tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post3981068220131022762..comments2024-02-16T09:51:55.973-08:00Comments on Ask A Filipino!: Does Prof. Amy Chua have any other "connection" to the Philippines?The Filipinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06411009013482740401noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-14299268356241884712014-02-09T19:03:30.096-08:002014-02-09T19:03:30.096-08:00No and I do not think she has the right to be. I w...No and I do not think she has the right to be. I was so looking forward to reading The World On Fire and now that I have it I feel sorry I ever bought it. She used her aunt's story to belittle the people where her family made their money just to make a point. She refers to herself as American, and so she is. Sarah V. Garcianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-74005576266816025242013-07-25T01:35:00.524-07:002013-07-25T01:35:00.524-07:00Please do not confuse nationality/citizenship with...Please do not confuse nationality/citizenship with ethnicity/ancestry.<br />Thanks in advance.message to all ethnic Filipinosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-31706503486425799152012-07-22T19:39:21.426-07:002012-07-22T19:39:21.426-07:00It's not "looking down on every Flip"...It's not "looking down on every Flip" that Chua is pointing out, although that's how it came across to you racially hypersensitive Flips. To say that it was shameful to marry Pinoys reflected the exclusivist mindset of the earlier generation Chinese. Think about it: if you formed a Pinoy community in Dubai or elsewhere, would you readily call yourself Emirati? If you settled down with your kids in New Zealand, would you automatically call yourself Kiwi? Your kids would, but would you? And yes, there is a pervasive culture of laziness in the Philippines. Read F.Sionil Jose's Why We Are Poor to understand. Or if you're too lazy, just look around your neighborhood and ask why tambays and petty holdups are very common, despite there being an abundance of strong, healthy men and women who should be working.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-55384605597990104932012-03-22T21:30:23.949-07:002012-03-22T21:30:23.949-07:00Her pain is something to be sympathised with, but ...Her pain is something to be sympathised with, but I cannot condone the picture she paints of us as violent and indifferent. She's just as bad as her aunt and their whole lot of condescending, rich Chinese who think of us Filipinos as nothing more than shit or tools to be abused.<br /><br />They have gone from good, centuries-old trading partners to land-grabbing oppressors who milk the common Filipino for labour and yet refuse to feed him. I say if they refuse to associate with us or treat us with dignity, then they should just go back to China or move somewhere else where they don't have to deal with us "poor, lazy, uneducated" Filipinos. They're just extra mouths to feed and we don't need them here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-8893146045731640572011-08-02T11:21:28.194-07:002011-08-02T11:21:28.194-07:00Thank you for writing this post. When reading exce...Thank you for writing this post. When reading excerpts from Amy Chua's latest book, I noticed that she left out any reference to her Filipino background. Looking at Chua's biography, her parents spent a considerable amount of time doing business in the Philippines, with her father even going to school there. Chua also spent a good portion of her childhood going back and forth between the United States and the Philippines, though I wonder if she ever went outside the walls of her gated community to interact with the main population. Given that Filipino values on education are very similar to these "Chinese" values Amy Chua promotes, why does "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" ignore her Filipino heritage completely?Cheap Social Workerhttp://cheapsocialworkeradventures.blogspot.com/2011/08/tiger-mom-revisited.html#linksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-92203315376188681972011-05-10T10:35:44.364-07:002011-05-10T10:35:44.364-07:00I'm amazed that someone as intelligent and edu...I'm amazed that someone as intelligent and educated as Amy Chua carries this colonialist attitude in today's world, and that she finds it all right to publicize it. It's O.K. to feel superior to individual persons -- let's face it, some people really are jerks -- but she's really not making herself look good here.Sam Suhrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13599826426736183764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-67337931658323996012011-04-17T20:31:53.157-07:002011-04-17T20:31:53.157-07:00Yeah, I have to agree with the previous comment. W...Yeah, I have to agree with the previous comment. When I read about her aunt on her other book, the writing definitely has some sort of a mild discrimination to it towards Filipinos. And I felt it instantly, like she looks down on every Flip. And it hurts me more than anything because I, for one is Filipino-Chinese. Heck I don't even say that I'm chinese, I only say Filipino, because I was born in this country, grew up in this country, speak the language, everything Filipino! So there is no point in parading myself as chinese, however I cannot hide my features--chinky eyes, pale skin, very chinese. And even with all of my Fil-Chi friends, we normally don't consider ourselves as 'chinese' anymore. Others like to say that they are Filipino-Chinese, or Filipino-Spanish just to feel good among themselves or sort of, uplifted. Even the prominent Zobel de Ayala family proudly address themselves as Filipinos, just that... Filipinos. simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-30401668976193723692011-02-18T09:38:14.503-08:002011-02-18T09:38:14.503-08:00I feel sorry for Ms. Chua. She has this superior...I feel sorry for Ms. Chua. She has this superiority complex that is beyond belief. I understand where she's coming from. I saw the article she wrote about what had happened to her aunt in the Philippines. I feel her pain at the same time, she sees all Filipinos as second class citizen to be treated like garbage. Technically she is filipina, but she does not want to be associate because she she was taught her chinese heritage is better than anyone. She definitely is a type A personality. I just hope that her two daughters will not follow her Nazi style of thinking. Her book is definitely eye catching and provocative but that is her intention, to make money. Isn't that what lawyers do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com