President MANUEL LUIS QUEZON: Message to the People of the Philippines | Circa 1920's

[sam74]

Great video, thank you!

It is unfortunate that my fellow Filipinos are misinformed or just plain uneducated about their own history. I suggest reading the English translations of the historical accounts of the Philippines that were originally written in Spanish, then one can truly understand and appreciate what Spain has done. We are more hispanic than you think.

Every colonizer was brutal in those days, even the Americans except they were good at hiding it - they re-wrote our history books.

[gloryjade226]

I'm a Filipino...mi entiender español ..porque mis abuelos nos enseña a hablar español..

[xxxx2228]

The problem with most Filipinos (regardless of ethnic group) is that they use the term "dialect" to refer to all native languages in the Philippines. It’s as if Tagalog/Filipino is the only tongue worthy of being called a language. That thinking is worse than “colonial mentality” as it disrespects the cultural diversity of our country.

[SuperSelwyn1]

dapat si aguinaldo ang nagsasabi niyan kung di sana tayo sinakop ng amerika!

[bartopsyche]

truly a gentleman of his time! am very sorry that we did'nt live your dreams. today we have a president called p-noy, bugok na itlog.

[thatgamerSUCKS12]

the philippine english back then was so clear........but now its so unclear.we must speak english how we spoke it back then because people insult us for how we speak it!!

[TheCrisza]

i am a chavacano in zamboanga city! i am proud of it! we are considered as a latin city first word you can see arriving in zamboanga city is "BIENVENIDOS"! chavacano is a lot like spanish but we call it broken spanish.but most of our basic words are spanish..MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS Y BUENAS DIYAS.

[nikolayovich]

Spanish should be the National language of The Philippines! Not Tagalog! Para ser verdad, he killed his own language (idioma espanyol) on his own country (aqui en las Filipinas)! Solo nuestro egida contra Idioma ingles y los americanos. Maestros de la idioma 'filipino' (or Tagalog) son como los maestros americanos que dan castigos a los estudiantes Filipinos que hablan 'lengua vernaculo' o espanyol en la clase. I verily condemn this system especially this is ongoing today in some schools.

[dkatbena]

nakakahanga ang mensahe niya! This Country is the country given to us by GOD. even the language is God given and we must give her/her importance!Mabuhay ang lahing kayumanggi maging sa kahit anong lipi siya/sila. Tagalog man. bisaya man o saan mang pulo sa Pilipinas. Kayumanggi tayong lahat na sinugo ng Maykapal upang manahan at magmana ng lupaing ito. el espaniol es siempre un espaniol,english is originally British, Ang Pilipino ay kayumanggi na maaring Tagalog,Bisayanon at iba pang kauri nito

[elsomnoliento]

Feel free to correct my transcription. Thank you!

[elsomnoliento]

Here is the Spanish part... courtesy of me!... Compatriotas, nosotros los hemos consagrado cuanto tenemos y cuanto somos para el bienestar y la libertad de nuestro país. Pronto pasaremos al mundo de los que han sido. Nuestra obra no está terminada. Es vuestro deber a continuar. Pensad siempre que sois filipinos y que a filipinas es vuestra patria y la única patria que dios os ha dado.

[elsomnoliento]

cont... Que tenéis que conservarla para vosotros para vuestros hijos y para los hijos de vuestros hijos. Filipinas tiene un sublime pasado y un grandioso porvenir. Su pasado está consagrado por los sacrificios de nuestros mártires y soldados. Su presente esta honrada por la devoción a su causa de una generación patriota

[elsomnoliento]

cont... Su futuro será tan grande como creáis hacerlo. Veo un porvenir a filipinas con su frente gira en medio del océano pacifico, llevando en la mano la antorcha de la democracia y de la libertad. Una república prospera y feliz, de mujeres y hombres virtuosos y libres, amantes de la justicia y de la orden, trabajando juntos por mejorar la suerte de toda la humanidad.

[nikolayovich]

@elsomnoliento Thank you for providing the original Spanish script of Quezon's speech. Muchas gracias

[elsomnoliento]

@nikolayovich no hay de que, es un placer

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

@elsomnolientoI Likewise here. Thanks for posting the Spanish version of President Quezon's address. Really appreciate it.

[elsomnoliento]

@pilipinasmabuhay100 You're welcome!

[machie13]

Wow Quezon was a really handsome man during his prime. I wished they discovered the treatment for tubercolosis back then. On a serious note, I'd just like to share my view on our national language. It is confusing because there are a lot of ambiguities with other dialects and languages (e.g. double meanings) So we're now left here to ponder what the language of a true Filipino is.

[joeyremetio]

Pero sana, tinuturo parin ang Spanish sa klase, it's still part of history. But it being the official language of the Philippines. Come on.

[traviesofilipino]

FYI it is the official language of the Malolos Constitution, the 1935 Constitution (together with English and Tagalog) voluntary in the 1971 Constitution dead in the 1987 Constitution. We got tons of Filipino literature in Spanish written by real Filipinos.

[joeyremetio]

Given the fact that Spanish Language has influenced a lot of the Filipino dialect doesn't make the cut of Spanish being the National Language. We're Filipinos. Asians. Not Spanish. Not Europeans. A country that has enslaved this country and our people. Brainwashed the Filipinos that we're indios and are not capable of nothing does not deserve their language to be ours.

[RoyalKnightVIII]

@joeyremetio Yes but you guys still speak the colonial European language English, sad huh?

[xxxx2228]

In the Philippines, there is no such thing as a national language. Tagalog is not the national langauge of most Filipinos simply because it is not spoken thruout the land. It was spreaded thruout the Philippines by the use of media. Go to the south and they mostly speak Cebuano. Go to the north and they speak Ilokano. Philippines is a multi-ethnic state and there is no way that Tagalog language can represent the whole 99 million of us Filipinos.

[xxxx2228]

If i were to lead the country, i would make each regional language official in the constitution while Spanish and English will be official thruout the Philippines. In India their 23 regional languages are official in the constitution, including Hindi and English. I hope that we can do the same here in the Philippines.

[pvrp115]

@joeyremetio True, but we aren't Americans or Anglo-Saxons either. Remember that English also is a colonial/imperialist language that continues to tie us to our oppressors.

[traviesofilipino]

@joeyremetio It became official. The declaration of Independence whether we deny it or not , was written in the language of Cervantes, the Malolos Constitution and the national anthem. The Filipinos of Quezon's time were Hispanofilipinos that's the reason why he delivered 2 versions of his speech. English for the Commonwealth masters Spanish for the Filipinos. During their time, Spanish is the English spoken by Filipino kids nowadays.

[traviesofilipino]

The late Sen. Claro M. Recto said 'it is something that is ours.' We just deprived ourselves from it for almost a century coz we were taught to hate that part of our culture.

[thehouseofmao]

That was amazing!!! Thank you for sharing!!

[akosigundam]

Funny how those OFWs become more Tagalized than the Tagalistas here in the country. And most of them are Ilocanos and Visayans!

[akosigundam]

Quezon was still a senator at this point; he was elected president only in 1935.

I love the Spanish part. Very Filipino.

[joeyremetio]

@akosigundam how is it very filipino. when it's spanish?

[xxxx2228]

I hate the fact that the Philippine government is not doing anything with this national language/official language issue. Even some of the comments here thinks that Tagalog shouldn't be the nat'l language. And u know what, most Tagalogs always thought that every Filipino speaks Tagalog. It seems like they are afraid of diversity in our country, that sometimes they think that other Filipinos speak a different language other than Tagalog, they just perceive them as lesser Filipino.

[RoyalKnightVIII]

@xxxx2228 Well why not Chavacano? It may be a Spanish creole but it's been Filipinoized!

[xxxx2228]

@RoyalKnightVIII not all Filipinos speak Chavacano. And it would be difficult to combine it as a single language because the Chavacano in Cavite is different from the Chavacano in Zamboanga. That is why I would rather choose English or Spanish because these 2 languages does not pose any regional bias.

[xxxx2228]

BTW, its not even Tagalog anymore, its Taglish. Even the media in Manila is broadcasting all its news, all its tv programs, all its ads in Taglish. Even politicians can't even talk in straight Tagalog and, or English. So they are just using Taglish.

[mad8london247]

@xxxx2228

The problem is that the national news was broadcast in English, till the Tagalistas got them to change to Tagalog. It was informative during the EDSA revolution that toppled the <MArcos Kleptocracy.

What use is Tagalog in world websites like youtube?

[xxxx2228]

Its not an issue of dividing the country just because we have many languages, it means recognition of other ethnic groups' languages. The government should make Cebuano, Ilokano, Kapampangan, etc. official to their respective provinces, while making English, or Spanish as the national language to bridge in the language barrier.

[mad8london247]

@xxxx2228

I would vote for that.

[carlagaybalingit]

Some close minded Filipinos hate Spanish so much, then I advise you to stop watching telenovela, stop going to the Church, celebrating Fiesta, change your last names, don't do siesta, don't eat menudo, afritada caldereta, adobo and also ask the government to change the country's name to something else, don't dance to salsa, try speaking Tagalog without using spanish words ---> The truth is the Philippines is a Hispanic nation and hating Spanish is hating your own self as Filipino.

[carlagaybalingit]

I should also add that some people keep saying that "but Spanish is a colonial language"...It's 2011, 21st century already, history is history and can never be changed no matter what you do. We learn something from the past. One cannot deny that Spanish played an influence in our culture, history and identity. Spain does not own Spanish language anymore but instead every Latin American country has its own adaption of it that make it their own and the Philippines would have had that as well.

[carlagaybalingit]

I speak Kapampangan and I feel that Tagalog should be in the same level of Kapampangan and other native languages of the Philippines. What is so special about Tagalog that Chavacano, Cebuano and Kapampangan do not have? Tagalog only gained prominence because it was promoted as official language, which personally in my opinion, is UNFAIR to Cebuanos, Kapampangans and other Filipinos. I personally believe that English and Spanish should have been the Official languages.

[carlagaybalingit]

English and Spanish should have been the official languages of the Philippines. They have more advantages and widely spoken worldwide. 

[Just4Kixs]

@carlagaybalingit

Exactly. English and Spanish. Good thing Spanish is being taught again all over the country. It sucks to Tagalog speakers that other non-Tagalogs can speak or understand their language but not the other way... makes us non-Tagalogs the better Filipinos.

[JJAIME05]

Gracias a dios ...pensé que en la filipinas ya no quedaban hablantes nativas del castellano ..

[strawberrymochapapi]

I think it's a bit unfortunate how most of us Filipinos don't understand Spanish anymore despite the fact that we had quite a long history with it and the culture it's part of. Wouldn't hurt to add more language to our repertoire anyway, and it's a beautiful one at that pa.

[xxxx2228]

He should have made English and Spanish as the national language to fully UNITE the Filipino people...declaring Tagalog only worsened the language problem in our country, plus the animosity of non-Tagalogs against Tagalogs...and majority of the Filipino people does not speak Tagalog...

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

@xxxx2228 I beg to disagree. Filipino, which is of course, based on Tagalog, is spoken throughout the archipelago. It is taught in schools across the country and is used in order to communicate with fellow Filipinos who speak different dialects. Asserting that declaring Tagalog as the national language worsened our literacy rate or as you call it, our "language problem" is nonsense. Judging by how you see our country, I presume that you haven't been to the Philippines for quite some time now.

[xxxx2228]

@pilipinasmabuhay100 but my point is, to elevate Tagalog as the national language is very unfair to other Philippine ethnic groups. Its like one ethnic group imposing its language (Tagalog) to other ethnic groups (Cebuano, Ilokano, etc.). If we all speak Tagalog, then we will all become Tagalog. Then what will happen to other native languages in our country? Native language speakers will decrease because some people who are non-Tagalog will shift to speaking Tagalog.

[carlagaybalingit]

@xxxx2228 I totally agree. Tagalog is forced on us non-Tagalog speaker. Tagalog should be treated the same as Pampango, Chavacano and Cebuano. It is a regional language specifically for Tagalog region. English and Spanish would have been a better choice as official languages.

[xxxx2228]

@carlagaybalingit Yeah! That's what i'm talking about...Tagalog is just as regional as Cebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, etc. and imposing it on other ethnic groups is like, showing some superiority to other non-Tagalogs. If I speak Tagalog, I will be understood pretty much in Luzon; If I speak Cebuano (for example), I will be understood by the people from the south, and pretty much Tagalog speakers won't understand me.

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

@xxxx2228 Sorry ha, but I don't agree with your POV that basing our nat'l language on Tagalog is a way to impose Tagalog supremacy. Remember that it was the great President Quezon who introduced Tagalog as our national language - and I think we can all agree that he did it in the interests of the nation and so that all Filipinos, no matter what ethnicity they are, can communicate with one another. I also think it was to have a sense of national unity and identity. And BTW, I speak Waray.

[xxxx2228]

@pilipinasmabuhay100 ok i respect your opinion, but do u really think speaking Tagalog can fully unite the country? in my opinion, No. Look at Manila. Does speaking Tagalog united the rich and the poor? Are they helping each other uplift nationalism in the country? There is clearly no unity in that situation...And, why is it that Tagalog is the only language taught in schools? Why not Cebuano, Ilokano, or your native tongue Waray?

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

@xxxx2228 It already has, kabayan. It's spoken everywhere, whether as 1st or 2nd native tongue. But unity won't bear into fruition if you just base it on language. It comes from many aspects of society - from the determination of a people to fight for what's right; a citizen's vigilance; the simple paying of taxes and singing the national anthem - which we sing in TAGALOG. Unity can be felt when the citizenry come together united under a common purpose.

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

@xxxx2228 And yes, having a national language has a capacity to unite a people. Remember EDSA? It didn't matter if we were rich or poor - as I've said, unity comes when we come together under a common purpose. As for your question, Tagalog is taught in schools simply because it's the national language. Tagalog is spoken in the national capital, where the seat of government is located - Malacanang, Senate, House of Representatives, Supreme Court, you name it.

[xxxx2228]

@pilipinasmabuhay100 Yet, in the case of Tagalog, it failed to unite all Filipinos. Do u know why Visayans who are coming to Manila are often ridiculed in their accents by the Tagalogs? Because Tagalogs feels that he/she is smarter than the provincianos. They have this so-called "superiority complex". And what common purpose r u talking about? Toppling a dictator? It is not a common and national purpose! It is the purpose only of the Tagalogs.

[akosigundam]

@xxxx2228: I'm guilty of making fun of our Visayan friends. Their accents, when speaking in Tagalog, are just hilarious! Nonetheless, I encourage them to speak their native tongues as much as they can.

[pvrp115]

@akosigundam I make fun of Tagalogs as well who try to speak Visayan languages. They try hard and don't even make sense, they can't construct a sentence properly and also speak in a funny accent when speaking ilonggo, Cebuano or even English. XD

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

@xxxx2228 And, unlike other nations that have just one language, the Philippines is composed of more than 100 dialects! How could we communicate with each other? Through hand gestures? Of course not. The leaders of our independence movement back in the 30's and 40's knew that we had to be under a single language which Filipinos can use to communicate with fellow Pinoys who come from different provinces. Tagalog was chosen because it is the language spoken in the national capital, Manila.

[mad8london247]

@pilipinasmabuhay100

175 Languages and hundreds of dialects,. Cebuano and Tagalog are languages in the Austronesian Family of languages.

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

@xxxx2228 And moreover, if Cebu was our national capital, then our national language would be Cebuano, right? If the capital of the Philippines was Tacloban, then we would be speaking Waray. If our capital was Laoag, then we would be speaking Ilokano, and the rest. The point is, this is not about Tagalog supremacy and all that nonsense. This is about practicality, basic communication and to have a sense of national unity and purpose, which I have already explained.

[anonymous77898]

@pilipinasmabuhay100 The reason why Tagalog was chosen to be the common language of Filipinos was because the result of the survey at that time was that it was the most spoken dialect by the most number of Filipinos. Thus the task ahead of teaching all Filipinos to use a common language is made easier. The success of a common language for Filipinos was a resounding success. Even the Abbu Sayaff rebels could speak Tagalog. lol

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

@xxxx2228 Nevertheless, we shouldn't even be dividing ourselves due to our dialects or what province we're from. We are Filipinos. Like you, I'm one of the 11 million Filipinos living overseas & for me, the only time Pinoys acknowledge their differences is when we ask where we come from! And that's it. The fact that we are able to come together as one nation, one people, despite our many differences and the fact that we are an archipelago made up of 7,107 islands, is simply REMARKABLE.

[xxxx2228]

Spanish should have been chosen as national language simply because it is the language that has the most influence on Philippine languages. Cebuano language has a lot of borrowed Spanish words, even Tagalog, and other native languages as well. And also, keep native languages in their respective provinces as co-official to Spanish or English.

I am not against Tagalog, for I am a Tagalog. What I'm against at is the imposition of Tagalog to non-Tagalogs.

[Just4Kixs]

@xxxx2228

it's such a shame that we don't see lots of Tagalog like you who can think with an open mind and think critically. most Tagalogs are too self-centered.

It also sucks to them because we non-Tagalogs are the better Filipinos for not only knowing our native languages AND English, but also the ability to understand OR know Tagalog.

As a Davaoeño, I believe that Spanish AND English should be our nation's official languages and the rest of the 170+ langauges co-official in their areas.

[RoyalKnightVIII]

@xxxx2228 Well if not Tagalog which indigenous language would you choose as the national language?

[GuruOfGreatness]

@xxxx2228 Madami ding nakuhang words sa French ang English. Hindi naman French ang first language ng USA diba?

[ft06jg89]

@xxxx2228 TAE MO

[xxxx2228]

Cebuanos have this animosity against the Tagalogs because whenever they're speaking Tagalog, their accent is being ridiculed. Sometimes they just prefer to speak English rather than Tagalog...

[yachishan]

@xxxx2228 i am a cebuano nd ii admit dat we hav a hard tym speaking tagalog cuz our accent is strong or shall ii say "w/ force" but we can easily adjust to othr languages or dialects with proper accent nd deliverance of words .. all we hav to do is to b thankful cuz God has given us lots of dialects even we ar jst a small country composed of islands nd w/ unique cultures. lets jst heLp each othr to b progressive. ty ! :)

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

@yachishan Indeed. We Filipinos speak more than a hundred dialects, learn the national language in order to communicate with each other yet we are one of the most fluent English speakers in Asia! Why shouldn't we be proud? Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

[cristobalito1966]

@pilipinasmabuhay100 Siento decirte que me temo que cuesta bastante entender hablar en inglés a un filipino que lo chapurrea. Es más, el inglés norteamericano es un idioma aprendida. Nunca llegó a arraigarse en el archipiélago. Perdona por no hablar tagalo.

[nikolayovich]

@pilipinasmabuhay100 i am a visayan, and have my own language, Cebuano. Spanish was once a weapon for us to wield against English, and the Americans. I see Tagalog as and agent on spreading Americanistic attitudes through code-switching, and the horrible breed of Tagalog and English known as Taglish. Remember: language reflects national identity. So therefore, I'm Filipino by nationality, not by language. And I'm proud of it.

Viva la Republica Filipina!

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

@nikolayovich And I'm Visayan as well. Waray is my native language. But I don't see Tagalog as a way of spreading, as you call it, American attitudes. Remember that the Americans did not introduce Tagalog. It was spoken centuries before the Spanish conquered the Philippines and is part of the Austronesian Language Family. As far as I know, both Spanish and Tagalog were spoken to sort of deflect American influence. And yes, I agree that language does reflect our national identity.

[utubeaccntko]

@xxxx2228but declaring Spanish as a national language would've had the people at an uproar during that time. Remember that the Spanish treated us so cruelly and to recognize their language as our national language would've been a painful reminder of those hard times. Of course, that could be said about English too...

[sugba2sugbo]

para siyang hari dahil mestizo kasi.... anyway i truly appreciate him and all he has done for our country....

[TheAbelmot]

Hope the Philippine leaders thinking about the good things for the Philippine future not to their own self.......

[longlive63]

The problem is, I speak Spanish no more.

In short, wala rin akong naintindihan.

Pero pasalamat ako kay Lolo Manuel dahil sa wikang Filipino!

[Baker13Dozen]

oh Great Manuel, if you can only see your children cries.

[CanalOmega]

It saddens me that Spanish is vanishing from the Philippines and that dialects such as Chabacano are also going to the archives of history. We should reaffirm our common culture. Mexico and Pilipinas bonded by blood... we are family. Saludos from Michoacan

[Dragwar10]

My favorite president! Thank you, President Quezon, I am as well with you who resided in Washington DC and here in Manila.

[acousticLU]

Wow all the Latinos jn here are stupid. I'm Spanish and Its a shame that Latinos don't know anything abt Spanish Philippines. Spanish declined because Spanish was once prohibited by the Americans and many prominent hispanofilipinos were killed during ww2 by the japs. There are more "Indios" in the islands cuz it is a lot farther from Spain than Mexico or the Americas. Por eso, there ain't that many mestizos. Sad. Sad. Before everyone here argues with no valid points, read ur history first.

[x19xS34Nx98x]

Filipinos are the best people in the world... mabuhay sa pilipinas!!!

[icepickflip]

sigh! if you look at the culture and traditions of the Philippines, the vast majority of it is of Spanish influence. No denying. judging a filipino in america is different to actually going to the Philippines and experiencing first hand. The way of life in the Philippines is a residue of the Spanish era, we can argue for days on end. from Religion to food, to dance and what not, and even in courtship..sure it may have evolve differently but the seed of its influence is Spanish.

[Pagalan2000]

Don't mind these people who seem to think they know our culture more than we do. They know less when it comes to us and showing arrogance as well. They speak their minds without the basis of understanding. We know who and what we are. We know our own people, our culture, and our history. That's all that matters and not these mere opinions of outsiders. How can they think they know about our culture when they've just read about it. We lived and breath as Filipinos. We know better...

[arunsuwannakorn]

Thank you for posting PilipinasMabuhay100. This is a very nice speech.

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

@arunsuwannakorn The pleasure is mine! :D

[andree1991]

LOL (in spanish) You all filipinos wannabes make me feel so embarrassed. YOU ARE NOT FUCKING HALF SPANISH LIKE EVERYONE FROM THE FILIPINAS SAYS, IF YOU WERE FUCKING HALF YOU WOULD NOT HAVE THOSE EYES AND THAT SKIN COLOR SO SHUT THE FUCK UP

[ExTreMHeaDShot]

@andree1991 hey shut the fuck up. you dont know ca. 1900 read 60% of the philippine popualetie shanish and now 10% and you know President Manuel Quezon is half filipino and half spanish you see he loke like hispanics. yes only 5% have spanish blood but we have the same culture and a lot more. i can also say, oh the latinos are not spanish they are indios

[ExTreMHeaDShot]

@andree1991 read first the philippine history than we can read

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

Hey..keep it down guys. A healthy discussion is much appreciated - pero dapat walang personalan. President Quezon, I'm sure, is an inspiration to all of us - his unwavering faith in the Filipino kept our morale high in the midst of war. He was one of the best Presidents we've ever had.

Both America and Spain influenced our country in many ways - culture, religion, government - good or bad. You decide. The only thing that matters now is that we use those influences for the greater good. =)

[Just4Kixs]

Me molesta mucho esta chiquita más maldtida que está en este sitio. ¡Espero y quiero que calla ahora mismo!

[Just4Kixs]

LOL doesn't it suck for Filipinos to not know the language of their national heros, Spanish? It must suck for Filipinos who don't speak Spanish.

Porque la lengua castellana es una lengua más importante por los filipinos dentro nuestro alma, y dentro del nuestra cultura.

I'm Filipino, and I still know my Spanish roots.

Soy Filipino, y yo sé muy bien mis herencias españolas todavía.

[Rheidge]

@Just4Kixs ... our national heroes were not Spanish...they were ilustrados (Filipinos who belong to the higher class) ... it's not really a necessity to speak Spanish these days... although it would be nice... but Filipinos should prioritize speaking their own language and learning the international language as well... if they are already excellent in both, then they may proceed to whichever other languages they would like to learn

[Just4Kixs]

@Rheidge

Read my comment again CLOSELY. "...the language of their national heros, Spanish." Never have I said that they were Spanish. I'm simply stating that it sucks for Filipinos because they can't even read their own works of Philippine literature or government documents in Spanish. Totally sucks. Even read signs and posts among special tourist sights. Moreover they don't understand the street names, city names, and province names written in Spanish, especially when Filipinos are Hispanics.

[luckysigil]

@Just4Kixs Filipinos are not "Hispanics"...that's false.

[Just4Kixs]

@luckysigil

and you're just in denial. prove to me that they are not Hispanics, if you can, which I HIGHLY doubt you can.

If you know that Filipinos are Hispanics, which they are, then we wouldn't be having this silly fugue.

[luckysigil]

@Just4Kixs are you kidding me? It's YOUR ASSERTION - you should be the one to PROVE TO ME that they are!!!

[luckysigil]

@Just4Kixs I'm in denial? You're delusional!

[Just4Kixs]

@luckysigil

delusional? you're the delusional one who can't see beyond race. An educated person knows that race should never matter.

[luckysigil]

@Just4Kixs You obviously have a very bad case of Colonial Mentality! Get over yourself!

[Just4Kixs]

@luckysigil

Me? You need to get over yourself, you're the one in Denial. If you don't belive that we Filipinos are Hispanics, then you shouldn't call yourself a Filipino for that Spain gave that word to us. You shouldn't be Catholic, shouldn't be eating with a spoon and fork, shouln't be wearing the clothes you wear or calling them by their borrowed Spanish names, shouldn't even be celebrating christmas, semana santa, eating adobo, or arroz caldo. you should just give up your own culture.

[luckysigil]

@Just4Kixs "you should just give up your own culture"....oh really? then I'd be happy eating Lumpia, eating Balut, and pansit canton or kare-kare and be Muslim or Bhuddist...or a Protestant!!!

fyi, America influenced the Philippines more in 40 years than Spain did in 333 years...take that and shove it up your wannabe Spanish ass!!!!

[Just4Kixs]

@luckysigil

Now look who wants to be American. Thinking that America is better and the saviour when in fact they did much worse by killing more people. The Spanish are the ones who influenced the culture on us stupid head!

[luckysigil]

@Just4Kixs Where in my statement that I said I 'wanted to be American'??? You're C R A Z Y!

If the "Spanish are the ones who influenced the culture" then why don't Filipinos speak Spanish as a primary language???

[Just4Kixs]

@luckysigil

Yea America did influence the Philippines stronger, by killing off many of the previous culture and brainwashing Filipinos like you into wanting to be more "whiter" more "Americanzied" and more Anglo dip shit.

[Just4Kixs]

@luckysigil

until then, get your facts straight because no one is going to listen to you.

[luckysigil]

@Just4Kixs I GOT my facts straight. Filipinos are Asians, not Hispanics!

[Just4Kixs]

@luckysigil

and you're stupid. Asian and Hispanics aren't a race dimwit.

[luckysigil]

@Just4Kixs I never said that Asian is a race moron...where did I say that? show me!  I just said Filipinos are Asians, not Hispanics...are you really that retarded??

[Just4Kixs]

@luckysigil

yea Filipinos are Asians... interms of geography dip shit. Hispanics interms of culture asshole.

prove to me that Asian is a race... which you can't because Indians, Arabians, Chinese, Mongolians, Turks, Russians, Uzbekistanis, East Timorese, etc... are all ASIANS! do you think they look they same? FUCK no.

[luckysigil]

@Just4Kixs "Hispanic in terms of culture"???? Since when is eating Balut a Hispanic thing? God, you are such a MORON!!!

[Just4Kixs]

@luckysigil

That's apart of Philippine culture. Take a look at other countries blind eyes. Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, etc... are also like that. They celebrate their indigenous cultures fused with Hispanic cultures just like the Philippines you shit head.

[DonMiguel1810]

@Just4Kixs Mexico is in no way, shape, or form on the same plane with the Philipines. Most Mexicans actually have Spanish blood, speak Spanish, etc. It is fused in the real sense.

Since you can't prove that Filipinos actually have Spanish blood (Hmm, maybe because the majority does NOT), you go off on your argument that "race has nothing to do with it"... Which is it? Filipinos are not Hispanic, no matter how you look at it. They were INFLUENCED by Hispanic countries (Spain through Mexico)

[luckysigil]

@Just4Kixs so you're saying the Igorots, Negritos and the Muslims in the Philippines are Hispanic in terms of culture???? LMAO!!! don't you feel DUMB!!!

[Just4Kixs]

@luckysigil

Did I say that there WERE? Idiot read my comment again blind eyes.

[DonMiguel1810]

@Just4Kixs Even if your only substantial claim was having a "Hispanic culture", it still doesn't float. Filipino culture is not A Hispanic culture. It is a native Malay (or whatever) culture influenced by Chinese and Hispanic culture. Culture, in some peoples minds, automatically turns someone into something they're not... That's not true. Mainly this is fed by the want or need to be associated with a group that ruled that land for a period of time... It isn't happening

[Just4Kixs]

@luckysigil

take a class on Philippine studies and you'll know that every Filipino is different. I have friends back in the Philippines who are white and they are pure Filipinos. I've also met pure Filipinos who are black. White because they were the original descendants of the Spaniards who were the original Filipinos. Black because they are the Negritos who live in the provinces. NOW YOU GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!

[luckysigil]

@Just4Kixs oh brother...you have 'friends who are 'white and black' in Philippines??? is that you're proof that Filipinos are Hispanics? You took Philippine studies and deduced that they are Hispanic???? that's your proof?

You are one retarded son-of-a-bitch!

[Just4Kixs]

@luckysigil

Stupid asshole, if you were smart, you'd know that RACE has nothing to do with being Hispanic!

[colorhope]

great speech! hope to find other speeches such as Recto and Romulo and other known patriots of our history.

[Mashka61]

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[Mashka61]

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[jesslorenzo]

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[BenignoAquinoJr]

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