Filipinos
Filipinos are brown. Their color is in the center of human racial strains.
This point is not an attempt at racism, but just for many Filipinos to realize that our color should not be a source of or reason for inferiority complex. While we pine for a fair complexion, the white> people are religiously tanning themselves, whenever they could, under the sun or some artificial light, just to approximate the Filipino complexion.
Filipinos are a touching people. We have lots of love and are not> afraid to show it. We almost inevitably create human chains with our> perennial akbay (putting an arm around another shoulder), hawak (hold), yakap (embrace), himas (caressing stroke), kalabit (touch with the tip of the finger), kalong (sitting on someone else's lap), etc.
So what makes the Filipino special? We are brown, spiritual,> timeless, spaceless, linguists, groupists, weavers, adventurers.> Seldom do all these profound qualities find personification in a> people. Filipinos should allow - and should be allowed to contribute their special traits to the world-wide community of men - but first, we should know and like ourselves.
"Dum spiro,spero." As long as I breathe,I hope.
Ed Lapiz
This point is not an attempt at racism, but just for many Filipinos to realize that our color should not be a source of or reason for inferiority complex. While we pine for a fair complexion, the white> people are religiously tanning themselves, whenever they could, under the sun or some artificial light, just to approximate the Filipino complexion.
Filipinos are a touching people. We have lots of love and are not> afraid to show it. We almost inevitably create human chains with our> perennial akbay (putting an arm around another shoulder), hawak (hold), yakap (embrace), himas (caressing stroke), kalabit (touch with the tip of the finger), kalong (sitting on someone else's lap), etc.
So what makes the Filipino special? We are brown, spiritual,> timeless, spaceless, linguists, groupists, weavers, adventurers.> Seldom do all these profound qualities find personification in a> people. Filipinos should allow - and should be allowed to contribute their special traits to the world-wide community of men - but first, we should know and like ourselves.
"Dum spiro,spero." As long as I breathe,I hope.
Ed Lapiz
1 Comments:
i'm a filipina, and i have to say, i love your entries about my country. i LOVE my country, no matter how much we like to complain about stuff and how hard life is. i think it's great that people like you take the time to experience the country that i grew up in. i have volunteered in gawad kalinga before and i was pleasantly surprised to see that gk picture. i just had to comment, because i like your insights on us. i think there are still a lot of people out there who wear our brown skin proudly. thanks. i just happened to pass by this site by chance, and it made my early morning better. :)
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