Are Filipinos Asian or Pacific Islander?

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I recently came across this question and wanted to know what you guys think. Also, if you want to know a bit of background before answering this question, I suggest you read this article and comment here as well. "Are Filipinos Asian or Pacific Islander? I came across this question from watching videos from YouTube. If someone would have presented this question to me a month ago, I would have answered Asian without second thoughts. Quite frankly, watching the said video, my initial reaction was “why is this person even asking?” But then I tried to research more on it. And this is what I found out. The first definition I saw was from an Ivy League school’s website. It says there that Asians are inhabitants of Asia. Well, that made perfect sense. What else should we be referred to, right? So let’s check the geographical location of Philippines. Well, no brainer there. Since we are in Southeast Asia, then hey! We are Asians right? But how about the other people whose countries are part of the Asian continent? People from India, aren’t they called Indians? Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq – would you outright call their citizens as Asians? This thinking might also suggest that people from Mexico and Columbia are Americans which I think will raise more controversies than the main question in this article. Then there’s the argument that we are closer to the Pacific region. Hence, when we are being located in maps, people are directed to Asia-Pacific. Question now is which region is that? Pacific Islands are states located beside (right) Indonesia and just on the upper right part of Australia. If..." [b]Read more by clicking on this link...: http://socyberty.com/ethnicity/are-filipinos-asian-or-pacific-islander/[/b]