Got an interesting comment from a Filipino man on the docu-series:
“I’m an Asian Latino from the Philippines because of my Hispanic ancestry and heritage. Saludos Latinoafricanos. Viva La Hispanidad!!!”
So do Filipinos consider themselves Latino?
A little history:
The Philipines was colonized by three countries, namely:
- Spain for 333 years
- United Sates of America
- Japan
Filipino and English are the official languages.
Spanish was the original official language of the country for more than three centuries.
According to Ethnologue, a total of 171 native languages are spoken in the country. There are 13 indigenous languages with at least one million native speakers: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Waray-Waray, Kapampangan, Bikol, Albay Bikol, Pangasinan, Maranao, Maguindanao, Kinaray-a, and Tausug. One or more of these is spoken natively by more than 90% of the population.
-
rasdivine reblogged this from negrodocumentary
-
drea-gigi likes this
-
quelinda-anijinha reblogged this from negrodocumentary
-
thelostarchibald answered:
ASIAN LATINO?wats that, I’m Filipino with Hispanic dysentery but i don’t call myself that, ppol sometimes say i look half white but im NOT.=)
-
leigh204 answered:
I’m a Filipina, and the Filipinos I do know do NOT consider themselves Latino.
-
charli-mcda reblogged this from metropolitanmanila
-
dorkydebutante answered:
My Latino friends always joke that Filipinos are the Mexicans of the East. A lot of our history supports this joke, but we’re not Latino lol
-
dorkydebutante reblogged this from metropolitanmanila and added:
I don’t consider myself Latina but am often mistaken for one due to my curly hair and non-“Asian”-looking features lol…...
-
itsvanna answered:
obese-starving-artist.t…
-
obese-starving-artist reblogged this from negrodocumentary and added:
will reblog again if stopwhitewashing posts my answer
-
quelinda-anijinha likes this
-
hezoo answered:
I am 1/2 Filipino and have many Filipino friends and family. I have never heard anyone (until this post) refer to Filipinos as “Asian Latino”
-
amazelife reblogged this from negrodocumentary
-
earelephantthings likes this
-
angellov8 reblogged this from negrodocumentary and added:
I don’t think we would...ourselves to be Latino. Granted, Spanish
-
obese-starving-artist answered:
We aren’t Latino. Technically we are Hispanic because of our history of colonization. But not all Pinoys claim that part of our heritage.
-
bangtheeblazn likes this
-
metropolitanmanila reblogged this from negrodocumentary
-
thisisriality reblogged this from stopwhitewashing
-
peaceloveandafropuffs reblogged this from stopwhitewashing and added:
This is something I’ve always wondered about.
-
69flowers likes this
-
ablueberrynight likes this
-
stopwhitewashing reblogged this from alostbird
-
empoweredafrolatina reblogged this from negrodocumentary
-
cuntfuckah likes this
-
luckythinks91 likes this
-
alostbird reblogged this from negrodocumentary
-
alostbird likes this
-
negrodocumentary posted this
