“Are you Chinese or are you Filipino?”
“Many of your ancestors are from China, so why do you consider yourself a Filipino?”
“Even if you are Filipino, what good can you do for the Philippines anyway?”
In an era more tolerant of people of different ethnicities, one would think that questions like these would cease to be asked. But with the recent spate of anti-Asian incidents in the United States, we see that many in the world are still somewhat misunderstanding to people of different ethnicities. From a Philippine context, hues of mistrust are still experienced by Chinese-Filipinos.
I myself am a Chinese-Filipino. Though I may not be “pure” or “full” Chinese—m…
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