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Crab Mentality Is Universal

January 19, 2010 By 13 Comments

(Part 7 of the “In Defense of the Filipino” series)

IT IS said that we Filipinos have crab mentality and so we do not attain the progress and prosperity we have long been aspiring for, …

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It’s Not Lack of Discipline

January 19, 2010 By 19 Comments

(Part 6 of the “In Defense of the Filipino” series)

URINATING on the street or against the wall, spitting in public, jaywalking, disposing of garbage anywhere, and other bad habits make anti-Filipinos conclude that we …

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All Nations Have Graft and Corruption

January 19, 2010 By 8 Comments

(Part 5 of the “In Defense of the Filipino” series)

GRAFT and corruption is the act of stealing or transacting illegally public or private funds for personal gains. This is a global practice and is …

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All Races Have Thieves

January 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

(Part 4 of the “In Defense of the Filipino” series)

ALL races have thieves. There is no race or nation that doesn’t have them. Stealing tempts humans, and anyone can be tempted, but most overcome …

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Filipinos are Industrious

January 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

(Part 3 of the “In Defense of the Filipino” series)

FILIPINOS are industrious—this fact is proven by the millions of them who work, sweat, and toil in their land of birth or in other countries.

Before …

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Anti-Filipino Remarks: Colonial Legacies

January 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

(Part 2 of the “In Defense of the Filipino” series)

The anti-Filipino remarks are living vestiges of the Spanish and American colonization of the Philippines. We have been made to believe that we are an …

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Anti-Filipino Remarks

January 19, 2010 By 11 Comments

(Part 1 of the “In Defense of the Filipino” series)

“Filipinos are lazy!”

“Filipinos are thieves!”

“Filipinos are corrupt!”

“Filipinos are undisciplined!”

“Filipinos have crab mentality!”

“Filipinos have short memories!”

“Filipinos are always late!”

“Filipinos …

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