lugar ¨ay, nasaan ka na? bat di na kita makita?¨ ¨Ay ano ba yan pre, anino ka ba?¨ ¨Hoy negro/negra/¨ etc. etc.
ReplyDeleteOne of the reasons why I don´t see myself raising a family in this country. Yes there are upsides, the fiestas, the parties, the people you´ll meet, the local grassroots movements (especially sa paparating na elección) and the business opportunities (note the term ´business´, not job opportunities sa Pinas lol). Even with the restrictions sa tingin ko okay parin mag negoció dito kasi malakas kumonsumo ang Pinoy (maybe due to OFW remittance).
Pero yung downside talaga mostly patungkol sa family. Okay lang ako as a single person. Pa-travel-travel (Which I´m afraid to do rn kc nga COVID), acquiring opportunities here and there, kaso pag usaping pam-pamilya na, hindi talaga ako pabor lalo na sa kultura rito. Baka mayroon pang bumanat sakin dahil sa previous sentence ko pero tanggapin na natin, yun ang totoo eh. Haw-shaw lang yang filipino-filipino values pati yang ´hospitality´ traits na yan.
Oo hospitable tayo, sa banyaga, pero sa kapwa pinoy hindi.
Oo strong family ties. Strong family ties para makapam-budol ng kapamilya o kamag-anak na nag tatanas sa ibayong lugar at nagpapaka-alila para lamang matustusan ang pangangailangan (or for a lack of a better word, LUHO) ng batugan nilang mga kadugo hanggang magsitandaan yung mga OFW. Tapos pag bumalik yung OFW magtataka kung saan napunta yung lahat ng inipon na pera at yung mga pundar nila. Tapos yung mga anak nila OFW ulit. The cycle continues. De putong bibingka nga naman.
Yung isa pa sa pinakamatindi diyan eh yung anti-intellectualism rito (pati anti-rich na sentiment). Gusto ninyong umunlad ang bansa pero galit sa matalino. ´Gusto´ niyo na umasenso pero galit sa Intsik (na sa halip ay dapat tularan natin ang kanilang magandang ginagawa). Ganyan talaga ang kalakaran rito. Kaya kahit sino pa magalit sa kung sino man ang makakapagsabi gaya ng sinulat ko rito eh wa-epek naman kasi yun talaga ang totoó.
Hindi talaga maganda ang environment ng Pilipinas o ang kultura nito lalo na sa usaping pam-pamilya. Hindi rin madali mag kumpara, pero mas okay na sakin yung kultura sa Japan o sa Korea na malakas ang pressure o stress mula sa career o paaralan (to the point na maraming nagpapakamatay), eh at least nakakain ng maayos, kahit mahirap yung pinag-aaralan sa iskul eh talagang dekalidad at tiyak yung education for employment or entrepreneurship at di-hámak na mas maliit ang chance na lumaking barumbado ang supling. Pagandahan nalang yan ng pagpapalaki ika nga para hindi masama sa mga nagpakain sa sistema. ´Di katulad dito sa Pinas. Kahit anong ingat mo, malingat ka lang bigla na palang nalulong sa masamang bisyo anak mo, o di-kaya´y napasama sa barkada at napabayaan ang pag-aaral, o ang isa sa pinaka-malala talaga, eh yung makabuntis o mabuntis nang maaga. Say goodbye to your future.
Kaya mas bilib ako dun sa mga Pinoy na unti-unting nagpaplano na kunin yung mga kapamilya nila na mapagkakatiwalaan tapos biglang migrate sa ibang bansa. Alam talaga nila na pag nanatili pa sila sa Pilipinas eh parang nagsasayang lang sila ng oras. Nakatungtong na nga sila sa mas magandang lugar eh hindi pa ba nila sasagarin ang pagkakataon? Pagkatapos mapa-migrate yung mga anak, mananahimik na sila sa social media para hindi na sila maabala nung mga (kadalasan na) kamag-anak nila na feeling entitled sa biyaya ng OFW-soon-to-be-RESIDENT. Aanhin mo nga naman ang pagmamahal sa sarili mong bayan kung gutom ka? Hindi mo makamit ang pangarap mo? Edi wala rin? Yan ang isa sa mga katanungan na aywan ko ba kung may bayag ba ang mga ´kababayan´ ko na sagutin yan o magpapa-bulag-bulagan nalang ba tayo poreber? Penoyprayd lang ang sakalam?
Atsaka isa pa, kung ayaw ng mga Pinoy na matawagang domestic helper o worker, edi bat hindi kayo mag sumikap? May kilala ba tayong mala-Bill Gates o Elon Musk, o di-kaya´y isang Emperor Meiji, o isang Lee Kuan Yew na dugong ´´Pinoy´´? Eh karamihan nga ng mga bayaning historical dito eh halos walang paki ang international (academe), bagkus puro Meiji Restoration tsaka Deng Xiaoping era ang patok na patok.
ReplyDeleteTapos yung mga modernong may-sinabi sa atin sa Pinas puro may lahi pa na kadalasang Intsik (altho wala namang masama diyan, tsaka wala naman talagang ´pinoy blood´, legal definition lang meron pero sa totoo wala talagang ganyan, nasusukat ba ang ´pagka-Pilipino´ sa siyentipikong pamamaraan?).
Meron pang nagpapakalat ng Urban legend, Pinoy daw na nag-ngangalang ´Florencio´ nag imbento ng florescent light bulb - hango daw sa pangalan niya... haha de putsa, eh ang florencio eh hindi naman pinoy na pangalan yan bagkus ay Español. Armando daw nag imbento ng armalite eh kasi daw Armando nga kasi pangalan kaya armalite. (RIP LOGIC)
Anak ng... Wala na kasing maipag-mayabang sa mundo bukod kay Pacquiao (na sports/entertainment value lang naman ang hatid; hindi gaya nga nina Lee Kuan Yew o Deng Xiaoping na di-hamak na obhetibong mas may kakwenta-kwenta pa ang mga achievement) o mga Miss Universe Philippines Champion na ginamit pa ang ´TONDO´ ala ´poverty porn´ na kesyo tutulungan daw nila ang mga mahihirap (a.k.a. appeal to emotion) tapos few years later NGA-NGA rin pala.
Aba eh kung wala pala tayong napapala sa mga pa-boxing-boxing o pa-pageant-pageant (a.k.a. pagpapasikat sa ibang lahi) eh bat hindi natin itigil? Sa totoo lang yung effort na ibinubuhos sa pagpapasikat na ganyan eh ilaan nalang sana sa infrastructure, o education, o job creation ala industrialization, edi mas kapaki-pakinabang pa. Tsaka na mag pasikat pag maunlad na. Parang ginawa din ng Japan at Korea, and now China. Talagang nagkaroon lang ng mishap yung IILAN na instik sa palabas na yan. But then again honestly, kalaít-laítan naman kasi talaga tayo. The truth hurts.
Honestly katawa-tawa talaga itong style ng Pinas na ito eh. Tapos mag-rereklamo kung nalait-lait ng ibang lahi. Oo hindi maganda na malait ang kung ano mang lahi, pero kung kalaít-laítan naman talaga, mas lalo na kung gusto nilang manatili sa estadong kalaít-laítan at imbis na magbago ay gagamitin pa ito bilang ´privilege´ o ´insignia de honor´ eh wala. wala talaga. ¡Puñeta!