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Probably would have been more of them today if not for what America did during the "Filipino Genocide" "Kill everyone over ten!" -General Jacob M. Smith
Most Filipinos I've seen in the U.S. look Asian and now when I see an Asian man with a Spanish last name I know he is definitely Filipino and an Asian woman with a Spanish last name who is not married to a Mexican is also Filipino. Once in a while I've mistakened a Filipino person for a Mexican or Puerto Rican but not often.
Most Filipinos I've seen in the U.S. look Asian and now when I see an Asian man with a Spanish last name I know he is definitely Filipino and an Asian woman with a Spanish last name who is not married to a Mexican is also Filipino. Once in a while I've mistakened a Filipino person for a Mexican or Puerto Rican but not often.
Most Filipino-Americans look Asian because the majority of them come from relatively wealthy families in the Philippines, which are dominated by people of Chinese-descent (many of them have Spanish last names as well)
Filipinos in the Philippines are a mixture of Asian-looking people and Pacific Island-looking people. You see a lot of people that look like this:
but you won't see many Filipino-Americans that look like that.
Most Filipinos I've seen in the U.S. look Asian and now when I see an Asian man with a Spanish last name I know he is definitely Filipino and an Asian woman with a Spanish last name who is not married to a Mexican is also Filipino. Once in a while I've mistakened a Filipino person for a Mexican or Puerto Rican but not often.
I've known a lot of Filipinos who have only looked slightly Asian. My husband has only some Asian features, but when asked most people assume he is something other than Asian. His brother looks even slightly less Asian than he does. Most of his sisters don't look particularly Asian, either. However, from the research I've done on his lineage, at least his fathers line was not from the Chinese descendents.
The other Filipinos I've known run the gambit from looking quite Asian to not looking Asian at all.
I know this is off-topic but I'm really curious. Why is it that Filipino-Americans are unable to speak the language (Tagalog)? I think it's really really sad that the Filipino culture seems to be diluted down compared to other cultures in the US.
You can ask this of ANY immigrant group to the US. First generation will likely understand but from there onwards.. probably not.
The one whose cooking is Filipina
shown somewhere in Latin America TV Show
This is just some of Spanish influences when it comes to food.
My favorite is adobo
Thanks for this. I've never cooked adobo in a wok before.. is that normal? And potatos and tomatos? WTF?
I'm sad I understood the Spanish videos more than any of the Tagalog videos in this thread .
Last edited by minibrings; 12-12-2011 at 04:11 PM..
@minibrings ... interesting comment.
But what the issue here is ... what is "Asian" about you?
I can "look" European, but if my culture is Spanish, and my diet is Spanish, and my spirituality is Spanish based ... then guess what? I'M SPANISH!
I think you have much to be proud of.
You said your parents are from the Philippines. Have you ever been there?
Perhaps you're more, "American" than anything else?
I was born there and lived in Makati until I was 12, when my American mom wanted to go back stateside after my Filipino dad passed away. She never liked my Dad's family, they never welcomed her being Protestant and all. Oy.
I'm Asian because that's how I feel.. I relate more to Asians than to anyone else.
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Definitely Asian. I think genetically they are mostly Asian, with some Austronesian stock. I don't think there's too much European/Spanish blood in the Phillipines really.
Definitely Asian. I think genetically they are mostly Asian, with some Austronesian stock. I don't think there's too much European/Spanish blood in the Phillipines really.
Have you been recently? What was it like? I'd like to visit someday soon.
But you didn't include a video of the Original Austronesians ... before the centuries of intermarrying with people of Spanish and Chinese descent. The Negrito were the first inhabitants of the Philippines therefore the first Austronesians ... the voyagers who settled there.
Look at our Ethnic Tribe from Bohol the Ati Tribe .. The Ati-Atihan Tribe originate from this tribe
You will see Ati Tribe from Bohol and Panay island including in Boracay Island.
And another one Batak/Batac Tribe of Puerto Princesa Palawan
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