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A few minutes ago I spoke my mind on a topic about Filipino discrimination (http://jhoanscorner.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog). This is due to a news I heard yesterday regarding an episode of Desperate Housewives. The scene is where the character of Teri Hatcher requesting to look at the diploma of a Filipino doctor. I don't watch desperate housewives so I am not familiar about the scene in question. Point is, that particular scene raised a lot of rage in the Filipino Industry, specially for those already working in foreign countries. At this day and age, it is surprising that discrimination still exist. Why do some people think they are better than others? As a Filipino, I feel that because of my heritage I should be judged not because of who I am but because of my heritage which is unfair. Just because there are a few bad apples among a bunch doesn't mean all apples are bad. I know a lot of foreign national who would love to live in the Philippines simply because they fell in love with our tradition, warmth and hospitality. In fact a friend of mine once said that Filipinos raise their children better than us Americans. Sometimes I think these people who discriminate us just don't understand our culture, tradition and beliefs. But, are we so different from Americans or other foreign countries. Don't other countries have traditions that they value, don't they have their own share of bad apples as well? Why are Filipinos being singled out? Comments please.