Tag: United States
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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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King and the White Moderate
Dr Martin Luther King Jr is perhaps one of the most intentionally misunderstood and misrepresented figures in modern American history. While actively vilified while alive, persecuted by the state for the purpose of silencing his message to Black Americans, he was given the José Rizal treatment upon being shot in yet another extrajudicial killing in…
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What If The Philippines Legalized Marijuana?
What if cannabis were legal?.5,000 years ago human beings all along the coast of what is now China began actively using cannabis (marijuana). With evidence suggesting that crop cultivation of marijuana beginning right alongside the beginning of agriculture in East Asia, the plant was most certainly seen as highly valuable to ancient cultures. It was…