Why do people think that the Philippines....
Apr 27th 2004, 4:39 pm
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Why do people think that the Philippines....
is an asian country, I think that filipinos are unique and are their own category. Here is a picture of a pure filipina, does she look asian to you.
Apr 27th 2004, 4:41 pm
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what continent is it on?
Asia or oceana?
who cares?
Asia or oceana?
who cares?
Apr 27th 2004, 4:45 pm
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Originally posted by manc1976
what continent is it on?
Asia or oceana?
who cares?
what continent is it on?
Asia or oceana?
who cares?
Apr 27th 2004, 4:56 pm
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Yes, she does look Asian to me.
I used to live in South East Asia and there are many different ethnic differences.
Filipinas don't look very different to the Malays, Burmese or Indonesians.
Asians typically have black coarse hair, very dark brown eyes - generally but not always - almond shaped. Noses are often broad, especially in the Philippines. Skin colour varies but tends to be a light brown. There is constant advertising though for women all over Asia to use bleaching creams for a 'fair complexion'. (Just as Victorian women in England kept out of the sun so it didn't look as if they worked on the land).
The Filipina in the photo looks as if she's from one of the remote hill-tribes - she looks very regal. I love her sarong-style skirt!
Did you take the photo?
I used to live in South East Asia and there are many different ethnic differences.
Filipinas don't look very different to the Malays, Burmese or Indonesians.
Asians typically have black coarse hair, very dark brown eyes - generally but not always - almond shaped. Noses are often broad, especially in the Philippines. Skin colour varies but tends to be a light brown. There is constant advertising though for women all over Asia to use bleaching creams for a 'fair complexion'. (Just as Victorian women in England kept out of the sun so it didn't look as if they worked on the land).
The Filipina in the photo looks as if she's from one of the remote hill-tribes - she looks very regal. I love her sarong-style skirt!
Did you take the photo?
Apr 27th 2004, 5:01 pm
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Re: Why do people think that the Philippines....
Originally posted by ejay1
is an asian country, I think that filipinos are unique and are their own category. Here is a picture of a pure filipina, does she look asian to you.
is an asian country, I think that filipinos are unique and are their own category. Here is a picture of a pure filipina, does she look asian to you.
philippines are malays. just like malasians and indonesians, among other south eastern asia countries. i'd call them malay-sians, if not orientals.
Apr 27th 2004, 5:42 pm
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Re: Why do people think that the Philippines....
Originally posted by ejay1
is an asian country, I think that filipinos are unique and are their own category. Here is a picture of a pure filipina, does she look asian to you.
is an asian country, I think that filipinos are unique and are their own category. Here is a picture of a pure filipina, does she look asian to you.
Apr 27th 2004, 7:02 pm
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Originally posted by Englishmum
Yes, she does look Asian to me.
I used to live in South East Asia and there are many different ethnic differences.
Filipinas don't look very different to the Malays, Burmese or Indonesians.
Asians typically have black coarse hair, very dark brown eyes - generally but not always - almond shaped. Noses are often broad, especially in the Philippines. Skin colour varies but tends to be a light brown. There is constant advertising though for women all over Asia to use bleaching creams for a 'fair complexion'. (Just as Victorian women in England kept out of the sun so it didn't look as if they worked on the land).
The Filipina in the photo looks as if she's from one of the remote hill-tribes - she looks very regal. I love her sarong-style skirt!
Did you take the photo?
Yes, she does look Asian to me.
I used to live in South East Asia and there are many different ethnic differences.
Filipinas don't look very different to the Malays, Burmese or Indonesians.
Asians typically have black coarse hair, very dark brown eyes - generally but not always - almond shaped. Noses are often broad, especially in the Philippines. Skin colour varies but tends to be a light brown. There is constant advertising though for women all over Asia to use bleaching creams for a 'fair complexion'. (Just as Victorian women in England kept out of the sun so it didn't look as if they worked on the land).
The Filipina in the photo looks as if she's from one of the remote hill-tribes - she looks very regal. I love her sarong-style skirt!
Did you take the photo?
Apr 28th 2004, 5:41 am
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I thought Filipinos were a combination of Chinese and Spanish. When the Spaniards invaded the Philippines in the 1500s and occupied it for over 300 years. I used to date a guy from the Phillippines and his family looked more hispanic than asian.
Apr 28th 2004, 2:56 pm
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Originally posted by Emerald11
I thought Filipinos were a combination of Chinese and Spanish. When the Spaniards invaded the Philippines in the 1500s and occupied it for over 300 years. I used to date a guy from the Phillippines and his family looked more hispanic than asian.
I thought Filipinos were a combination of Chinese and Spanish. When the Spaniards invaded the Philippines in the 1500s and occupied it for over 300 years. I used to date a guy from the Phillippines and his family looked more hispanic than asian.
No were not Im pure filipino with no spanish or chinese blood. That is a stereotype
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Apr 28th 2004, 4:32 pm
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What has this to do with the US and immigration?
Apr 28th 2004, 5:50 pm
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Are they English ??? No then they are all Johnny Foreigner and are lucky we have not sent a gunboat round to sort them out damn it ! ( tongue firmly in cheek )
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Apr 28th 2004, 6:04 pm
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Re: Why do people think that the Philippines....
Originally posted by ejay1
is an asian country, I think that filipinos are unique and are their own category. Here is a picture of a pure filipina, does she look asian to you.
is an asian country, I think that filipinos are unique and are their own category. Here is a picture of a pure filipina, does she look asian to you.
They say everyone has a double, she looks just like Mrs Wing Yip from my local chinese take away...
What are the chances of that eh!...
Apr 28th 2004, 7:03 pm
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Re: Why do people think that the Philippines....
Originally posted by ejay1
is an asian country, I think that filipinos are unique and are their own category. Here is a picture of a pure filipina, does she look asian to you.
is an asian country, I think that filipinos are unique and are their own category. Here is a picture of a pure filipina, does she look asian to you.
Apr 29th 2004, 11:42 am
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Originally posted by ejay1
Actually its on its own plate, the philippine plate. So there is another reason why it should be labeled as its own category.
Actually its on its own plate, the philippine plate. So there is another reason why it should be labeled as its own category.
Further disappointment: most Pinoys are Malay - asian.
The connection: no preferential immigration for Pinoys.
Apr 30th 2004, 2:15 pm
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Re: Why do people think that the Philippines....
Originally posted by AlisonPA
People think they're Asian because they are! The Philippines is part of the Asian continent - it's not a continent on it's own!
People think they're Asian because they are! The Philippines is part of the Asian continent - it's not a continent on it's own!
Whether a Philippino considers him/ her self Asian is wholly immaterial to the facts of the matter. Asia is a geographic area that starts in the west with the part of Russia east of the Urals (plus sundry other Russian satellite states), the part of Turkey to the east of the Bosphorus, Syria, and Isreal (and as a side note, I doubt that many Israelis consider themselves to be Asian either!), and extends east as far as the eastern tip of Russia, Japan, and Indonesia.
Thus Asia includes the whole of Saudia Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Vietnam, China etc. These nationalities are all clearly quite distinctive, and India and China has several different peoples, so to say "Here is a Philippina, she doesn't look Asian", is nonsense.
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