Lee Da Hae apologizes to Filipinos

As a Filipino,I believed that I personally would not really focus on it but just to forgive and a forgiver to that Korean actress.Its just happen that an actress was in the national television and the show should be aware of any rules or maybe if they don't have the rule about the ethics of airing in that kind of situation.Koreans here in the Philippines especially here in our city loved to stay here in our place to study English and it serves as one profits by our government even it contributes a small means to our taxes.Koreans are still people that I should understand even sometimes they abuses their rights and should follow the law here in the Philippines more importantly in our vicinity.As a catholic country,We cannot even give assurance that we as the sovereignty people will be silent about this but to try to reach out that a certain case like this is a foul to us.I personally don't discriminate races,skin or regional accent or any I may say regional defects because I am aware of these rights.Maybe because,correct me if I am wrong,south Koreans should respect us as Asian.We are not blue eyed man or with blond hair when we were born,even though we are more Spanish than Asian in culture,we should respect any races.

I think we, Filipinos, overreacted a little on this issue. I watched the video just now and read the apology. It was said that there really was no mention of Filipinos when she did the "stint". Oh, I don't speak Korean, so I really wouldn't know. Even so, most Filipinos or Asians for that matter speaks English that way -- with a certain distinctive accent. Funny or annoying as it may sound, a typical Filipino do indeed sound that way. Only those who were able to go to(good) schools, speak with a certain "Twang", an accent that sounded either American or British. Even those working in call centers fake the accent to sound foreign. Sounding Foreign does not brand us as Filipinos. We have natural accents which we should be proud of. We are too self-centered and proud to accept criticisms that bursts our egos. Just a thought: Aren't we Filipinos guilty of discriminating our fellow Pinoys, too? (E.g., The Manila/City dwellers against the Visayas, the Cebuanos.) I think it is very hypocritical for us to violently react on this, when in truth, we make fun of ourselves and fellow Filipinos in our own Nation.

I didn't find the whole thing offensive. But if she apologized already, then apology accepted. We do it all the time, making fun of other people. We even make fun of Waray and Bisaya.We always associate their accent with maids and drivers.So lets not overreact. Its not she said Filipinos are one-eyed monsters... Oh, Claire Danes said that.

Hello syoti, no wonder the youtube movie was removed I must asked, why shame to this lady. you know we do have korean in the Noon time show in our local network and he gets ridiculed all the time, yet he doesn't complain about it. as for this, maybe if we are NOT racist ourselves then i would complain about. but some of us are racist, even to our own other Filipino Tribles.we are always SENSITIVE to things, and yet we always react. SHe's just a star, we don't have time for people like that. the only thing we apologize for i think was the mendoza disaster but we never apologize to other racist remarks that we ALSO with foreigners.

The koreans are really beautiful people, nice skin, beautiful faces. I don't think a single korean's joke would change the way how I admire the koreans. . Besides there's Grace Lee to compensate for her. Let's just accept that we all have our differences. Let' just stop being too "onion skinned", maybe i would react in a negative way if the actress's comment is about something else, but with the way how we speak english? no. If she thinks we are the worst then that's opinion. After all, English is not our native language.

Good to know that she apologized already. No matter what her intentions are of mimicking the way we speak English, we still know that we are better that what she did.

syoti, have you read the full article??? it was not her fault. she was trying to tell a joke / entertain her audience by saying how different Americans, british and asian folks speak in english. and the translation which was done on the television was a mistake, they specifically placed Philippine Teachers when in fact Ms. Lady Da Hae did not mention such name, she said Asians instead of Philippine teachers and it was not meant to insult anyone, it was just showing how different people speak. She even apologized at the end of the article. i was also upset when i saw the headline but i read the full article and understood it wasnt her fault but the one who translated the words.

Nah...she's just following instructions.

I just knew from the news minutes ago. She said she was pertaining to all Asians, and the show was the only one who subtitled Filipinos. I am not really sure what to believe, but I think it is just an innocent mistake.

It's now big deal. Filipinos are racists as well, we invented the term "bumbay" and associated it with "5-6" and DVDs. We ridicule people with Visayan accent and we are generally judgmental to Muslims. No big deal really...

You call shame onto her in spite of the title you gave to this post which happens to read "Lee Da apologizes to Filipinos"? She's already apologized and you still condemn her. I think we should all get over it and learn forgiveness. I am saddened that someone should comment carelessly on Twitter, but who are we to judge anyway? Everyone has an accent. Like my Ilocano parents have accents.

did she say that filipinos are illiterate people? im sorry for that. im not filipina but i love pinoy people^^ they are sweet and good people. and for sure they are not illiterate people. she shouldnt offend them bcs she doesnt even know what they been through in their country. i know that there people have to fight to have a good life. so she should instead say that pinoy are brave to work to have a good life instead of say that. im sorry that she offended you guys like that. she should really go to phillipines for awhile and see that things arent easy and that some people cant even afford their studies. before she judges she should know things better. im happy that she apologised and i wish that those apologies are from her heart. dont be sad with what she said neither any filipinos be sad. you are honest and sweet people^^

well i cant blame you if you got furious about what she said because of course as a filipino its not pleasant to hear those kinds of comments. honestly i want to sat that "duh!!you guys are going here in our country just to learn english and now you are saying that to us?" but past is past, everybody commits mistake what is important is she already apologize!! and as a filipino she's forgiven..=)

Hi! I'm sorry, but who is Lee Da Hae? If she is talking about our proficiency in English, then why are so many Koreans here learning English from us? Oh well, I actually have Korean friends from school, and they are a bunch of fun people. They teach us basic Korean words (even the bad ones LOL) and we teach them Filipino and English. I agree, we shouldn't be too sensitive about these racial comments because we too are guilty of racial slurs in the form of a joke. Let's just take them in stride and learn how to shrug it off. This is not to say that we should ignore everything, but we should know when to ignore them and when to defend our selves. :)

Aside from the title of your topic you did not mention any details of her apology, did she or did she not apologize yet?

Lee Da Hae is an actress and she should be aware of her actions and words onscreen. It was offensive to me. And what's funny was that they were making fun of the Filipino english accent when in fact, most koreans don't speak ENGLISH at all! They even hire Filipino teachers to teach them basic english. The two hosts who were asking them don't speak english fluently too so why make fun of others right? For me, they don't have any right to bash Filipinos. I used to like Lee Da Hae but now I have reservations. I realized that she didn't care about her Filipino fans.

Why? What happened? What did she do? I will see if the news is still there.

I heard about this news too. But I read from the article that she wasn't mimicking us(Pinoy)- she was quite shocked when she saw the video subtitled though.. Oh, who knows which of these are true. The important thing is, she apologized.

i dont think its really a big deal but im glad she apologized anyway. i admire koreans and they have nice culture. they want to preserve their culture and theyre being nationalistic but theyre not mean people based on my personal encounter.

I really don't understand why Filipinos got furious with what she said. And, I really did not understand what Lee Da Hae said, our flag was just at the bottom part of the screen but i think she didn't say the word "Philippines" and what she really did was a Japanese english accent. And come on, we also ridicule other race as well not just privately but also on national tv. If you watch gag shows then you'll see what I mean.