Do people stare at black people in the Philippines?
Do not worry, I am a African american and have no problems when I go there. Never had no one being racist toward me. The person that said that, she is the one racist. Since i been married to my wife 22 years which is from there. I discovered Blacks and Filipino's have a lot in common. Like we eat most of the same types of food, they love to sing we love to sing and so on. Trust me, you will have fun.
How are half Filipino-half Black people treated in the Philippines?
I was watching a documentary about people in the Philippines. There was this one girl on there who was half Filipino and half Black. She had an African-American father which she has never met. Anyways, she went on to talk about her experiences growing up half Black in the Philippines. She said that when she was growing up children who were half White were always treated well. However, since she was half Black that she was not treated with the same respect. Just wondering, how is someone in the Philippines treated if they are half Filipino and half Black? Are they treated any worse than anyone else?
How are half Filipinos treated in the Philippines?
Filipinos who are half-white are treated, regardless of personality, character, intelligence, nationality, wealth or even physical appearance, like gods. Filipinos who are half black, conversely, are treated with default disdain, fear or marginalized as if they were Aeta tribesmen. Ironically, the remaining Filipinos are in practice halves themselves: half-Filipino--and their other half wanting very badly to believe they have Spanish lineage. Such Pinoys believe that those fellow pinoys with no perceived Spanish lineage are being inferior.
Where to treat my friends? Philippines?
It really depends how many pax and the location. P500 doesn't go very far if you want a really nice place, unless you have 50 pax or more. Some caterers with in-house venues can do it for just under P500 net if you contact them and negotiate for a reasonable package. Google party venues Philippines. What I found was Ibarra's, in 4 locations. But I imagine you're a much smaller group. What we suggest may not be in your neck of the woods, and not to your taste. Be creative when you have a small group. As an example, If you want a casual thing and it's just a group of friends, less than 25 pax including family, find the common thing they like to do. Everyone likes to sing? You can, for instance, reserve the biggest room at Music 21. They do serve food. If you want a pool party, just buy food and serve on paper plates; barbecues would be good for pool parties. (You can use the pool in a condo or subdivision, if you have friends/relatives living there. And then ask if you can serve the food poolside or adjacent gazebo.) Good luck thinking. :-) Happy 18th.
Does USA treat the Philippines fairly/well?
Many in the Philippines do not find the US to be a good friend. The Philippines has been a Yes Man to the US from the 1900s to the 2000s. And yet it treated the Philippines very poorly relative to other countries like Japan, South Korea and now Thailand and Indonesia. It poised itself as the savior of the Filipinos by the “oppressive Spain” at the time when the revolutionaries were already winning 90% if their battle againts the Spaniards in the 1800s, only to be swooped in by the US via the infamous Mock Battle of Manila which was not a real battle of the Americans againts Spain, rather it was a ceremony for the transfer of government from being a Spanish colony to a US one. When WW2 happened, the US left the Philippines to fend for itself while it was being attacked by Japan. The US were too busy fighting in the European theatre that the then Philippine president Manuel Quezon, frustrated upon hearing Rosevelt's speech over the radio and realizing the absence of any effort or backup for a US military support while the country was being ravaged by the Japanese said this:“Come, listen to this scoundrel! Que demonio! How typical of America to writhe in anguish at the fate of a distant cousin, Europe, while a daughter, the Philippines, is being raped in the back room!”It was a friend of the Marcoses during martial law and even have the CIA helped out in the most efficient way to torture subversives. During the toppling of the dictatorship via People Power, it helped the tyrant escaped from the Philippines along with all the gold reserves and other government assets to Hawaii, and then still poise themselves as the savior of the Filipinos from dictatorship. It might also be guilty of sabotaging inner conflicts in the Philippines to sway public decision. Duterte, for example, has been highly suspicious of the US because of this single incident;Why Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Distrusts The U.S.The Philippines today is starting to realize that the US never really see them as friends as it never respected the Philippines as their equal.
Is there racism in the Philippines?
If you really wanna know about racism in the Philippines ask a foreigner who has lived in the Philippines.I m from saudi Arabia, and let me tell you racism is well alive here in the Philippines.Yes ofcousre there is racism all around the world but here in the Philippines it's different. If you have dark skin, trust me you will definitely hate it here. They have is idea that having dark skin is something very bad and disgusting. Everywhere you go all you see is whitening advert, literally everywhere. You see it in billboards, magazine, TV, social media etc. Look at their media most of their famous celebrities are half Filipino and half something else, even their miss universe winner is half German,I had a German friend who told me that the only reason she won was because of her German side ( haha he is pretty arrogant) .It shows you how filipinos hate dark skin. I have alot of black friends and some of them didnt stay for long because they couldn't tolerate the people's ignorance. Some of them have moved to canada and always brag about how amazing it is over there and pity me since I m still in the Philippines.They are also restaurants that banned Arabs and black people because they said that we are problematic and disrespectful. Yes, they banned a whole race because of that.To the Filipinos, I m sorry but this is from my experience. You might disagree with me but this is the truth.