I am not against those Chinese who grew up here in the Philippines since it's not their fault anyway that their parents or grandparents migrated here in the Philippines; nor am I against those Chinese who really migrated here all the way from mainland China to pursue their business interests.
What I am only against some (not all okay, my bestfriend is a pure Chinese) of these Filipino-Chinese is their underestimation to many Filipinos especially the traditional Chinese families here in the Philippines. I believe that it is so harsh and ridiculous for Chinese parents or grandparents to disown their children or grandchildren if these kids marry Filipinos. And not even just Filipinos, as long as it is outside of their race.
However, since we are here in the Philippines then let's stick to Chinese and Filipinos. Most Chinese parents or grandparents say that Filipinos are poor and Pinoys only want to marry Chinese because of money. Well, there are in reality Filipinos who would want to marry Chinese because of money but this statement shouldn't be generalized. However, there are also who are just very loyal to their Chinese tradition that even if the Filipino is very rich the parents or grandparents will still choose the poor Chinese to be the spouse of their children or grandchildren. But even though this case is not about money, it shouldn't reach to the point wherein they will disown their children or grandchildren if the Chinese tradition is not followed. Do they mean that they prefer their Chinese tradition over their very own children who came from them? Do they also mean that they do not 100% love their kids?
So how do I connect this topic to Filipino Nationalism?
Here in DLSU-M, I think many Chinese students here are in their third generation. And there are still a few who are like their parents or grandparents when it comes to underestimating Filipinos. What I just would like to say to these types of Filipino-Chinese (not all okay, that's why I wrote to these types of Filipino-Chinese) is that "Even though you are pure-blooded Chinese but you were born and raised here in the Philippines so you are a Filipino citizen. Sana naman magpakaFilipino ka rin like Sir James Co." They must also realize that the Philippine country helped them to become rich and if they say that the Philippines will not become rich if not because of them then well, is the Philippines really rich? They should still not forget the fact that they became stable here in the Philippines because of the Philippines that's why they're here in the Philippines.
And I would just like to repeat that I'm not referring to all the Filipino-Chinese here in the Philippines since my bestfriend is a Chinese and around 85% of my friends here in DLSU-M are Chinese. And they're good. They're even more of a Filipino than other Filipinos.
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Philippines is a melting pot, so you should just respect on how they deal with their beliefs.
Chelsea, that ethnocentric belief is disrespectful towards filipinos to begin with. if they wanted to really keep that belief, then they should have stayed in china where it is accepted. it's just sad because i know some mixed filchi are more aggressive in having their childrn marry chinese folks. they grew up believing that filipino blood is inferior to chinese. so, is the belief worth the respect? think again.
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