Desperate Housewives: Racist Remark Against Filipinos
Daw! But I don't agree, it's not racist.
Many Filipinos are in rage towards NBC for Susan's (Teri Hatcher) comment about checking if the doctor's diploma came from a med school in the Philippines. I think that's being too sensitive. Hello nursing-board scandal? Hello Recto Certificates? Pleas 'wag ng OA.
Watch...
Now listen to this, I hope this will enlighten you...
Everyone's A Little Bit Racist
Well, you're a little bit too.
Admitting it is not an easy thing to do...
But I guess it's true.
Between me and you, I think
Everyone's a little bit racist, Sometimes.
Doesn't mean we go
Around committing hate crimes.
Look around and you will find
No one's really color blind.
Maybe it's a fact
We all should face
Everyone makes judgments
Based on race.
Everyone's a little bit racist. Today.
So, everyone's a little bit racist. Okay!
Ethinic jokes might be uncouth,
But you laugh because
They're based on truth.
Don't take them as
Personal attacks.
Everyone enjoys them -
So relax!
If we all could just admit
That we are racist a little bit,
Even though we all know
That it's wrong,
Maybe it would help us
Get along.
Everyone's a little bit racist
It's true.
But everyone is just about
As racist as you!
If we all could just admit
That we are racist a little bit,
And everyone stopped being
So PC
Maybe we could live in -
Harmony!
Commentary: I understand the anger of our fellow Filipinos and of course it's true that the whole world owe us a tad lot when we're talking about meds and nurses around the world, a huge -if not the biggest- percentage of them are Filipinos.
Just like Indians in the perspective of the call-center industry, they are also considered the butt of jokes around the world because of their accent, but do we really care, does it really affect Indians' employability in the global village, merely, because they tend to prove them -mostly Americans- wrong, and deliver what is expected from them (I am sure Filipinos can do better). And to think, their (Indians) distinct accent problems are problems they cannot choose, it's in their DNA (just like retardation, it's offensive to be used as a joke because they never chose to be one).
On the other hand, the Desperate Housewives -supposed to be racist- remark, may for all we know have a background, aspects that we can choose. Hello nursing-board exam leakage? Hello Recto Diplomas? But yes of course, it will never be an excuse to insult our credibility.
If you were able to watch Desperate Housewives since season-1, they have had tons of remarks and jokes basing on race, religion, belief etc, if it's really racism we are ranting about, sana napansin 'rin natin yung against sa ibang race/religion before, not just our own.
While I will never commend such remarks on national TV, I can't help but see that today's TV especially in America, are more liberal and realistic. We do these remarks in our everyday lives as well.. not saying that full frontal sex scenes are appropriate for tv 'cause it's a regular activity too, but mere lines such as that scene are a little bit more of humorist than racist for me. If it's the bad publicity we are concerned about (ex: potential cause of decrease in employability), I think too much attention being put into it would do it more bad (impressions that we're guilty or pikon) than justice.
And, did we really ever count how many times Filipino TV/movies used disrespecting racist remarks against the Americans and other races? I don't think so.
Many Filipinos are in rage towards NBC for Susan's (Teri Hatcher) comment about checking if the doctor's diploma came from a med school in the Philippines. I think that's being too sensitive. Hello nursing-board scandal? Hello Recto Certificates? Pleas 'wag ng OA.
Watch...
Now listen to this, I hope this will enlighten you...
Well, you're a little bit too.
Admitting it is not an easy thing to do...
But I guess it's true.
Between me and you, I think
Everyone's a little bit racist, Sometimes.
Doesn't mean we go
Around committing hate crimes.
Look around and you will find
No one's really color blind.
Maybe it's a fact
We all should face
Everyone makes judgments
Based on race.
Everyone's a little bit racist. Today.
So, everyone's a little bit racist. Okay!
Ethinic jokes might be uncouth,
But you laugh because
They're based on truth.
Don't take them as
Personal attacks.
Everyone enjoys them -
So relax!
If we all could just admit
That we are racist a little bit,
Even though we all know
That it's wrong,
Maybe it would help us
Get along.
Everyone's a little bit racist
It's true.
But everyone is just about
As racist as you!
If we all could just admit
That we are racist a little bit,
And everyone stopped being
So PC
Maybe we could live in -
Harmony!
Commentary: I understand the anger of our fellow Filipinos and of course it's true that the whole world owe us a tad lot when we're talking about meds and nurses around the world, a huge -if not the biggest- percentage of them are Filipinos.
Just like Indians in the perspective of the call-center industry, they are also considered the butt of jokes around the world because of their accent, but do we really care, does it really affect Indians' employability in the global village, merely, because they tend to prove them -mostly Americans- wrong, and deliver what is expected from them (I am sure Filipinos can do better). And to think, their (Indians) distinct accent problems are problems they cannot choose, it's in their DNA (just like retardation, it's offensive to be used as a joke because they never chose to be one).
On the other hand, the Desperate Housewives -supposed to be racist- remark, may for all we know have a background, aspects that we can choose. Hello nursing-board exam leakage? Hello Recto Diplomas? But yes of course, it will never be an excuse to insult our credibility.
If you were able to watch Desperate Housewives since season-1, they have had tons of remarks and jokes basing on race, religion, belief etc, if it's really racism we are ranting about, sana napansin 'rin natin yung against sa ibang race/religion before, not just our own.
While I will never commend such remarks on national TV, I can't help but see that today's TV especially in America, are more liberal and realistic. We do these remarks in our everyday lives as well.. not saying that full frontal sex scenes are appropriate for tv 'cause it's a regular activity too, but mere lines such as that scene are a little bit more of humorist than racist for me. If it's the bad publicity we are concerned about (ex: potential cause of decrease in employability), I think too much attention being put into it would do it more bad (impressions that we're guilty or pikon) than justice.
And, did we really ever count how many times Filipino TV/movies used disrespecting racist remarks against the Americans and other races? I don't think so.
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ang o.a. natin talaga--pero anu nga ba ang ginawa ng mga medical practitioner sa nursing scandal---kung sino pa yung mga lumalaban para itama ito, sila pang nababatikos. at yang PRC--nakuuu, mukha naman silang mga corrupt eh. Nung dati na nagmeeting regarding sa pag-U U.S. trip para humingi ng reconsideration sa NCLEX (ba yun), wala mga taga-U.S.T., pero naroon at namamayagpag ang attendance ng isang school na sinasabing nagsimula ng gulo. wag kayong 0-A. As in, dapat siguro bago tayu magsalita against depserate housewives--tingan mu na tin ang mga desperate nurses dito sa pinas.
ang o.a.nating mga pinoy, pero ayaw namang magretake ng nursing board exam. kung sabagay, ikulong na kasi ang mga maysala
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angelicumoda wrote today at 4:28 AM, edited today at 4:33 AM
I understand the anger of our fellow Filipinos and of course it's true that the whole world owe us a tad lot when we are talking about meds and nurses around the world, a huge if not the biggest percentage of them are Filipinos.
Just like Indians in the perspective of the call-center industry, they are also considered the butt of jokes around the world, but do we really care, does it really affect Indians' employability in the global village, merely, because they tend to prove them -mostly Americans-- wrong, and deliver what is expected from them (i am sure Filipinos can do better). and to think, their (Indians) distinct accent problems are problems they cannot choose, it's in their DNA (just like retardation, it's offensive to be used as a joke because they never chose to be one).
On the other hand, the desperate housewives-supposed to be racist-- remark, may for all we know have a background, aspects that WE can choose. hello nursing-board exam leakage? hello recto certificates? but yes of course, it will never be an excuse to insult our credibility.
If you were able to watch desperate housewives since season 1, they have had tons of remarks or jokes basing on race, religion, belief etc, if it's really racism we are ranting about, sana napansin natin yung against sa ibang race/religion din before, not just our own.
While I will never commend such remarks on national TV, I can't help but see that today's TV especially in America are more liberal and realistic. We do these remarks in our everyday lives as well.. not saying that full frontal sex scenes are appropriate for tv 'cause it's a regular activity too, but mere lines such as that scene are a little bit more of humorist than racist for me. If it's the bad publicity we are concerned about (ex: potential cause of decrease in employability), I think too much attention being put into it would do it more bad (impressions that we're guilty or pikon) than justice.
And, did we really ever count how many times Filipino TV/movies used disrespecting racist remarks against the Americans?
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