Comments on: Chip Tsao Slur Reflects Geopolitical Realities http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2009/04/02/chip-tsao-slur-reflects-geopolitical-realities/ Lawyer in the Philippines Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Diego Jurado http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2009/04/02/chip-tsao-slur-reflects-geopolitical-realities/comment-page-1/#comment-61700 Diego Jurado Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:54:34 +0000 http://thewarriorlawyer.com/?p=1467#comment-61700 I am one of those socially twisted (and f*cked up) Filipinos who does not identify with lower-class Filipinos. The minorities I tend to cluster with in a North American setting are Spanish-speaking and/or Black groups. I avoid Asians altogether, unless they are other "aristocratic" Filipinos. I am one of those socially twisted (and f*cked up) Filipinos who does not identify with lower-class Filipinos. The minorities I tend to cluster with in a North American setting are Spanish-speaking and/or Black groups. I avoid Asians altogether, unless they are other “aristocratic” Filipinos.

]]> By: rj http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2009/04/02/chip-tsao-slur-reflects-geopolitical-realities/comment-page-1/#comment-51970 rj Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:22:20 +0000 http://thewarriorlawyer.com/?p=1467#comment-51970 ..but i think it is true that we have maids and house helpers in that part of hemisphere. its sad and strange that if a filipino has spoken or written of it instead, we would not really have given much attention - not much of the emotion that was, at least. --- i am a filipino and have worked for sometime in various places abroad and have been called cheap labor and a mediocre engineer by the locals. i felt bad and deplored it. but then i realized i was really acting like one - like most of us. i can't recall how but i decided that i can do better..... now and after some years, i look back and i see how much ive opened myself to learning and mastering new things and new ways. i struggled but i never gave up. not one bit until i earned the respect, confidence, and teamwork of fellow engineers of various nationalities. i realize that sometimes we just have to be honest with ourselves. it is bad enough to be marked as inferior but it is much worse if we don't do something to correct that mentality and see ourselves as we really are. once we accept this fact, then we just have to work harder and better. we have to improve. we have to be disciplined. we have to learn. we have to compete. and finally focus on this goal and succeed. my message is simple: before another not so nice comment is hurled on us, on you, take sometime to think if it is the honest truth. if it is, then resolve to do better. then just let time prove that you are not what they think you are. hope this helps. :) ..but i think it is true that we have maids and house helpers in that part of hemisphere. its sad and strange that if a filipino has spoken or written of it instead, we would not really have given much attention – not much of the emotion that was, at least.
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i am a filipino and have worked for sometime in various places abroad and have been called cheap labor and a mediocre engineer by the locals. i felt bad and deplored it. but then i realized i was really acting like one – like most of us. i can’t recall how but i decided that i can do better….. now and after some years, i look back and i see how much ive opened myself to learning and mastering new things and new ways. i struggled but i never gave up. not one bit until i earned the respect, confidence, and teamwork of fellow engineers of various nationalities.

i realize that sometimes we just have to be honest with ourselves. it is bad enough to be marked as inferior but it is much worse if we don’t do something to correct that mentality and see ourselves as we really are.

once we accept this fact, then we just have to work harder and better. we have to improve. we have to be disciplined. we have to learn. we have to compete. and finally focus on this goal and succeed.

my message is simple: before another not so nice comment is hurled on us, on you, take sometime to think if it is the honest truth. if it is, then resolve to do better. then just let time prove that you are not what they think you are.

hope this helps. :)

]]> By: AdB http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2009/04/02/chip-tsao-slur-reflects-geopolitical-realities/comment-page-1/#comment-49520 AdB Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:56:56 +0000 http://thewarriorlawyer.com/?p=1467#comment-49520 Either that or it reflects a natural Chinese penchant for the cheap and the vulgar. Either that or it reflects a natural Chinese penchant for the cheap and the vulgar.

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