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Philippine was part of Asian, Pacific Islanders 1980 was formed later by American ethnic group to separate other Asian living west of America Hawaii and other islands in Pacific Sea,
Not all. There are a lot of families in the Philippines that have Hispanic names and have real Hispanic Spanish Portuguese Italian blood although not totally 100% but most likely are of inter-racial mix throughout past family histories. You don't know much about genealogy, and genetic DNA testing. Is that why some Filipinos look more European than others or more asian oriental than others? The answer lies in your genetic DNA. Although some of what you said was true, during the colonial period, the Philippines population comprised of different classes of people :
Insulares was the specific term given to criollos (full-blooded Spaniards born in the colonies) born in the Philippines or the Marianas. Insulares were part of the second highest racial class in Spanish hierarchy below the peninsulares, or full-blooded Spaniards born in Europe.
The Ilustrados (Spanish: [ilusˈtɾaðos], "erudite", "learned" or "enlightened ones") constituted the Filipino educated class during the Spanish colonial period in the late 19th century. Elsewhere in New Spain (of which the Philippines were part), the term gente de razón carried a similar meaning.
Jose Rizal was an Ilustrado.
The Ilustrados (Spanish: [ilusˈtɾaðos], "erudite", "learned" or "enlightened ones") constituted the Filipino educated class during the Spanish colonial period in the late 19th century. Elsewhere in New Spain (of which the Philippines were part), the term gente de razón carried a similar meaning.
They were the middle class who were educated in Spain and exposed to Spanish liberal and European nationalist ideals. The Ilustrado class was composed of native-born intellectuals and cut across ethnolinguistic and racial lines—Indios, Insulares & Mestizos, among others—and sought reform through "a more equitable arrangement of both political and economic power" under Spanish tutelage.
The most prominent Ilustrados were Graciano López Jaena, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Mariano Ponce, Antonio Luna and José Rizal, the Philippine national hero. Rizal's novels Noli Me Tangere ("Touch Me Not") and El Filibusterismo ("The Subversive") "exposed to the world the injustices imposed on Filipinos under the Spanish colonial regime".
Racial purity is science fiction: everybody comes from the mix of different people before. Blood quality is an elitist illusion; your ancestry or lineage does not make you a better person. However, those two ideas are generally widespread in the Philippines to the point that you can find it often in ordinary conversations. From time to time I find people who like to highlight having some foreign ancestry, while downplaying their natives ones. Again, it does not make you a better person. Not even a more interesting person. As Sancho Panza said to Don Quixote: “No man is worth more than another if he does no more than another.”
Very often, evil people grew up in well-educated families and true philanthropists can come out of a family of mafiosi. One thing is to be proud of having a family member that, in the past, achieved great success. Another different thing is to believe that carrying a certain surname makes you automatically a superior human being. The funniest thing is that I have often found, too, students whose families come from Spanish, American or Chinese ancestry have been in the Philippines since more than three generations and they feel outraged when they are told that they are not Filipino. “I am a Filipino, and a very proud one,” they tell me. If you understand that concept then you already know how to treat people as an equal in a country where mostly elitists rule and where wealth and power go hand and hand with their family names i.e. Marcos, Romualdez, Enrile, Lopez, Tan, Revilla, etc.
We are Austronesian Asians in Origin admins. (filipina here with fair features) We are not Pacific Islanders. Pacific Islanders are Polynesians.
Our ancestors on father side is spanish.
We’re the melting pot of mixed Race …😂🤣😅 and Philippines is in South East Asia and can passed a Pacific Islanders since the Philippines is located in the Middle of Pacific Oceans, so we’re Islanders too ….
Lol we are Austronesians! Wether we are one or the other by geographical terms coined by white people is insignificant. And 1. The Philippines is an island nation and archipelago consisting of 7,641 thousand islands in the PACIFIC. 2. that makes us: a Pacific islander by geographical location, and since all Polynesians can trace their ancestry on their maternal side back to one single Igorot woman in the Philippines, that makes us related. We are basically the originators. We are Hawai’iki! This connection and origin is already been proven years ago by DNA (humans themselves, animals and plants), and linguistic evidence! But due to colonial and religious brainwash as well as politics and racism, this is forgotten. Deny it as much as your want due to ignorance and a colonial mentality. 500 years of successful colonization, 1st under Spain then sold to the US before being invaded by Japan. Please honor your ancestors and decolonize!
Actually another real fact: Guam and Hawaii is actually part of Philippine territories but that change cause of US.
Filipino baiting 🤪
I'm Spanish filipina Korean so i think, l'm Hispano Pacific islander
There are many others of mixed race, who grew up in other countries, yet are half Filipino, some even award winning, Hollywood celebrities, Miss Universe also and some World famous music celebrities, so that question can be answered by DNA.
Well, the Spanish empire literally erased the history of the Philippines, cuz the only history has been thought to us is that Magellan was the man that discovered the Philippines, and that's it, it does not go further back in history.
Also it has been thought to us that Magellan was Spanish, but in truth, he is Portuguese, and the only truth that Magellan discovered the Philippines is that he "is the first European" that discovered the Philippines
Yes we are Asian, Hispanic.. We are mix race. 🇵🇭
The boba tea near your workplace is a rip off. Who the hell sells 6 bucks for that? Maybe the quality is great. The boba here in PH usually ranges to 1.25 to 3 bucks
can you please react to EZ MIL LACKLAND?
Though you Filipinos are Asian. We Pacific Islanders would really appreciate if you continue to fill in Pacific Islander when filling out the Census forms. This allows more money for programs and projects to be spent on towards the Pacific Islands community. That goes for anyone else who wants to claim Pacific Islander. That goes for Japanese, Europeans, and etc., please check the Pacific Islander box to help us actual Pacific Islanders. Thanks you!
My DNA says i am more on austronesian!
https://youtu.be/S6gW3ZqIxSE
The Philippines is a melting pot of western and eastern culture and due to our geographical location, our country became a favorite target of colonizers aka Portuguese, Spanish, Americans and Japanese and the silent colonizers, Chinese, while our ancestors during the precolonial era intermarried, traded and migrated from balangay to balangay (barangay or city-state) and to our neighboring countries.
Studies shows that we can trace our ancestry to the Indomalayan race but since we've been colonized for almost four centuries; our genetics, languages and cultures are a mix of that from the west and east, and it actually depends on the family that you came from.
I, for one, often get asked a lot if I'm Chinese or Korean because I have smaller eyes (which I always find weird because I am not monolith). I'm not sure if there's a Chinese blood in my DNA but my maternal great grandfather from my mom's father's side has Chinese inscription on his tombstones. My maternal grandmother was also partly Spanish (I'm not sure of the percentage tho) and my mom would often say that their mom raised them the Spanish way. My Lola was super strict which was a common stereotype for the Spaniards due to the tyrant Spanish friars and I noticed that my mom and her siblings uses Spanish words for left and right (I don't even know how to spell it because it wasn't as common as Filipino words derived from the Spanish language) and my cousins who lived in their ancestral home also uses those words (my siblings and I don't because we rarely go to our Lola's house). I'm not even sure if we have our roots from the indigenous people especially that my grandparents were also migrants.
My maternal grandmother was from Dumaguete while my paternal grandfather was born in Leyte but grew up in Basilan and moved to Dipolog (which is my hometown).
Meanwhile, the families of my maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother owned several properties in the oldest developed areas in our place which could mean that they were among the first settlers or they were rich enough to purchase properties there post-war. My paternal grandmother was also related to a lot of the original settlers in our province that could mean that if your family is from Dipolog or Dapitan, there's a possibility that we can be distant relatives whether by blood or by intermarriage.
Language is also dynamic especially the Filipino languages. A significant percentage of Filipinos are multi-lingual (mother tongue + Filipino based on Tagalog + English, in my case, my mother tongue is Visayan). First, Filipino although mainly based in Tagalog accepts words from other Filipino languages and borrowed words from foreign languages. They said the Filipino language belongs to the Austronesian family, I'm not really sure what that is. I hated Linguistics in college. But I noticed similarities of the words we use from the Spanish, Latin, Chinese, Malaysian and Indonesian languages. I used to think it was closer to Spanish but when I took Spanish class in college, I was totally wrong. The Filipino language is not even close to the Spanish language structurally and grammatically speaking. If you think about it, this is also the same with the Japanese, Chinese and Korean languages. I was amazed how the word "promise" in the respective languages sounded the same but then, their languages are similar but different.
The problem with people who traces their ancestry back to the Philippines but are born and raised in the US is that they have historical and cultural disconnect with their Philippine heritage because they were raised with western culture and mentality and at the same time, racism forces them to identify with their Filipino heritage instead of the citizenship they hold.
Since most of them never set foot in the Philippines, let alone experienced our culture firsthand, they have stereotypical views on our culture, same with the Asian culture, in general. With how poor a lot of Americans are in geography and world history, I'm not even shocked if they have little knowledge on the Asian culture and how close the Philippine culture is to the cultures of our Asian neighbors especially the Southeast Asians. Our racial and cultural ambiguity confuses them because their views on Philippine culture is unfortunately dismal.
What they don't know is that Filipinos are more than our local cuisine, our strong accent, the use of taboo, honorifics and even the "mano", "po and opo." Within the Philippines alone, we have a diverse culture depending on the region you are from. Even people in some regions have diverse culture and ethnicity within the region lol. In my province, they call it tricultural because it is home to the lumad (native tribe) called "Subanen", then the Muslims (which have different tribes of their own and Christians.
A lot of Filipinos like me who do not belong to any tribe or have dominant foreign blood can look similar to the Chinese, Malays, or Indonesians but not quite. Like I said, a lot of people would ask me if I was Chinese because of my eyes but my nose, height and skin is that of any typical Filipino; flat, short and brown (but I don't also fall into the morena category). I also don't use Ate and Kuya to my siblings (although I use it for older people and people I don't know). I only use po and opo when I speak Filipino and, dude, I probably ate more burgers than lechon.
I find it weird how these mfs say we are Pacific Hslander because of "coconuts" and how similar our culture is with them, lol. I love buko juice but I don't fckin live like an islander much less, a Pacific Islander. I only go to the beach to swim and unwind.
The Philippines do not have a homogenous citizenry neither we have same genetic make up; we developed and still developing our unique culture by embracing modernity and our cultural heritage. We can be distant relatives with the Pacific Islanders by DNA but we are not one of them. Our culture and history will forever have Spanish influence that we share with the Hispanics but due to our geographical location and being an archipelago, we were able to retain a lot of our native culture when the natives had to flee to the far-flung mountains and rural areas to evade Spanish tyranny. Not to mention, fewer migration from Spain to the Philippines compared to other countries and only the mestizo and the middle/upper middle class could afford higher education at that time whereas the US introduced public school system and taught the Filipinos their language.
I used to be very sympathetic of the discrimination and racism they went through growing up in the US, but I am really getting annoyed on this Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Asian debate. Please spare us with your identity crisis. Filipinos are Southeast Asians, get it?!
We in highlanders mostly hve the blood of Spanish.
My great grandpa is American white or 1/8 in me, I'm taller than average filipino at 6"1 and dark skin tone.
At the same time it makes folks who are Papuan, Rapa nui, Kiribati etc even more non existent by that logic…We real pacific islanders are beautiful dark, olive, brown skin people.
If your Melanesian, Micronesian or Polynesian your just soo damn fine ugh 💕
Filipinos are desperate to be called Hispanic. You're not. You're Language is of Austronesian origin.
The country is in Asia but the people not Asian
The Philippines is not part of Asia is part of pacific region
Some look like Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Blacks, Indians ,Spanish etc..it's up to you how you see us..Asian/Hispanic/Pacific Islander? As long that in our heart we're all Filipinos….that's all that matters and i'm proud to be one🤩😍
I love being Filipina ❤️
I'm Filipino but for me I think I am not looking Spanish instead East Asian pacific
Filipinos are Asian, the south pacific island nations have filipino roots such as Palau , Tuvalu, Marshall island, etc.
Im a filipino but my great grandfather is spanish priest.
Do you Filipinos even know how ridiculous you all look arguing with each other over being Hispanic, Asian, or Pacific Islanders? LOL I guarantee NO other people on this entire planet does that but Filipinos. I guess that's what truly makes Filipinos unique LOL
Look, by definition of the term Pacific Islanders, Filipino are not Pacific Islanders. Pacific Islands is not the entire Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Islands is a region within the Pacific Ocean that consists of Micronesia, Polynesia, and Melanesia.
Now let's look at the word Hispanic, according to the dictionary, when you use it to describe a person, it is a person of Latin American descent living in the United States. The second definition is something that is related to the people, speech, or culture of Spain. So to use it with the first definition and call Filipinos Hispanic is wrong because obviously they are not of Latin American descent and do not live in the U.S. But using it as the second definition by saying Filipino culture is a bit Hispanic would be correct. To say Filipino culture is entirely Hispanic, is wrong.
Now lets look at the definition of Asian. Asian is someone or something from Asia. The Philippines is part of Southeast Asia which obviously is part of Asia. So yes, Filipinos are Asian.
Now stop looking like a bunch of idiots!
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Mercado
Southeast Asian, East Asian, South Asian, Spanish and African, in that order, according to 23 and Me. I can relate to my Malaysian and Indonesian friends as much as I can with my Latino friends, but in different ways, and I'm sure Malaysians and Indonesians won't be able to relate with Latinos. Oh, I also relate with Americans in a way that's different from how I relate with the others. So, when I speak the little Bahasa I know, Indonesians will assume I'm one of them, when I speak Spanish, Latinos will assume I'm Latino, and when I speak English, Americans assume I'm American. Now that I'm in Holland, people assume I'm Surinamese, a former Dutch colony in South America inhabited by Indonesians, South Asians, and African descendants.
https://youtu.be/2Fqb0TRURuU
3:49 bellwood?? BEN 10
Modern Filipinos today are originated from China and Taiwan, Tagalog and other Austronesian Languages are also originated from China and Taiwan
This video was way off when it said that Spaniards and Filipinos mixed a lot. Not true. An extremely small minority of Filipinos have a small mixture of less than 5 Percent Spanish
Filipinos are Spanish-wannabe's who try hard to sound like Americans
Native Americans are Asians too, they crossed from Alaska
FIJI 🇫🇯 IN THA BUILDIN THEY JUS ASIAN N SPANISH WE DNT CLAIM THEM IF YA AINT MICRONESIAN,MELANESIAN, or POLYNESIAN SRRY BRUSS YA AINT MAKE THE CUT 🔪 😂🤟🏼luv y’all tho but jus sayin 💯😂🤙🏼🥥🌴🇫🇯
Actually, Philippines is not only GEOGRAPHICALLY asian because some of our customs are still asian like "mano", asian food, asian honorifics like ate and kuya. Mindanao and cordillera is still very asian. We have a type of martial art and keris, kudyapi and all that
I heard height is determine by the countries climate, food,.genetics ect…
Although Philippines is in Asia,they are not considered Asian…I would say Hispanic is more likely
Its not the spaniards from mainland spain who mixed with some of the filipinos, its actually the mexican mestizos who mixed with us cuz only mexican families immigrated in the philippines not spanish from spain. There's always difference between spanish from mainland spain and mexican
Let’s end this “Filipinos are Pacific Islanders and not Asian” once and for all. First of all, Filipinos ARE ASIAN. Filipino dialects are apart of the Austronesian language right? Their culture are also part of the Austronesian lineage. That’s why they feel they are Pacific Islanders. For those who don’t know, languages from Taiwanese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongan, etc. are also apart of the Austronesian language. So they ARE ASIAN. While Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongan and every other Polynesian and Micronesian are the true Pacific Islanders, they are still apart of the Asian family cause they migrated from Asia. Asian brothers & sisters, not only should you celebrate every Asian holiday and go to every Asian festival. Go celebrate every Pacific Islander holiday and festivals. My Island brothers & sisters, vice versa. And a lot of people don’t know that we have Asian/ Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May. Celebrate that as well!
I’m from the states. I am proud to be Filipino thats a fact and I don’t deny being Asian. I don’t try to claim that I’m Polynesian , nor do the people from the states claim they’re are. They may say Pacific Islander but lol they never say Polynesian out here, that I know! So please take that factor out.
I would also like to say this…. Cause alot of these comments are real hypocritical. I’m not one of those Filipinos who like to bleach my skin white to have a status or cause people think it looks dirty,ugly and don’t want to look down on or poor. This is real and is problematic.
A lot of people who live in the PI even some in the states seem to be disgusted of being slightly tanned,tanned or dark! I am ilocano and I am proud to be tanned cause that is who I am . I love my people! And I am from the states. the ones who say they’re proud to be Filipino , I hope you also embrace how you suppose to look like. Cause we aren’t Korean or Japanese, Chinese. We are our own people.
What’s sad to see is , I would watch Filipino movies or tv shows, music videos and I see a lot of people in the entertainment industry trying to look like them. Especially Korean pop 🤦🏽♀️. Or highly praising people who are mixed with another race and rather show them on Tv cause it’s more suitable for society? This blows my mind.
People should sit on that than worried about claiming being Asian or Pacific Islander. Cause racism is real in the Philippines to its own people, roots! Talking about identity crisis”…. On alot of these comments I’m reading , That’s real hypocritical.
I’m not saying all Filipinos are like this but to the ones who are embarrassed how the way we look but claim to be proud…Not only be proud to be Filipino , also BE proud to LOOK Filipino! Real talk🙄smh .
Filipinos are only Asians by location but they are Hispanic by culture.
So I have a question for you Filipino Americans. Do your parents not talk to you about your homeland? How do you guys not know your islands are part of maritime Asia? How?! I am Samoan and my homeland is never mentioned in the schools here in America. But I know my country is in Polynesia. I knew this not from my teachers, but from my parents! Why are Filipino American parents not teaching their kids crap?!
First and foremost, as a proud filipino, i consider myself as a proud southeast asian, we do share the same culture with spain and mexico, but that doesnt mean we are "asian mexicans" only those who are ignorant label the filipinos as such. I do not have problems with hispanic cultures as i think it is a colorful culture and i am looking forward to learn it! but the philippines is a country that is much diverse with ALOT of languages and colors, we do not have a single culture, we are diverse. I am not hispanic, I am not chinese, I am not american, but i am a FILIPINO!