Thanks for sharing, Isabelle!

Have you heard of the precolonial binukot, the maidens who were kept inside so they would remain pale for potential suitors? Seems like the obsession with pale skin goes back beyond before the Spanish era

It's worse in most philippine provinces. They're almost as worse as Ku Klux Klan

@@ontariofirs7347 it really doesn't matter the Philippines needs to stop the self-hatred

@@xx4443 I do think it has to do with the chinese dynasty and the great prestige of being able to go to china in the pre colonial tikes. There was a book written by a chinese scribe who described a filipino from the past who went to china. It was such a daring and seen as a very prestigious thing that he was given tattoos without fighting and he was able to buy large tracts of land. All because he was able to go to china.

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I think they are Filipino Americans I don’t see Filipinos like them here

@@leolontoc8408 it's because you're not in regions like metro Manila nor central visayas(which includes ilo ilo, Cebu, and negros island.

@@rim2116 I guess so

@@leolontoc8408 yes they are filipino Americans but they resembles the Filipino diversity here.

I live in canada. I am “light skinned “ most of the year here. Once a year we hit Cuba or Mexico or Philippines. After a day in the sun My skin turns darker copper brown skin. And everybody is surprise. I tell them that this actually my default colour.

no it's not imperfection it is perfection. Your brown skin is a blessing white skin is not a blessing you can get skin cancer 100x easier with lighter complexion, they make you hate your skin because those who are pale are jealous...

Same for Most countries tbh, India, most of the Americas, and Africa also experience this type of prejudice.

Colorism is in every culture except white

@@podrido66 i know it s also in my country..but africa? why?

@@jo-wo3we colonization

Right

awit

Use headphones

Stop worrying and have fun see most people's problems is that they don't know how to have fun let problems go and chill come on smh 🤦🏾‍♂️

@Martinez, Gabriel Joachim T. I'm tired of people being racist to each other cant we all have fun and get along.. well I wish that was a reality.

Asia, and the whole world tbh

@@parkermartinez3787 yes but it's not a reality...

I though the poor audio was only on my end.

dude, that's terrible

I'm so sorry that you went through this kind of treatment. I hope you are doing better now and that you love yourself.

I’m so sorry you had to go through this. I think that a lot of Filipinos don’t see it as a problem by constantly commenting on skin and weight. Even I didn’t realize the problem until I moved to the US. I’m glad that you are doing a bit better hopefully. I don’t know who you are or what you look like, but I am sure that you are beautiful and the color of your skin cannot tell me otherwise.

Ako tawag sakin Chocolate Bar hehe pero sanay na ako

I’m so sorry you have to go through that :( I hope you are doing better and know you are beautiful no matter your skin color🥺❤️

Same is happening in Mexico and Japan and Brazil 🇧🇷

Islam ☪️ 🇲🇦

colonialism destroyed the world for sure... and those who brought that in should be ashamed of themselves...

yeah thats we are, like my family 3white,2 brown skin

yessir

In india, it's also diverse in skintone. Some are white some are medium some are brown or dark.

@@sarithajagajith6568 sorry bro India all are brown with different shades, in the Philippines it's very diverse much like Latin America since Arabs, Chinese, Japanese, Spaniards, Portuguese, Anglo Americans, even some Native Americans and Indians settled in the islands and mix with the Natives, that's why you don't see a typical Filipino look unlike India.

I mean dark skinned Filipinos do exist. Esp if you go to my home place which is the mindanao

@@idontcareaboutjean5748 of course they do. I didn't say they didn't.

that's all asians... I grew up with cambodians and it was same message..

Sound like some whitewashed people.

Yeah, it kinds of very illogical and wrong, why just call it Filipino, which mean People of the Philippines. I sensed some Toxic Liberal Ideology here like Identity Politics and Cancel Culture, especially Feminism, Racism and Multiculturalism.

Filipinx refers to diaspora, particularly American diaspora. No one is forcing anyone else to use it. If you dont like it, don't use it. I personally don't use Filipinx either but I wouldn't begrudge or put someone else down for using it. As I see it, it's not going to gain traction on mainland and at its heart, I don't think diaspora are trying to force it on mainlanders. Mainlanders dictate how they choose to define themselves, just as diaspora can do also since they have very different experiences from mainlanders. This video is specifically produced and talks about Filipino-Americans and their own experiences. They choose to use Filipinx, let them. It's their way of merging American sociopolitical struggles with their own identity, which isn't a problem for mainlanders. Bottom line: we just need to allow the people who are at the heart of life experiences to guide their own journey and define themselves. It's not right for mainlanders to dictate how diaspora should define themselves, talk, or behave nor is it diaspora's right to dictate how mainlanders must define themselves, talk, or behave.

First time for me hear to this. I'm guessing this is in America. What exactly does Filipinx mean??? 🤨

@@The12Fly Well they are already forcing mainlanders to use Filipinx. You see, Filipinos living in the Philippines are not indoctrinated with Liberal ideology and we don't want them telling us what we can and can't say.

yes

Yea

@Kfc manager yo u fr?😂😯

Hi there I’m filipina I grew up in the Philippines and yes this is real. VERY real. I witnessed it and experienced it growing up

@@143music09 that's crazy why is there so much colorism there ?