Talking About Racism

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The first Positively Filipino webinar on "Racism and the Filipino American" took place last Monday with two speakers, Dr. Michael Gonzalez, an anthropologist and history professor, and Atty. Bill Tamayo, a civil rights lawyer and commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Myke Gonzalez focused on Philippine colonial history, elaborating on how the Spanish colonizers' social stratification strategy in managing its Asian colony, and the American administrations' classification of Philippine residents according to skin color enabled the Filipino mentality that considers white/fair skin superior to darker tones.

Bill Tamayo traced the  roots of white supremacy in the US, an eye-opening narrative on how for hundreds of years since the slave trade began, and even after the Civil War was fought and slaves freed, it was actually legal to treat Blacks as sub-human. White supremacy was protected by law!

We will be posting these lectures in Positively Filipino and YouTube soon. Watch out for the announcements.

Meanwhile, the second webinar "A Difficult Conversation" which should answer the one question that is in everyone's minds in this historical moment of #BlackLivesMatter: how do we talk to Filipinos who harbor strongly held attitudes against Blacks?

I hope you join us on July 13.

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Gemma Nemenzo

Editor, Positively Filipino

We Will Always Have Angeles City

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Philippine-American Friendship Day will always be a reminder of both the close relationship and love-hate tug-and-pull between our two countries. But there's no denying that the US will always have a place if not in Filipinos' hearts, at least in our consciousness. Today, let's revisit Angeles City, the place where Americans at their worst once wrecked havoc on the city's equanimity. Retired Ambassador Virgilio A. Reyes Jr. once again regales us with his story on "Angeles City's Mini-Renaissance in Heritage Restoration."

For a nostalgic trip into Manila's American history, Read Again Lou Gopal's "Yesterdays in Ermita," part 2 of his 2-part series on the city's once-genteel district. Part 2 features the American families who lived in the area.

Of course, you're also be enriched by part 1. "A Neighborhood of Yesterday: Malate/Ermita."

Australia's Uluru has been in the news lately, so w're reposting PF contributor Larry Ng's writeup about it: http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/climbing-uluru

If you missed these reports from various publications, here are the links:

They went to Pride with 'I'm sorry' signs and people are feeling all the feels.
http://www.upworthy.com/they-went-to-pride-with-i-m-sorry-signs-and-people-are-feeling-all-the-feels?c=upw1

Puting Pinoy's response to Fil-Am's discrimination in Daly City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REseGL0IYMw

Who was Epifanio De Los Santos?
http://opinion.inquirer.net/114241/epifanio-de-los-santos-2

What's next after that basketbrawl?
http://bleachersbrew.blogspot.com/2018/07/whats-next-after-that-basketbrawl.html

For our Happy Home Cook recipe, a most fitting July 4 treat: No-Bake Cheesecake from our resident foodie, Elizabeth Ann Quirino. 

For Video of the Week, we feature the next Filipino talent to be showcased by “America's Got Talent,” The Junior New System.

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Gemma Nemenzo

Editor, Positively Filipino