Tag: Cultural Appropriation
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Sweet Nothings
As the Becoming Filipino Canadian finally becomes a naturalized Filipino, we are left to ask why? Not why he wanted to be a Filipino. We can guess that personal interests and the financial benefits of vlogging in one of the most online countries on earth helped guide that decision. What we are interested in is…
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The Fetishized Igorot
It is not uncommon today to see Filipinos of all backgrounds, diaspora and in the homeland, utilizing Igorot culture and images as a means of reconnecting with what they imagine to be their roots. There is plenty to be said about the appropriation of Indigenous Igorot identity by Filipinos who share little with the Cordillera…
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Agency & Fetishization
*This post is in no way critical of Wang-Od or her family for their decision to engage in any activities or their choosing. We will not be critical of any Indigenous person or community that entertains tourism or engagement with majority group members or foreigners for the betterment of their families and community either economically…
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Sara Duterte’s Dress-up
Throughout September and October of 2019 then Mayor Sara Duterte set out on a crusade to close Lumad schools in Davao. Her public statements went beyond the usual accusations of Lumads being natural born communists who her and her father wanted to force into school systems designed to forcibly assimilate Lumads into the settler communities.…
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