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Subject: much ado about race and nationality


Author:
tagala
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Date Posted: 03/ 4/07 10:19am PST

It's ridiculous and shallow to be so caught up with racial and national identity - nationalism was 'nazi' for short. If you are an Asian born in the US, how would you feel if you weren't treated with respect because you weren't "American" enough or you weren't proud of American foreign policy, etc.? Lots of Americans abroad are now ashamed to reveal that they are American because of what is going on in the Middle East. Sometimes they pretend to be European for fear of harassment. If Filipinos feel some shame, then maybe it's justified, that is what they are honestly feeling, and maybe they want to avoid being looked down on. You can't force people to feel a pride that they don't feel. And not everyone is brave enough in the face of discrimination.
Our identities are "human beings". It should be our priority to be good people rather than good Americans or good Filipinos. For a long time in Europe, which was known as "Christendom", people identified themselves as Christians more than their regional residencies, which is, in the larger scheme of things, a matter of fate rather than choice or will. Say you were born wherever you were born, but you can always mix cultures or adopt a new one. You are not tied to one culture. You cannot be discriminated against when you do not identiy too strongly to one culture, race or nationality; you deserve respect because you are a "human being" not because your country or race did great things. "Human beings" are a diverse culture - some will like their country of origin and some won't. Some will identify more strongly with a foreign culture, and some won't. That's freedom of choice. That's just natural. Differences are natural, because we are a mix of all kinds of genetics and influences that we are largely unaware of. And we are certainly more than genetics. So lighten up.

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