Nasty lines from BBC program...so rude I may say

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This video is circulating around Facebook this past few days..The topic in that segment is "Unlikely statements from a cosmetic company" (I can't remember the exact phrase but it's something like that). It's a mock about the companies who uses cheap labor and such in third world countries.

I would not call her racist though, which a lot of Filipinos are calling her now because of saying "Filipino children". I'm just wondering if Filipino netizens would take particular notice of this if she said "Chinese children" or "Indian children" instead? I don't think so. Even a children show (Going Bulilit) made a video about Indians that drew criticisms from the Indian community (http://filipinaroses.com/showthread.php/46792-Going-Bulilit?highlight=Going+Bulilit). I know plenty of Filipinos would defend that video as made with no malice at all.

Anyway, there are a lot of Filipinos who are racists too. I lived in Singapore and trust me, there are plenty of Filipinos (tourists and/or residents there) calling Indians there nasty names (pana, anap, napster, etc.) and always laugh and giggle whenever in train stations and they can smell a nasty smell from Indian people there, and even associate them with something who stink. In the Philippines, the word "negro" is rampant pertaining to someone with a dark skin, which we all know would be a racist remark for dark skinned people. Plenty of times a lot of Filipinos also do monkey gestures and such at the back of these people. A Filipino-Chinese officemate of mine told me years ago that for them, the word "Chekwa" that Filipinos usually pertains to them is a racist remark to their community (I didn't know that though even though I have a Chinese blood).

I have always been a proud Filipino. I even always defend Filipinos when someone here tells something bad about the country and our culture. But when it comes to racism, we can't excuse ourselves from that and cry foul everytime a foreigner comments something about Filipinos because there are plenty of Filipino racists too.

Excellent post Rayna. I tried to give you rep but wasn't allowed. I owe you one

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Good posts Rayna.

Excellent post Rayna. I tried to give you rep but wasn't allowed. I owe you one

Well said. Nice work and good post Rayna

Thanks guys.. I'm just being honest about my opinion whenever a "racist" remark or racism issue has been brought up. I don't condone racism but a lot of times, the word "racist/racism" has been wrongly used just to be politically correct all the time. The admin usually get complaints on members here being racist, but most of the time, the members wrongfully accused someone of being racist because he/she has different interpretation about a topic or what has been said. I try to widen my understanding about stuffs. Rules about racism should not only apply to certain race/nationalities in my opinion. Let's admit that Filipinos are overly sensitive sometimes when someone comments on how we look, our culture and/or lifestyle, our country, and yet we do the same thing everyday towards other races, and even to the Filipinos too actually.