Comments on: Philippine racism http://www.quezon.ph Punditry. Politics. History. Commentary. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nino Gonzales http://www.quezon.ph/familyinfo/philippine-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-985707 Nino Gonzales Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:37:23 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?page_id=1007#comment-985707 Hello, Mr. MLQ3. Just wondering if you have written your own piece on Philippine racism (I couldn't find any in this blog using your search). After more than 40 years, do you think the situation still the same? Did the nationalist POV's of Agoncillo and Constantino, the imposition of the national language, and the songs of Florante level the playing field for the brown man? Does whiteness/darkness still count? Here's what I observe: showbiz - whiteness still counts corporate world - it never counted (except perhaps in the soriano companies of old; i don't know about the chinese owned ones of today; perhaps nepotism; but racism?) entrepreneurship - it never counted politics - browness is a plus (if you are a guy) being a pretty girl - basing on the sales of whitening soaps, it seems to count a lot (yeah, the thing's really unfair for filipinas) I drifted into this topic since I was sort of examining my own race and class prejudices recently: http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=User:Nino_Gonzales/conyo Hello, Mr. MLQ3. Just wondering if you have written your own piece on Philippine racism (I couldn’t find any in this blog using your search). After more than 40 years, do you think the situation still the same? Did the nationalist POV’s of Agoncillo and Constantino, the imposition of the national language, and the songs of Florante level the playing field for the brown man? Does whiteness/darkness still count? Here’s what I observe:
showbiz – whiteness still counts
corporate world – it never counted (except perhaps in the soriano companies of old; i don’t know about the chinese owned ones of today; perhaps nepotism; but racism?)
entrepreneurship – it never counted
politics – browness is a plus (if you are a guy)
being a pretty girl – basing on the sales of whitening soaps, it seems to count a lot (yeah, the thing’s really unfair for filipinas)

I drifted into this topic since I was sort of examining my own race and class prejudices recently:
http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=User:Nino_Gonzales/conyo

]]> By: Filipino Revolutions « massthink http://www.quezon.ph/familyinfo/philippine-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-792274 Filipino Revolutions « massthink Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:39:55 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?page_id=1007#comment-792274 [...] article by Quezon, Jr. (Quezon III’s father) on the Filipino colonial mentality I mentioned above. Some insighting paragraphs: Although our consciousness of being Filipinos is [...] [...] article by Quezon, Jr. (Quezon III’s father) on the Filipino colonial mentality I mentioned above. Some insighting paragraphs: Although our consciousness of being Filipinos is [...]

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