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I don't care. Why are you asking me this? You're stupid. |
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:02 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:58 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:29 pm
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Eli_dude2 er.... Asian.. i think... NO wait Pacific Islander! uhh nvm i choose both i think... was that the rite answer?
I wish I could be love, Then I could be All over the world. Way to go there buddy. You've chosen correctly. Philippinos are both. Our country is an island, and it just happens to be in the Pacific. So we are Pacific Islanders. But, every country has to belong to it's respective continent. The Philippines does not belong to Australia. And it sure as hell doesn't belong to America. So what else is left, but Asia? We are Asian Pacific Islanders. Does anybody know what Ocean Japan is in? :3
I'll remember to love, You taught me how.
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:03 pm
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:48 pm
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:23 pm
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:03 am
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:24 pm
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I've written this in another thread somewhere, but I think it's really a matter of preference. I kind of used to think Pacific Islander, but then I'd also hear a couple people thinking of Filipino as Pacific Islander... I've heard Filipino people themselves say one thing or another, so I'd say it's really all up to what the person considers himself/herself.
Asian is a very general term, if you think about it, because it includes countries like Russia and India as well, but people normally don't really think about Russians and Indians being Asian. I guess people generally consider Asian as "Oriental" that is now a politically incorrect term.
I'm Japanese but I don't fill out Pacific Islander on forms. Supposedly there's a dispute about what "Pacific Islander" refers to. I guess it usually would refer to areas like Malaysia and New Zealand, but different people use it differently.
Wikipedia even states: Despite this, a growing number of Filipino-Americans have denied the classification of being "Asian", instead claiming to be "Pacific Islanders", which has provoked dismay among some Pacific Islanders who actually belong to the Oceanic cultures comprising the commonly accepted definition of the term, and has also prompted allegations of cultural denial from other Filipinos, the worldwide majority of whom identify themselves as being Asian (as the Filipino government has stated since its foundation that the Philippines is a part of Asia).
OH! That brings me to a conclusion! That little thing in Wikipedia probably explains why the people I know (who live in the U.S.) who are Filipino think of themselves as Pacific Islander rather than Asian. I should ask my friends who were born in the Philippines what they think....
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:31 am
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