#devina dediva

Jax Cote. This is why our world is full of hate and envy. While we all enjoy the freedom to speak our minds, when we put out hate in the world it will come back to you in no time.  I hope Jax Cote learns from this experience and leave a comment for her to know your true feelings. Her fb account is https://www.facebook.com/musicalridetour?fref=ts

"so this means the world is getting rid a whole wack of Phillipino's about time God cleaned house! " ~ Jax Cote racist remarks.

Remember the #DevinaDediva racial remaks that got the whole nation talking >> http://tmblr.co/ZvLTvqwTwwmF

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By Guest Contributor Ethel Tungohan, cross-posted from Grad Student Drone Miss World 2013 Megan Young. The controversy surrounding Devina DeDiva’s

The problem is MORE than how limited Devina DeDiva's perception of Filipinos is. First off, I'm not going to defend her actions or her opinions. What she did was a douchebag move, and everyone knows it. 

BUT, we shouldn't ignore the fact that our representation to the world of ourselves as people IS limited. There's nothing wrong with working as domestic helpers (but, please, can some people please stop dignifying it, like how it's a noble profession, how it's self-sacrificing, how it's the job to be proud of; it's not. It's menial labor that needs basic skills.), what's wrong is how OUR COUNTRY CAN'T OFFER MIGRANT WORKERS BETTER OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 

When a good percentage of your citizens have to leave the country to do menial labor that doesn't even require certification, there's something wrong. It's not just the opportunity that's lacking, IT'S THE ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING THAT'S LACKING. 

Forget tertiary education. Let's all accept the fact that getting through primary and secondary education is a struggle already.  

What's bothering me is how TESDA offers a lot of trainings and certifications, but people are choosing to ignore them. Yes, it's vocational, but what's wrong with that? TESDA offers training and certifications that are recognised WORLDWIDE. These jobs may not be glamorous (like, say, being an English major writing as a fashion and lifestyle (or gossip and intrigue) blogger (what with all the freebies, and invitation to events and launches that offer free food)), but they pay big bucks, and they can lead to bigger opportunities. 

 Devina Dediva Gets What She Deserves? Devina Dediva's racially charged rants after Megan Young won the Miss World title has become the most talked about issue on social media this week, after it appeared on the @Photoworldmanila Facebook page spreading like wildfire  and  reached millions of Facebook newsfeeds on a single day. A blog post by @PinoyCoach got over 143,000 shares on Facebook and other social media networks from Filipino Netizens: Read here > http://tmblr.co/ZvLTvqwTwwmF

Now that there are reports that #DevinaDediva has lost her job at a school where she is reported to be working as an assistant teacher and that there are also  unconfirmed reports that she may face criminal charges based on the Sedition Act of Singapore which clearly states in one of its provisions ... "to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Singapore.", Do you think Devina Dediva got what she deserved? Leave a comment and let us start the conversation.

"Miss Philippines is Miss World? What a joke? I didn't know those maids have anything else in them. Hahaha," Devina Dediva. A reaction by a netizen after the issue became viral, Was Devina Dediva cyberbullied by Filipino netizens? It's kinda sad that the Miss World Pageant, an international beauty contest that often talks about "world peace", inner beauty, blah blah has been turned into an avenue for people to hate each other. What started as a "foul" statement from one totally clueless girl (she didn't know what she was getting into with social media) has turned into a viral form of cyberbullying. Guilty, as I am for spreading this issue and perhaps making the hashtag #DevinaDeDiva a trending one yesterday, waking up to several Facebook hate pages created by others to express their indignation with this poor girl's tirade against the Filipinos and to cyberbully her was not what I imagine would come of this. It was a verbal attack hurled on not just the Filipina maid, not just to Megan Young, but to Filipinos here and abroad. Yes, she must learn her lesson so that she will be released from the bondage of racism. Yes, she must take a bath and clean her own toilet of inhumanity. But enough said, I'm sure the message has already reached her. Although others won't let up, I say, let's move on. She would have to face the consequences of her actions, and finally GROW UP. Now, Filipino nation, do your own share of GROWING UP and let's handle more important affairs. Thank you and Good am 

‘PAG MASYADO kang balat-sibuyas o sensitive, lalo mo lang binibigyan ng karapatan ang ibang tao na inisin ka, okrayin ka, dahil sumasaya sila ‘pag nakukuha nila ang gusto nila—ang mapikon ka. Sa isa ngang pag-aaral, ang mga Pinoy raw ay likas nang matatampuhin o mararamdamin. Lalo na ‘pag inookr...

Firstly - while she's right that thousands of my countrymen are working as maids and janitors (basically blue-collar jobs) in First World countries, how is that a source of shame? These people sacrifice their time with their loved ones to service the unknowing white collar populace, just so said loved ones would have a better life back in the homeland. That is what we call fortitude. Our overseas workers are unsung heroes of whom we are proud of.

Secondly - we are everywhere in the social hierarchy. Yes, we have the humble manual laborers, but we also have the office workers behind the desk, the nurses and doctors at your bedside, even CEOs of huge companies. We have home born-and-bred stars in the international entertainment and sports world - which Miss Young happened to join the ranks of very recently.

So it's very short-sighted to say that all we do is clean toilets. My countrymen have as diverse a skill set as any other race, and oftentimes we hone them with the little resource we are given. That skill set just so happens to include cleaning and catering to others, which is very, very important to us - for the Filipino, they're not symbols of servitude, but rather, of the hospitality and care for which we are known for. And why are we hired for it? Because we excel. Let it not be said that the Filipino does his work half-assed.

Thirdly - she talks of freedom of speech to defend her comments. To that, let's just use the oft-quoted adage, shall we? "A person's freedom ends where the rights of another's begin."