I know there has been many discussions about this issue, but it still doesn't help me understand. I'm a Filipino, and there has been a discussion between me and my American friend on whether I'm Asian or not. I consider myself Asian, since my family is telling me I'm Asian and all. But whenever I bring it up to my friend, she says, "You're not Asian! You're just Filipino!" I get so annoyed when she says that.
There's this other friend, who is Chinese, and calls me an "Asian wannabe." That gets me annoyed, too. I don't like being called a wannabe of a race I was told to be during my childhood. There's so much people claiming that Filipinos aren't Asians, that now I don't know what I am anymore.
So I ask you, the Yahoo community: What do you consider Filipinos to be? Or rather, if someone asked me whether I was Asian or not, what would I say?
2007-03-25
19:24:25
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j.mochi
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