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Originally Posted by Da_Box
racism doesn't exist in this part of the philippines
cuz all those racist bastards know i'm here  |
I don't think so. At least not in Imperial Manila, anyway.
In the Philippines, racism is usually directed to provincials, whom some people in Imperial Manila think of as "uncivilized" just because they weren't born from the capital city.
The most popular form of that, which I actually have experienced firsthand, is one directed towards Visayans, who are known for their bad accent by Imperial Manila's standards.
Reminder: In this video, don't try to understand the language, just hear the accents to get the idea.
Spoiler for Translation:
We know that Metro Manila is made up of people from different regions in the Philippines. But not all of them are not born in Manila. And of course they came from different provinces, so they have different languages, different dialects. Therefore, they move their tongues differently. What do I mean?
*Various people are made to say this line: "Can you get evidence that you drank Pepsi?"*
I hear you. So that's funny, huh?
What? What's so funny? Is it because it's strange, and we laugh at strange things? Why, do dogs laugh at strange barks from their own kind?
Oh, wait, we aren't dogs. Sorry. And if you noticed, the first thing you think is: "That's Visayan!" And we see that in comedies, whenever somebody talks like this: "Oh, so your companion (wants to apply) to become a manager? Well, then I'm firing him even before he applies for the job!"
Instant punchline. So it's like that? Just because you're grew up in Manila and you hear something like that, you will have feelings of superiority? Probably because we associate that accent to people like them (nannies), with a particular job (construction worker) or economic class? (well, you know about that)
So what's funny? So what's funny about being poor and strange?
*Pepsi line* Lady in background says, "As the sidewalk vendors are being pushed deeper into poverty..."
Wait a minute. Have you ever thought that more people speak Visayan than Tagalog? Tagalog is spoken only here (Central Luzon and Manila), while Visayan is spoken here, here, here, here, here, there, there, here, here, here, and here.
So no matter what race do we belong to and accent we have, let me ask you this, "If we dissect ourselves, will our blood color differ?"
It's just an accent. Let's judge a person by his works. And speaking of Visayan accent, who's the most popular Filipino in the world today. And, most of all, who's the only Filipino to ever get invited by President Obama into the White House?
Visayan, huh?
Whenever people play Defense of the Ancients (DotA) together for example, a losing player is often trash-talked to by the winning player in full view of the people around the internet cafe and sometimes called a "Bisaya/Visayan" in addition to those trash-talks.
I hear that from a lot of people here in Imperial Manila almost everyday, but I shrug it off. Why? Because I know I can do things they can't. In fact, in my high school days, I used to excel in academics "on the road".