Filipino or
Filipino-American?
Since I have your attention, there's something I'd like to point
out. You may or may not have noticed how I refer to myself as
being "Filipino-American" instead of just "Filipino". No, I'm
not half Caucasian or puti as we brown people call our
white American friends. (Keep calm people...it's not a racial
slur.) Just as much as there are differences between the Irish
and Irish-Americans, so too between Filipinos and
Filipinos-Americans.
Many young Filipino-Americans on the Internet don't seem to
realize that they are Americans, not just Filipino. They
automatically assume the label of "Filipino" even though they can
barely speak their "native" language. They probably know more
about freakin' Paul Revere than Ramon Magsaysay.
Please don't mistake me for one of those hypocrite "anti-Filipino
Filipinos". I'm just proud to be a Filipino-American. My ethnic
roots may come from an archipelago on the other side of the
world, but I was born and raised in the United States of America.
I'm not suggesting that we Filipino-Americans should forget about
our wonderful Pinoy heritage, but that we should acknowledge the
beautiful country we call our home.
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