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i got this email from tito ed... and it got me riled up. lol. i mean well things have been...interesting to say the least, but this.. it just... i cant even explain. just read
Please take time to read this most especially the bottom part, PATRICIA
EVANGELISTA's (19-year-old Filipina) speech that won in a WORLD
competition in London.
"This is a hate letter coming from a radio talk show host Mr. Art Bell
from Nevada. I don't consider myself as patriotic but please read my reply
below in BOLD LETTERS and send this to as many of your friends as possible
until it reaches Mr. Art Bell of Nevada. - PATRICIA"
HATE LETTER TO ALL FILIPINOS
This is a very disturbing open e-mail letter to all Filipinos around the
world; specially here in North America! From a man who has the power to
reach millions of people. (he's a radio talk host)
Please read on...
This is an open letter email by Art Bell, a radio talk show host in Nevada
(more info in the email itself). Here is yet another person who has taken
advantage of his power and privilege to use hateful words and racial
stereotypes that breed further ignorance and intolerance in our society.
Art Bell is a talk radio host who has two shows that he broadcasts from
his home in Nevada, that is rebroadcast by 400 stations across the
country.
He's written 2 books. He lived in Okinawa, Japan for some years and had a
radio program on the English station here. And, though it's hard to
believe after reading the following letter from him, he actually has been
to the Philippines (he's traveled fairly extensively around the world).
Check out his website listed at the end to get a glimpse at this fool
who's spreading this hateful ignorance. And check his wife as well. This
letter is so degrading, I think it's really important that everybody read
this and not attack him, but respond to him in a civilized manner because
otherwise his thoughts will be reaffirmed.
Understand that not everyone has a viewpoint like we do and that this is
an opinion of someone who hopefully can be changed only by civil actions.
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Filipinos.....*make me puke* (by Art Bell)
As we've all come to notice, in the past few decades, Filipinos have begun
to infest the United States like some sort of disease. Their extensive
involvement in the U.S. Armed Forces is proof of the trashy kind of
qualities all filipinos tend to exhibit on a regular basis. You can see
this clearly by studying the attitudes and cultural Icons of most Filipino
Americans.
Origins of Pinoys/Pinays:
Are they really asian? Well we've come to accept the fact the filipinos
come from a part of the world known as South East Asia. But the term
"Asia" is used in the wrong way. You may notice that contemporary Filipino
Americans try very hard to associate themselves with groups that we know
as Asian. I cannot count the number of times I have seen a 'Third World'
Filipino try to connect themselves to the Chinese or Japanese people.
There is no connection and here's why. The Philippines is a Third World
country.
Nothing respectable has EVER been created by Filipino people during our
entire human history. Young filipino men in America have become obsessed
with "import racing". They have an enormously perverted affection for
Japanese cars. It's a common phenomenon. In their minds, these Filipinos
somehow believe that they are asian and that it somehow connects them to
Japanese people and Japanese cars. They often take credit for the
ingenuity of Japanese people! and say how it's an "Asian thing". This
term..."Asian thing" derived directly from African American slang "black
thang". "It's a black thang." "It's an asian thang."
You can see the connection. It's even funnier that, in Japan, Filipinos
are heavily discriminated against. The only filipinos that can live
successfully in Japan are the filipino prostitutes. But that's the case
for most Filipino people no matter where they live in the world. Now we've
come down to this fact...and it is a fact.
Nothing in Filipino Culture can be seen as Asian.
They have no architectural, artistic, or cultural influence which is in
ANY way, asian. Thinking of the great countries in Asia such as Japan,
Korea, and China there is no way you can possibly connect the Philippine
Islands. This assault by filipino americans to connect themselves with the
great peoples of North East Asia is foul and disgusting. Try visiting a
young filipino's web site too. You'll see something called the "Asian IRC
Ring". It has to do with the chatrooms. The most horrible thing about
this is that these TRASHY people are trying to associate themselves with
Asia again!!
People in Asia don't act like this at all. What we are seeing here is the
natural Filipino in it's element with full access to technology and this
is how they act! You will consistently see this behavior over and over
again.
Another interesting thing is that these "thirdworld" people also frequent
RC chatrooms such as #chinese #japan and #asian. They must believe that
they are somehow related racially or culturally to North Asians. But it's
completely WRONG! There might have been somdistant contact with China and
even less with Japan during World War II, but these people are actually
more closely related to african americans and Mexican americans.
Do the parents of these young filipinos know what's going on? Would they
accept this? I believe that they would and do.
This is the natural "Trash" element in filipinos manifesting itself.
Nothing good has ever come from Philippines and I don't believe anything
good ever will.
Recognizing your Roots (A Message to Filipinos).
To all filipino people:
Please recognize your ROOTS! You come from the Third World! Your country
is a disgusting and filthy place. Most people there live in poverty! Your
culture has MUCH MORE SPANISH influence than chinese, and absolutely no
JAPANESE influence whatsoever.
People in Japan and China, do not act like you. They do not constantly
talk about sex and they have a MUCH HIGHER level of RESPECT for each
other. There is NO WAY that you can connect yourself to Asia other than
location.
Your culture and technological advancement does not even come CLOSE to
What Chinese, people have done in the past and what Japanese and Korean
people are doing now! Everything you do is distinctly filipino. You cannot
take credit for Japanese cars, video games, or Hentai! It's not an "asian
thing" it's, an "American thing". You have no concept of culture... no
concept of asian ideas or asian philosophy! Can you demonstrate how you
use Confucianism or Taoism in you everyday life?? You can't. And you will
NEVER be able to.
I understand that you are trying to create an identity for yourselves as
young people... but it is NOT related to Asia. Your identity is Filipino.
That's all you are. Just Filipino. Think about what that means....
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Patricia Evangelista's REPLY
I find this funny, he is right in some ways where we, as Filipinos dont
actually have an "Identity". I think this is due to the confusion of our
mixed races from Hispanic, Chinese, American and Malay origins. I see it
in malls, imagine young generations wearing ski caps and ski goggles in a
tropical country, baggy low rise pants like that of African Americans
living in the Bronx of New York, not to mention endless whitening products
being sold at dpartment stores and drug stores.
But his ignorance also blinds him from the other truth. That while we may
glorify Anime shows and Japanese Internet gaming, he is not aware that a
nameless Filipino may be responsible for some technical aspects of some
Japanese software. He is not aware of our contribution to the the society
in general.
Technological advancements that may have aided post war navigations and
landing on the moon. That the antibiotic Erythromycin was discovered by
Dr. Abelardo Aguilar from Iloilo creating the brand "Ilosone".
Thomas Edison may have discovered the electric light bulb and the
fluorescent lighting was thought up by Nikola Tesla. But the fluorescent
lamp we use today was invented by Agapito Flores (a Cebuano named Benigno
Flores of Bantayan Island, according to the Philippine Daily inquirer), a
Filipino scientist.
Americans helped then-Philippine leader Ramon Magsaysay to develop it for
worldwide commerce. That the personal physician of former U.S. Pres. Bill
Clinton is Eleanor "Connie" Concepcion Mariano, a Filipina doctor who was
the youngest captain in the US Navy. A Filipino writer Jose Rizal could
read and write at age 2, and grew up to speak more than 20 languages,
includind Latin, Greek, German, French and Chinese.
Or that a Filipino genius was responsible for the near hiatus in the
PENTAGON and White House nearly infiltrationg their closely guarded
secrets with the "ILOVEYOU" bug. Nuisance maybe, but still one heck of a
'beautiful mind'...not to be underestimated.
The list goes on and on, but who cares right? Certainly not Mr. Art
Bell... Boy, I'm not surprised.
Perhaps Art Bell does not know that although we consider ourselves ASIAN
because we are strategically located in the Southeast asian region of
which our nearest neighbors are Malays, ASIA does not mean only Chinese
and Japanese race of people. Then maybe it is his connotation that "Asia"
meant only our economically successful paler brothers and he considers
Malays such as Thais, Malaysians, Indonesians, and ourselves as a "Third
World" race.
Then it is "his" ignonimity that would make a civilized person of whatever
race puke.
Imagine literally connecting Chinese, Koreans and Japanese to the
Philippine Islands which is archipelagos away from the countries he has
mentioned. I also wonder where he got the impression that we aspire to be
Japanese(???). Hispanics maybe but not the Japanese. But even Hispanics
today do not mind sharing their "surnames" to their Asian brothers who
they have colonized for 3 centuries.
Another sad reality that although most Filipinos working overseas are
domestic helpers and prostitutes, who does he think educates the toddlers
of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Tokyo? Parents of these countries
rarely have time spent with their children, leaving them to their Filipino
nannies.
And with regards to prostitution, Filipinos are not the only ones working
as one. I HARDLY SEE FILIPINOS STARRING IN PORN MOVIES. THERE MIGHT BE A
FEW FILIPINOS WE HAVEN'T SEEN , BUT MOST ARE FROM MR. ART BELL'S RACE.
He also mentioned that we have no concept of culture..no concept of asian
ideas or asian philosophy. How can we demonstrate Confucianism or Taoism
in a Christian nation? IS HE INFORMED THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS THE ONLY
PREDOMINANTLY CHRISTIAN/CATHOLIC NATION IN ASIA?! YOU HAVE TO USE COMMON
SENSE IN A LOT OF THINGS SOMETIMES...
We do not need to create an identity for ourselves.
We are who we are. Our identity stems from the anonymity we live in this
world. How we contribute silently towards the progress of the world and
not just one country. Although the Filipino blood may be tainted with
malice, corruption, poverty and prostitution, it is not a perfect race...
But so are the others.
Maybe Mr. Art Bell needs to think about this...
WE MAY NOT BE PERFECT MR. BELL BUT AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE VALUES.
FOR ONE THING WE DONT PUT OUR AGING PARENTS IN NURSING HOMES BECAUSE
"THEY'RE SIMPLY OLD AND WORTHLESS". WE DONT HAVE AS MUCH NUMBERS OF SINGLE
MOTHERS WHO GET PREGNANT IN THEIR VERY EARLY TEENS AND EVENTUALLY BECOME
PARASITES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
YES... WE CAME TO YOUR COUNTRY TO WORK, TO EARN DECENT MONEY (HALF OF
WHICH BY THE WAY GOES TO TAXES BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY SOCIAL PARASITES
FROM YOUR RACE. AND BY THE WAY, MOST EDUCATED PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH
DON'T COME FROM YOUR RACE... THEY'RE ACTUALLY IMMIGRANTS TOO. AND THOSE
EDUCATED ONES DO NOT ACT LIKE YOU DO, PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY'VE REALLY BEEN
WELL EDUCATED..AFTER ALL THAT'S SAID... WHO IS THE IGNORANT ONCE AGAIN?!
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Pinay wins it big in London
By Alfred Yuson
The Philippine Star 05/16/2004
Patricia Evangelista, a 19-year-old, Speech Communications sophomore of
University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman, did the country proud Friday
night by besting 59 ot her student contestants from 37 countries in the
2004 International Public Speaking competition conducted by the English
Speaking Union (ESU) in London.
She triumphed over a field of exactly 60 speakers from all over the
English-speaking world, including the United States, United Kingdom and
Australia, reported Maranan.
The board of judges' decision was unanimous, according to contest chairman
Brian Hanharan of the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC).
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PATRICIA'S SHORT SPEECH WORTH READING....
BLONDE AND BLUE EYES
When I was little, I wanted what many Filipino children all over the
country wanted. I wanted to be blond, blue-eyed, and white.
I thought -- if I just wished hard enough and was good enough, I'd wake
upon Christmas morning with snow outside my window and freckles across my
nose!
More than four centuries under western domination does that to you. I
have sixteen cousins. In a couple of years, there will just be five of us
left in the Philippines, the rest will have gone abroad in search of
"greener pastures." It's not just an anomaly; it's a trend; the Filipino
diaspora. Today, about eight million Filipinos are scattered around the
world.
There are those who disapprove of Filipinos who choose to leave. I used
to. Maybe this is a natural reaction of someone who was left behind,
smiling for family pictures that get emptier with each succeeding year.
Desertion, I called it. My country is a land that has perpetually fought
for the freedom to be itself.
Our heroes offered their lives in the struggle against the Spanish, the
Japanese, the Americans. To pack up and deny that identity is tantamount
to spitting on that sacrifice.
Or is it? I don't think so, not anymore. True, there is no denying this
phenomenon, aided by the fact that what was once the other side of the
world is now a twelve-hour plane ride away. But this is a borderless
world, where no individual can claim to be purely from where he is now. My
mother is of Chinese descent, my father is a quarter Spanish, and I call
myself a pure Filipino-a hybrid of sorts resulting from a combination of
cultures.
Each square mile anywhere in the world is made up of people of different
ethnicities, with national identities and individual personalities.
because of this, each square mile is already a microcosm of the world. In
as much as this blessed spot that is England is the world, so is my
neighborhood back home.
Seen this way, the Filipino Diaspora, or any sort of dispersal of
populations, is not as ominous as so many claim.
It must be understood. I come from a Third World country, one that is
still trying mightily to get back on its feet after many years of
dictatorship. But we shall make it, given more time. Especially now, when
we have thousands of eager young minds who graduate from college every
year. They have skills. They need jobs. We cannot absorb them all.
A borderless world presents a bigger opportunity, yet one that is not so
much abandonment but an extension of identity. Even as we take, we give
back. We are the 40,000 skilled nurses who support the UK's National
Health Service. We are the quarter-of-a-million seafarers manning most of
the world's commercial ships. We are your software engineers in Ireland,
your construction workers in the Middle East, your doctors and caregivers
in North America, and, your musical artists in London's West End.
Nationalism isn't bound by time or place. People from other nations
migrate to create new nations, yet still remain essentially who they are.
British society is itself an example of a multi-cultural nation, a melting
pot of races, religions, arts and cultures. We are, indeed, in a borderless world!
Leaving sometimes isn't a matter of choice. It's coming back that is. The
Hobbits of the shire travelled all over Middle-Earth, but they chose to
come home, richer in every sense of the word. We call people like these
balikbayans or the 'returnees' -- those who followed their dream, yet
choose to return and share their mature talents and good fortune.
In a few years, I may take advantage of whatever opportunities come my
way. But I will come home. A borderless world doesn't preclude the idea of
a home. I'm a Filipino, and I'll always be one. It isn't about just
geography; it isn't about boundaries. It's about giving back to the
country that shaped me.
And that's going to be more important to me than seeing snow outside my
windows on a bright Christmas morning.
Mabuhay and Thank you.