It's one thing for foreigners to criticize us. It's another to be criticized by our fellow countrymen. In most cases, it hurts even more when we are being lambasted by other Filipinos, especially by those who are in "greener pastures." Some comments that I've read whilst browsing the internet included this (this is a comment posted in reply to the thread 'RP Economy to Crash in 2 Years'):

This is the way of life they've chosen, let them lie in the beds they've made. In the entire history of civilization, there's the "haves" and there's the "not haves". They can't all be "haves". You have to accept it, pinoys are the atsays of the world. They provide cheap labors and they do a good job at it. They are obedient and they are hard workers if you keep an eye on their work. They make good followers but poor leaders.

In all honesty, without the pinoys, who would wash my car? Clean up after me? Wash my clothes? Where will I get servants? Most of them are content with their simple lives. We, the Chinese, don't have the right to tell the filipinos how to rule their land. Just sit back and enjoy the benefits. [more]

and this (in response to the thread how to apply for work in NZ):

Why should Immigration consider making the applications for immigrants be easy? Especially Filipinos? Filipinos use New Zealand as a stepping stone to migrating to Australia (this is common knowledge, so dont deny this). Im not being anti immigration but most Filipinos are not known to boost the New Zealand (and Australian ) economy with their lack of professional skills. And do the New Zealand government really want NZ $ to be filtering out of the country to the bank accounts of poor Filipino realtives back home. I dont feel sorry for your applications being delayed. Filipinos have this wiley ability to somehow jump the queue. Theres enough crusty old men (from NZ and Australia) travelling to the Philippines looking for a "wife" so dont despair. Noone can argue that Filipinos (even the so called rich ones) have resorted to "marrying" a Kiwi or an Aussie then getting divorced once they settle themselves here in NZ or Australia. HEY, why isnt the government doing anything about this??? Change the policy so if a Filipino marries an NZ citizen or Aussie, they wont be able to get a citizenship until they have met certain criterias. It's sickening to see Filipinos blatantly abuse this type of priviledge. [more]

Wow very harsh words there. It's a marvel how some people can be so narrow-minded and jingoistic. How appalling it is to still find people who think that their culture is better than others or to find people who go out of their way and harrass/abuse people who have different racial backgrounds. What's even more upsetting is the fact that the above comments were made by Filipinos. Tsk, tsk. Nakakainis.



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