Why can't Filipinos be Filipinos?

We always seem to prefer something that's not us. Whiter skin, different colored eyes, foreign movies. We always prefer stuff that are foreign and consider what we have here cheap and as said in street terms, "Baduy". A lot of Filipinos are more American than Americans. Just look at our showbiz industry, almost every actor and actress look foreign, those who look like pure Filipinos end up being comedians. How come we are so racist against our own kind? If you don't believe what I'm saying then ask yourself what is a "beautiful person" for you? Describe the ideal girl/ guy in your mind and tell me how Filipina/Filipino their features are.

Why can't Filipinos be Filipinos?
My boyfriend is 100% Filipino and he is the most beautiful man in the world to me. His features are almost Mexican/Spanish looking, a sharper nose but with full lips and large dark Asian eyes. Straight shiny black hair, with a goatee and moustache, and flaring, nicely shaped eyebrows. He is light in weight but very muscular and broad shouldered and narrow hipped, not overly tall but not short. His skintone is a medium/light golden brown. He is ideal to me in looks, because I love him. I wish he loved himself as much, because I feel that he is much like you describe, I wish he would be as proud of being Filipino as he should be. You should always be proud of who you are and who you come from, everyone's culture has special and good and unique things to celebrate. About the only thing he seems to enjoy about being Filipino is the foods he grew up with. Other than that, he seems to distance himself from other Filipinos. He even resents it that his sister wants him to spend time with her kids so that he can represent more of their Filipino heritage...she is married to a white man and lives in a white area. He seems insulted by being identified by his sister as a source of Filipino-ness...I wish he was prouder of his heritage and not so ambivalent. I think he and the Filipino culture he comes from is wonderful. Not perfect, but neither is any culture.
Reply:because the philippines is uniqe! they learned all these influences in the past by americans and spanish,so u cant stop what history did filipnios will always be like u said..in a way its good its special in our part of the world our culture is very comonly hispanic and americanized lifes Report It

Reply:They dont have pride in there own culture because they have no culture. If only Hitler was still alive.
Reply:Just because we are of different race doesnt mean that we should only commune amongst only our race. Fillipinos who live in America are constantly in contact with other races. And like the saying goes, "opposites attract", even though they arent really opposite, but i think you catch my drift. I am, btw fillipino, and i think that any girl who is humble, funny, and doesnt listent he mainstream music but music that she likes is the perfect girl in my mind. I know, it sounds like im giving a corny speech, but its true.





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Reply:Several of my nieces and nephews are Filipino and I grew up around them as my brother-in-law was Filipino . I loved the golden brown skin tone they have even my native American coloring is not the same. they are very beautiful people, ad I think movie , showbiz, etc are very narrow minded because all races have beauty in them and you are right about some being more American than some people, my brother-in-law fought in the 2nd world war for his citizenship.
Reply:im sure most would like to be something else.. but ah well...
Reply:the way i see it.. people's perception of beauty is quite universal...


besides, our appreciation for beauty...our taste...cannot be influenced by anything...cannot be controlled , cannot be forced fed....and that's the mistery of beauty.


you can't teach yourself to appreciate something you really don't. that goes for everybody not just Filipinos. that's just me.
Reply:I am very proud of being Filipino, I am just not proud of the negative stereotypes, especially ones I definitely do not fit in.

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