Tag: Pinoy
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We Are Not Filipinos
We Are Not Filipino . “The term “Filipino” originally refers to an individual born in the archipelago by Spanish parents. Currently, many of us regard Filipino as our superior identity that is upheld by many groups, tribes, ethnolinguistic identity and geographical affiliation in the archipelago. This goes for basically everyone except tribes that remain isolated…
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Why Didn’t Pre-Malay Migration Languages Survive Among Negrito Tribes?
Etymology studies during the 1900s routinely attempted to tackle the puzzling consequences of migration upon the language and culture of the Negrito tribes. Having been in the archipelago long before the Malay ethnic groups began migrating into the Philippine Islands, the Negritos had largely, though not entirely if you knew where to look, lost language…
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From Bullets To Germs
From bullets to germs – the transformation of the American war to occupy the Philippines due to the 1902 cholera epidemic..In March of 1902 a vessel from Hong Kong arrived in Manila carrying the bacteria that causes cholera. The disease arrived with a vengeance as it rapidly spread across social, racial and economic classes; cholera…
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Mob Mentality
One of the easiest parts of political fanaticism to point out from an outsider’s perspective is the onset of group think among the followers of the movement. Otherwise rational and intelligent individuals willfully surrendering their own personal beliefs while adopting the pre-approved beliefs of the group. It means that the critical thinking of the individual…
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Why We Love Dictators
When it comes to Philippines democracy and how Filipinos view democratic government the outside world might very well come to the conclusion that Filipinos are naturally prone to illiberal interpretations of government or even a cultural tendency towards authoritarianism. And to some extent that overly simplistic observation might very well be correct. But there are…