I am not sure if I have mentioned this but a couple of months back, I finally became a full-pledged US of A citizen. This after years of paperworks, fees and waiting. Do not get me wrong, I am still a proud Filipino by heart but I have also started loving this new country of mine. Last week, great change has come to America, and I am proud to be a part of it. I have tried to avoid posting anything partisan here but I have come to realized, that partisanship is part of what is nice of the American way of life. People make stands on issues, and they stick to it, and makes sure that their voices are heard. And after each election, people forget their party and starts fresh again, each supporting each other no matter how the other person voted. I realized that people here votes on issues that are important to them and not on the person itself. Unlike Philippines, where people votes on people because they are popular even though they are running an election based on nothing at all.
And so I have become a part of history, voting for the first Black American president. But even with this election, the pinoy stereotype of African Americans will always be the same. Too much colonialism in our blood maybe? I am ashamed to admit it but we have ingrained to ourselves that the paler the skin, the better they are. I know a lot pinoys would still prefer to have white neighbors instead of blacks, but does that really matter?
Just my thoughts…
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