Discrimination on Filipinos

Hi dear its was really NEWS to me as i did not heard that, its really sad event and must not have been said. No one is bad. Every country and every society have Good People and Bad people, either iits philipines, Pakistan, USA, UK, Australia or any where in world but on basis of that NO BODY has right to comment about NATION it must be condemned properly Sure Philpines is nice country and i know few philipino in person and they are really nice and easy going friends, they are hard worker, they are honest, and they want to work to progress. i also have lot of online friends and they are philino among them, i like them They are providing many services to many countries and imagine what if they were not there. and look at those people who love u cheer up tc Dont feel bad about these words as they dont know it properly,

I hate it too when we are being discriminated especially by Americans who think that they are the greatest power.Look who's talking?They're not as hygenic as us anyway.

I think it's racial discrimination just like black people are looked down upon. I was in the Middle East and I've met a lot of Filipinos (at work). All of them were very nice people. But I did find that outside most of the Arabs (and even people of other communities including mine) looked down upon them. Most Filipinos were considered as cheap labour (even though that wasn't true). I feel every person is an individual first and we should be able to respect and understand that.

The lines delivered by Teri Hatcher who plays the role of Susan Mayer, in the series' Season 4 premiere episode of "Desperate Housewives" is very insulting to the Philippine medical schools in particular and to the Filipinos in general. It's not good for us because we all know that there are good doctors who graduated in the Philippines. The remark was irresponsible and without basis. The slur will tarnish the good image of our Filipino doctors in the international community. In the scene where Mayer was being checked up by a doctor, she asked for the man's credentials and said, "Can I check those diplomas 'coz I just want to make sure that they're not from some med school in the Philippines." The premiere episode, which has been posted on YouTube.com, drew criticism from the Filipino community on the Internet. Filipinos abroad are clamoring for an apology from the TV series' producers. I vouch for the move taken by the president of the Philippine Medical Association to seek audience with the president of the American Medical Association to compel the TV producers to issue a public apology because of the insulting remark. The Philippine Consulate in New York has said it will also send a letter of protest to ABC Network and ask for an apology for the slur. Hopefully, this issue will be settled fairly. RESPECT is what we need.

This is a really sad situation. Just when I feel that the world is learning, something like this comes up again. My husband has been to the Phillipines several times, working with a film production company. He has told me that it is a beautiful country, and that everyone he worked with was very kind and generous. He would eat lunch with the workers, because the bosses weren't as nice, and because the workers were such good cooks... he likes his food spicy! He was very sad to leave his new friends when the filming was over... he enjoyed himself very much!

I am a Filipino and I am proud to be a Filipino. I don't care what other people think about us because I believe that these people who are spreading negative feedback about Filipinos has no idea what they are talking about. I don't think they've ever been to the Philippines and met a Filipino at all. I think they're comments are just based on hearsay and stereotypes. I think before they make any comment, they must try to live in the Philippines first and learn what Filipino culture is all about, I'm sure they will realize the positive characteristics we have.

Well I hate to tell you this but every nationality is made fun of. Flipinos are not the only ones. I say try and get over it and just dont take it personally. Thats the only way to look at it. Have a great day.

You yourself have made a massive generalization - you said "why do u hate us? why do people generalize us?" You're implying all people hate Filipinos...well, you'd be wrong. I do respect you, and have no reason not to.

I do hope the producer of that show apologize soon..because there are LOTS of nurses,doctors,med techs,PT's and other health care givers working in America...hehe! lagot sila di ba? For us here mga kababayans,let's prove them wrong and be good filipinos in or out of our beloved country.

I just watched that episode on youtube and I did feel insulted. I have several relatives and friends who are successful doctors in the United States and they are quite respected. I don't know what prompted the writer to write such a slur. Maybe it was the leakage in the nursing board exam. Maybe it's the fake diplomas that can be bought at Recto. I do know that as a people we have a lot of good qualities and we have to carry on being good hard-working professionals. I don't care about those specific persons who hate Filipinos. To hell with them. Some day karma will hit them in the face.

I have many things to say about this, believe me. But in short, probably if filipinos themselves learn to love their ROOTS more, than the rest of the world would too. Why i said this? Read this article, (not by me of course, i found it on the net) http://pepper.idge.net/slashdot/philipinos/

Sometimes, I hear stories defining Filipinos as immoral, weak, lazy, dumb, etc. But we Filipinos should not move to other countries to go away from shame, but instead, we should do our best, that we can exceed those who are mocking and degrading us. When that thing happens, all the words, actions, everything they did against us will fall on them. We should not respond to an insult with another insult. We must prove that we are not the one worthy of that insult. Philippines is beautiful, rich, its people smart, great, regarded as amazing, but still we are progressing like a snail, all because we are affected negatively by that insults, some are even just accepting what others say. WE MUST PROVE WE ARE NOT WORTHY OF THEIR INSULTS BY BEING GREATER THAN THEM.

They don't what's the real score... . Too bad for them. They don't know what we, Filipinos, are made of.

Honestly, i do not see why there is so much fuss about this. Is it not true that we have a LOT of medical schools whose quality of education is not worldclass, and even deteriorate over time? Is it not true that we have had such controversies regarding the licensing of doctors and nurses in the past? Being hurt because other people have pointed out our mistakes and weaknesses is such a cheap way of dealing with reality, if not pathetic. I remember some comments Clare Danes had about Filipinos a couple of years back, and i wonder why we feel bad when foreigners point out reality to us as they see it. Besides, do we not enjoy calling Chinese, Indians and dark-skinned people degrading names? Come on guys, get real! What goes around comes around. We only reap what we sow. Enough said.

well i think that comment should not be taken seriously because teri hatcher's character is known for being tactless, clumsy and not very level headed, and the fact that ABC apologized is enough.we cannot escape being stereotyped, like middle east is the breeding ground for terrorists or africa being the aids capital of the world (sorry if i offend anyone) but its here to stay so we cant really do anything about it. besides, the reality is everyone talks sh*t about everyone anyway. we just have to be strong about it.

That is really true! I'm a filipino now living in England. But still, I always talk about being a filipino with my friends. I even teach them how to speak tagalog! which is really funny. Imagine their british accents but in speaking tagalog! LOL. But anyways, about your point I really don't get people like that but you are right there is always a sense of unity within filipinos. I can remember talking to my friend about American Idol. And I couldn't shut myself as I keep mentioning that Ramiele Malubay is a filipina!! And that Christel Simms is my second cousin who is then swimming for Philippines in the Beijing Olympics! There are a hell of a lot other reasons filipino's should be proud of. I'm not discriminating or anything though!

sad to say that not all Filipino's are loyal to their own country. If I would buy something and give it to a Filipino in their own country they would look first at the tag and seen where it was made. If it was not made in Japan or the Us but made in the Philippines they would pull a long face and show they were not pleased. This happened many times when my Filipina wife who was single at the time was working in Tokyo, Japan and brought back goods from Japan..if the brand was Sanyo or some other country like Korea and not Seiko watch, or Sony Brand or Pioneer Brands..top of the lines then the people were not pleased with the item..I bought a watch made in the Philippines (Timex) and Filipina women would look at this and tell me this was "junk" even though Timex was my favoriate watch since I was a teenager (it took a likcking but kept on ticking()but it still goes on and it is what is called "COLONIAL THINKING." People who come back from abroad to the Philippines some time act so stuck up its hard to believe they forgot where they came from..as they put on 'airs'. and snub the very people who helped them when they were growing up.

Respect begets respect. It is earned. We don't impose it (I could remember Bea's line from PBB while she had a heated argument with maricris, funny). We should take this as a challenge and show to them that we are not what they think of us. And we should also refrain from doing this very same thing. The most recent would be the racial slurs that we throw to the Chinese. Even a Senator is guilty of this, think Miriam Santiago. Anyway, true. That was uncalled for. We have many good and competent doctors. St. Luke's hospital is even more competitive than 90% of the hospitals in the US. The first gentleman had his delicate operation here in the Philippines when he could have undergone through it abroad. Filipinos are one of the most intelligent and most talented people of the world. We, Filipinos, should start looking at ourselves like that. We should have confidence in ourselves and we should, well, love our being Filipino. And let us show them that we are a special people, that although we are a small country, we are a great one too. Where else in the world can you see a national hero who is a novelist, a doctor, a poet, a patriot, a propagandist all at the same time? :D

i don't know what's their problem...i think that we should respect each other because were all the same.... all people who hates filipinos are a bunch of idiots!

they discriminate because they have a small brain for improvement and they think filipinos are all alike just as we filipinos think of them as greedy and power hungry people...they may have some bad times with some filipinos but they should know that filipinos are good people bad enemies...