we can't fix other people, we have to start with ourselves. and being a Filipino, our greatest hurdle is Colonial Mentality. it is fed to us first from our home, in our school and then our society.

Isn't it upsetting Filipinos keep watching these Pinoy baiting youtubers and it gets around 500k views and this one only gets 20k. I wish more Filipinos watch these.

Prof. Xiao Chua's students are lucky. He's the kind of person I want to have an inuman session with.

i am an African, my advice is don't over think things, don't go out looking for racism except you're a journalist or something, learn to grow a tough skin and keep living life

" i want to be a racist" thats what i said when my elementary teacher asked me what do i want to become when i grow up cos i didnt know it should be a racer.

Racism here is kinda the opposite, We degreade our own race and think superior of other races besides us.

Well its not just in the country, actually its everywhere. Lets be honest there everywhere

Xiao Chua is the reason why I admire and indulge in Historical and Cultural topics. I first saw him in Lourd de Veyra's skits bacl then. I have experienced racism even here in the Ph because my mom is Igorot, and my dad is from Negros Oriental, I got ridiculed to oblivion back in grade school and highschool even I'm proud of my Mom having a Tribal History (Has their own known Clan in Ifugao) and my dad being a descendant of a Known General in Visayas (Pantaleon Villegas)

The fact that Sir Xiao is well-knowledgeable about our history makes him a filipino, and yet najudge pa din sya. Power sayo Sir Xiao Chua!

I'm Filipino by blood but born and raised American. Something I've noticed, especially about the older generations of my family, is that there's a lot of passive racism ingrained in their mentality. They don't actually hate any race or ethnic group--in fact, they're quite generous to anyone they encounter--but they are very forthcoming about which skin colors and facial features they consider attractive and unattractive. They will literally welcome dark-skinned people into their homes and give them food and hospitality while also commenting that lighter skin looks better. It's so jarring to witness.

"Ang pinakamatinding kalaban sa lahat ay sarili natin". - Heneral Luna

racism is everywhere not only in Philipines but the whole world, we need to removed RACISM and respect people no matter what they looks, respect cultures

Some of the people I know who are racist to other races seem to turn out that way because they experienced discrimination themselves. Like, an uncle who worked in Japan have been refused entry in some shops with signs that said "No Filipinos Allowed" so he's formed a prejudice against the Japanese. And some friends who are deeply angered with China's adamant claim of Philippine territorial waters and islands that they formed prejudice against the Chinese. It's sad that prejudice against a whole race can stem from isolated experiences or events, failing to look at the much greater good that often goes overlooked.

I think that education is key in getting rid of racism. There’s not much we can do for the older ones but we can do so much with the younger ones.

Ive been living in the Philippines my whole life and I have met too many racist people to the point that i become rasist myself, some Filipino tells me to go back to America. Im not even American, i was born here, im from here, my father is Arab but he's living here for more than 30 yrs. Im trying to fix myself now and try not to be affected by those people, there are still kind Filipinos that helps me in my life.

Do not look down upon anyone, including oneself. Heed the Golden rule.

especially when you are from the visayas and mindanao, you'll be easily looked down mostly from tagalog speaking people of Metro Manila.

This should be seen by all filipinos.. Racism is present in the philippines.. Sad but true, locals from ethnic groups and provinces were being looked down by fellow filipinos also.. They are being bullied by the way they dress, the way they speak with their regional accent, and doing their accustomed way of living.. Not thinking that it may hurt or insult them..

They all answered so well in accordance to their perspective. I think it's genius to actually ask this from different point of views. The professor was truly intelligent with his answers, I loved his answers

Much respect to you, man, for digging into this kind of dilemna that is so subtle to the filipino society. Please do a documentary about the discrimination of people who are living in the rural areas in the philippines too. Gotta admit, nice content you got here. You have my thumbs up for this 🔥💯

Personal thought: Filipinos are not racist to foreigners, but we are racist to own kind😥😔 which is very sad. I guess having a crab mentally had rooted deeply than we thought 😑

When I was young I used to think how ugly I am because I'm dark brown. I even told to myself I'm going to inject glutha so I can be socially accepted but when I worked abroad and appreciate my skin color and how beautiful I am, how sexy my skin tone is... I'm so proud to be Morena 🥰🥰🥰

I have witnessed a few of my fellow foreign students studying at Philippine universities experiencing racism not just from students but from faculty unfortunately. It was a topic that was often discussed in our foreign student meetings. I think also colorism is a huge factor. Several of my pure Filipino friends get down on themselves about their darker skin color and they get teased for it even by adults. I remember when one teacher told me to wear more sunscreen "kasi parang hindi Americana ka na" as if getting darker was somehow a bad thing. I even said that the states is multiethnic. Daming ibang kulay...hindi puti ang kulay ng tao taga U.S.. Even my mother who is full Pinay gets on me about making sure I don't stay under the sun too long or I might tan too much. Salamat po for this discussion. I remember that origin story being mentioned in my anthropology class and my prof asked kung racist ba yun and I said oo po and she asked why I thought so which I said that the story makes it sound like the darker skin was a mistake.

Philippines is so westernized that they praise you if you speak English, lighter skin, mix race..etc the mindset is so different.

Hello, greetings from the USA! I’m Filipina-American! I was born in the Philippines but grew up in California fifty plus years ago. In my opinion, racism exists everywhere (intentionally or not)! My mom’s family has a Chinese and Indian background, and my dad’s side is full-blown Spaniards. I’m married to a Caucasian, and I’ve experienced racism when my husband and I moved to Colorado after living in California all my life. I've traveled within the US, including in the Southern part, that racism does exist. I’ve also experienced discrimination when I go to China, Korean, or Vietnamese town here in the US! I think everyone is racist in their ways! There are many forms of racism, and I think most are not intentional, but through ignorance! The way you handle it is to ignore, move on, and try not to take it personally! Instead, through education like what you're doing now! One day, everyone will realize that we are all equal, especially in God’s eyes (young, old, poor, rich, white, black, brown, and so on)! GOD made us unique in every way! May God bless us all❣️🙏

It's not just racism, age discrimination, sexism, and class statuses. ...

New to this channel and I would like to say that this is simply amazing. In the topic of racism I think that yes we as a nation have a long way to go. We aren't perfect and we will never will be and that's ok because people make mistakes though yet, I think that we should start evaluating this topic and find ways to solve this problem that has been deeply rooted in our culture as a whole. Small steps as the professor said and we can only hope that we can lessen it as much as possible. Anyway keep it up and I'm excited to see more topics about the Philippine and thank you for the perspective that you have given us.

Dang! About time to talk about this!

That skin whitening and skin bleaching is the saddest thing ever. Be proud of your natural look and don't judge others until you meet them in person.

Xiao chua is a philippine's treasure I am more proud of being a filipino because of him.

Filipino racism is a lot less intense as compared to our East Asian counterparts, but it still important to note that Filipino ignorance contribute to racism, intentional or not. Filipinos are also linguist, thus you can see the prevalence of Visayan-Tagalog online fist fights often in social media.

Good work, I just wish this was longer and included an average Filipino that doesn't have a specialized job, and different age ranges too. I'm curious to know what the older generation thinks.

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love.” -Nelson Mandela

Growing up, I witnessed light-skinned Filipinos bully and make fun of dark-skinned Filipinos in private schools. It’s weird because Filipinos are depicted as Asians with naturally brown skin. Today, sadly, many Filipinos are becoming more racist, especially toward Filipino-Chinese men and women with more prevalent Chinese features. The thing is, most Filipinos don’t even know that they’re racist. Racism is a serious topic and we need to educate ourselves further.

Am African i live here and have never experienced racism In My 4 years of living here but I struggled with colorism which is the same thing back home cause people feel light skin is better and would want to switch.

This reminded me of the time my Filipino friend told his girlfriend that he specifically dates Japanese girls because he doesn’t want his kids to be dark like him. He was saying that jokingly, but.....yikes. I’m not commenting on that. Btw it’s pronounced neigros not neeegros.

Dude im white- Not brown- Not even black- Every Filipinos has Diffirent skins.

Negros isn't racists it's just Spanish for black. Meaning black island.

in my opinion, filipino have this 'tone' or 'accent' that gives no intent to offend a certain person thats why when we say something racist we don't consider it racist, if we talk rude but still have that tone or accent we can't tell that if they are serious or not, For example: Bisaya/Ilonggo/cebuano accent talking in tagalog or any usage of words. like filipino don't really take it that seriously unless if we really need to... to be honest I live in Negros-Bacolod, people from negros are called Negrosanon, i tried to explain it to my friends here in UK and now they called me racist.. never thought that they would really make it a big deal

Subscribed just for this amazing vid! I learned a lot, and all the people being interviewed are very nice and eloquent that before I knew it, I already finished watching the video.

Racism is every where,, but being positive in life, i tell racism not affect my interests of being motivated Filipino human being,, it's up to you, how you handle it.. I know my kababayan handle the racism because Filipinos intelligence Strong

Prof. Xiao dropped some golden wisdom 🔑much respect!🙌🏽

I remember reading that during elementary school on How God made Filipinos in our Religion subject in a Catholic school. OMG I was thought from this?!

I also believe that Filipinos are more culturally accepting compared to the East Asian countries, and to Thailand in the SEA since I know Thai people put the light skin toned in the pedestal.

The correct word is Colorism

Xiao's statement at 11:30 made me emotional. I feel for him.

Well..when I walk down the streets of Zamboanga City, everyone waves at me. I feel like the queen of England. It is a great experience. I didn't see many white guys or any other foreigners so I will say I was very welcome. I was a minority of one and I could not have been treated any better. What was amazing was everyone pulled out their best English to me. They did not expect me to speak Chavacano or anything else. They spoke to me on my terms. That was so welcoming especially when you are in a new place.

Growing up I was proud to be filipino... but I would also get clowned on cause I had curly hair and dark brown skin growing up...like wtf... now that Im older I realize that the biggest enemy we have is ourselves because if colonial mentality. The sooner we accept the fact that Filipino is just a nationality that could be adopted by anyone from any colour or ethnicity, the stronger we can be. Being Filipino to me is embracing all the cultures that make us up. The sooner we embrace our diversity the sooner our Nation can rise higher than before.

For me racism is also saying like... judging the books by each cover.

Education is the best way to "fix" racism and by being a good example of showing love and respect for all peoples.

I didn't know that there's racism in the Philippines. I haven't met foreigners ever in my life and I'm not into watching news about racism so I never knew.

I’m dark skinned Filipino born and raised in Hawaii. Growing up I’ve never noticed, but as I got older, I’ve noticed that light skinned Filipinos from the Philippines treat me differently…very standoffish. I get along well with the darker skinned Filipinos from the Philippines. The lighter skinned ones treat me like they’re better than me…look down on me. Because of the way they’ve treated me I don’t like light skinned Filipinos.

great content! ugh, I just hate it when people I know would rationalize that, "it's not racism, it's just more of societal norms. it's not racism or bullying them, we are just telling them in order to inspire them to make better version of themselves. it's the accepted culture, it's always been like that." Afterwards, I would answer that, "I guess we have a society that accepts racism." Then they would answer that I am insulting most Filipinos and I have crab mentality. ugh. SMH.

I grow up suffering racism from Filipinos, well, I'm a half Filipino Half Nigerian but I was born and raised here so I am definitely a Filipino by language, actions, etc. And I'm telling you Filipinos racism to black people is totally severe, I grow for thinking my skin is really ugly. People here always calling me "Uling-ling, Nognog, kulot salot, Ita, negrita etc." even kids telling me that I am ugly because I am Ita or Negra! (This thing shouldn't be an insult and should stop making it as an insult) And the worst part of it is their own parents hearing this in their own child's mouth and they will just laugh about it so the kids thinking that what they doing was right, And even my friends calling me in these kind of nicknames made my self esteem low. I even afraid to go to other places because people will look at me weird like I'm not even a human. If you're a black especially when you're living in the province, expect the racism you will get there. Maybe Filipinos are hospitable, but they're racist as to all people even in their own race especially to our kabisayaan siblings and many more, to tell you the truth, I was also racist with them before because of what my surroundings think of them and then I thought it was just fine and it was a joke, but not realizing those kind of jokes is extremely offensive. Now I'm studying international school also here in the Philippines and for the first time in my life I felt that I am not different, I am Human! I'm not strange or weird, ppl calling me beautiful, now I appreciate my skin color and also I'm being educated about racism. Schools should also teach about racism because many people are so ignorant about this stuff like it's normal. Stop Stereotyping, Stop Racism!!! Racism shouldn't be a joke!!! Stop thinking you're cool for doing it.

This video was uploaded exactly on my birthday last year as per date stamped. Anyway, this is really a good eye-opener for every one. Proper education and information about race is the key to understand each other's ethnic background.

Many Filipinos I met have identity crises, split personality, or and multiple character issues where they have trouble deciding if they are Asian, Pacific Islander, Or And Hispanic

This is really helpful. We are all equal.

Most pinoys who look down or racist are the proud Tagalogs from imperial manila. They mostly discriminate the people from visayas and Mindanao.

The girl doesn't look so exotic, she's very pretty, but she doesn't look mixed, especially since she's from cebu where there would be hundreds of thousands of beautiful locals. For a cebuano, she would just be an everyday woman. Like I said, very pretty, but the claim was quite preposterous, if I may say.

The Spaniards put so much scar on us Filipinos that is why we consciously and unconsciously became a racist person. I can't blame the other individuals to think it that way. Racism is unending cycle towards my countrymen from Spanish occupation up until today. A huge wound still exist inside the flesh of us Filipino that we got from Spain. It is consciously and unconsciously happening. I think it is better to read Noli me tangere to understand why we have this skin colour complexity. Hahaha I can explain it well but hopefully this comment can be helpful just a little bit. Lol

Ayy yes na yes, racist tayo, kahit sa kapwa natin. I think it's from centuries of tribalism and being colonized for so many years. Kahit ngayon, racist ang mga tagalog sa mga bisaya, and vice versa, not all but very easy to see. Great piece direk! You and Prof Chua are an awesome duo, podcast na yan oyyyyy

Wala naman talagang masasabing "pure Filipino".

Just happen that this video popped in my feed. Well, my own personal opinion in regards to this is that we, Filipinos are mixed of conservatives stemming from the colonial mentality and that we view our own as someone inferior and that we always look-up to foreigners as their "idol". And this is why it is so easy for Filipinos to be hooked on other cultures as well as product and this is also why Filipino have a tough time accepting our own (be it our products, culture etc). For example, we import a lot of goods internationally because we tend to over patronize those products which leads to our products getting side-lined and ultimately not being patronized. I'm not saying "all" products really. We always say that we are traditional but we usually forego that for a more conventional "westernized" approach which lessens our so-called cultural identity. This is my own view really but I think for us to move forward as one country, we need to increase and patronize more of our own (love our own products, our services) rather than looking to others because I for one know how creative Filipinos are.

I was on walkie talkie the other day and when a Filipino guy asked me where I am from and I said that I'm from China and I'm Chinese-Filipino, he told me that I should take responsibility for the virus that is spreading in OUR country and I should go to hell for inventing COVID-19. As a Chinese-Filipino, I am disgusted with him and his attitude.

Being racist is bad. And we have to eradicate that kind of attitude, ideas, that may result to being prejudice to a certain race. This is a good video for all Filipino to watch and internalize whether or not we are racist..... Salamat po.

Very informative, I feel like watching a regular tv documentary

As a Filipino, I agree. Not all Filipino are racist. To be honest my filipino friends are racist because I speak English. Filipino don't even think they are racist and more importantly some don't even know what racist is. Filipino will judge you base on what you do. For example if you are fat and wearing a bikini? They will judge you for wearing it. Thats what my aunt did when we went to the beach last summer.

Bro just saw this in my feed. Man this video needs to be viral. +1 sub for you brother

Even original filipino experience racism..when i was in highschool i experience a lot up to college and even when i am going apply and in my work place racist are everywhere in the philippines. I am Aeta who known to be original filipino, but those we called "onat" and low landers ..some of them ..i don't know. Thank for this video. I hope it will give way to understand and wipe or change the mentality of filipino people throughout the Philippines

This one a good example for all who watching this. Remember it " WE ALL ARE HUMAN BEING" IT'S NO DIFFERENT ON IT point on this 👍 nice video. Hope all knows this. Bless you brother 🙂👍 from the Philippines

Colorism is a more prevalent problem in the Philippines than racism. Most of the time people tease each other because of the color of their skin not of their race. It is a widespread belief that fairer skin is more beautiful, propagated by the beauty industry.

In all my years visiting The Philippines I have never experienced racism or discrimination but I am not naive, some Filipinos do discriminate against people because of their skin colour.

I think it should be the word "prejudice" that is used rather than racism, although some people find both interchangeable. No doubt, racism is universal.

Wow, your video really opened my eyes. I just finished talking to a friend on Facebook about the BLM movement. I was trying to understand why there’s so much silence and resistance coming from the Filipino community. It didn’t end well and the points I made went right over his head. I walked away feeling crushed and defeated, and ashamed even. How could there be so much racism engrained in our culture? I needed answers and that’s how I came across your video. Thank you for bringing to light this very serious issue that’s overlooked in our culture. We need more content like this. 🙌🏼❤️👏🏼🙏🏼

We Mexicans have an identity crisis too being full Native American or Indo and being Mixed with white features calling or selves Mestizo which hurt our Aztec culture everytime a Mexican calls themselves that it hurts our ancestors and our roots calling ourselves Mestizos i feel like thats why personally we Mexicans and Philippinos we relate to one another even our ancestors look down on us of our Indigenous Blood and ive seen other Asians looking down on our Filipino cousins it really breaks my heart cuz 😤🇲🇽🇵🇭 it hurts me in personal level too.

I felt like the new generation nowadays are kinda accepting compared to older generation I guess. I usually heard deragatory comments coming from the old one, not all. But above all, I hope with coming years we will be much more understanding and embracing differences despite our discrepancy in culture, races, gender expression, political beliefs and etc.

Hindi pa ka bulgar ang racism sa atin, except sa mga itim. Pero ang regional stereotyping ang mas nangingibabaw ngayun. Ang tingin ng mga tagalog sa mga mindawon at bisaya ay illeterate. At ang tingin ng mga bisaya at Mindanaon sa mga tagalog ay mga hambug at mayayabang. Pagnasa manila ka, ang tingin nila sa mga taga Mindanao ay gyera at terrorista. Yung mga taga manila nman walang disiplina. Religionalism tingin ko ang malaking problema sa atin.

I have high regards to you xiao chua always! You bring true meaning to Filipino not as human but a culture itself. You're a walking reference to our history from the past. GB!

I don't think if this Racism or not but, every time people sees me, they think of me as Chinese, Japanese, even Korean because of my Eyes, the Color of my skin, and for being skinny, though I was born and raise here in the Philippines. I feel like outsider, because of my eyes, they don't consider me as Filipino.

In our area, I feel grateful that I have never seen any racism in front of my eyes and directly to my ears. Even if people here nowadays take whitening stuff, racism is almost certainly not a thing here from what I observed. (Except internet, of course) I'm gonna share below if I ever witness racism in person. Hopefully, I would never saw one.

Hi Bani! great video.. Btw. As far as I know, the story about the "baked" people is not taught in school. It's just a joke or story we see in tabloids or magazines. It's not serious, but we see it now as extremely racist, but as Sir Xiao stated, Filipinos invented that story because we are the ones being looked down upon. It's for our ego I guess???

This is what content look like, I mean you won’t regret wasting your time watching YT with an informative and inspiring content. 👍

I agree even filipinos here in america especially the materialistic ones or mga maybang or mataas na ihi, think like this, believe that lighter skin is a higher class, than having a certain profession make s you better and also the materialistic nature as well, but that goes for probably everywhere, I think what I am proud of is that Filipinos have an amazing heart and amazing ability to endure hardships due to the community mindset as a culture

If you have pinoy blood running through your veins, even just a slight 0.1%, you are a Filipino. Skin tones don't matter. What you look like doesn't matter. Where you are from doesn't matter. You have the blood of a Filipino, the heart of a Filipino, you ARE a Filipino. ~from a fellow Filipino

Oh finally found your vlogs. I really like your communication skills, the way you speak and explaining it very well.

am a Filipino. its really hard to admit that racism exist in our culture. however its the truth and we cant do anything about the past. what we can actually do now is to correct and move forward.

"Racism isn't just what you say, think, do, and feel. It is also what you allow" Dr. DaShanne Stokes

This deserves more views ❤️❤️❤️ in my family, I have the darker skin tone and most have lighter ones, I always feel out of place during picture takings and gatherings because of that, I did everything I could to achieve that lighter tone but to no avail, because of this video Im starting to love the color I have

This is what we called "Quality" 👌🙌

My Descendants are Spanish Who used To be Have White Skin Wells I Learnt That Happiness Matter and Adventure Makes you So I Love My Tanned Filipino Skin.

OMG! Thank you so much for make a video in this level quality. I'm Brazilian, here in Brazil racism it's something very visible too, I was think in visited Philippines but first I needed to understand how it the interaction with black foreigners, and this video help me to understand!! Thank you

Everyone is racist. Some people are more hateful about it than others. But EVERYONE makes generalizations for better or worse. It’s part of how our brains work. We recognize patterns. Also pack mentality might just be a natural thing, like it is among certain animals. Until we fully breed this stuff out of our DNA well just have to accept that racism is a part of being human and we should learn how to work with it to establish peaceful societies.

About the “N” word, pinoy teens nowadays meant that to be an endearment or just a nickname to call their tropa/ barkada. Its not offensive. But if intended to call a foreigner with dark skin, that’s a different story. I often tell my friends not to tease someone with N word, specially if they don’t know the person.

Having Xiao Chua in here adds so much flavor to the video

This is a real thing! As being half Chinese and Half Filipino, sometimes your own family will ostracize you. I have half siblings namely two half sisters who don’t consider me as siblings despite having the same mother. Another reason could be greed and competition for their inheritance, but either way race and money as it relates to Filipino is a real issue.

I really feel this a lot in America where I get the same sort of things said to me but a backwards where other Filipinos will see me as less because I am mixed. Growing up here, my mom coming from the PI a lot of what they said is reflected in the things my mom brought me up with. She would say, “if I take you to the Philippines, you cam be a model because your skin is light. Here, I think a lot of younger Filipinos are really trying to connect with their heritage but somehow it becomes about ethnic purity like the Prof was saying and I really feel like many Filipinos in America don’t really understand that we don’t all look alike and that we come from many different ethnic backgrounds. And just like them in the PI, it becomes somewhat of an identity crisis because I also know who I am and I am Filipino. I have never identified as anything else. What’s more frustrating is the idea that others are always trying to tell me what I am with the newest one being hispanic or latin when I know that I am not. I am Illocono. Even with my mom being indigenous to the PI, here in a America, I can’t even get a traditional tattoo depicting her journey which is also my journey because it doesn’t fit the “purity” mentality. Anyway. I really appreciate this so much because it’s an issue that I have felt and dealt with my whole life and it’s not just here that it happens. Salamet.

I really like sir Xiao's way of explaining things.

Well said Sir Xiao Chua...i am proud Filipino like you...

The answer is NOT EVERYONE OF THEM.

As an Indian who grew up in the Philippines, I experienced a lot of racism. Adults would call me names as I walk the street (especially when I was a kid), and classmates and teachers (even professors) would even bully me. Everyone knew what was happening but they turned a blind eye. While not all Filipinos are this way, many of the ones I encountered were and that definitely destroyed my self esteem. It's awful.