#philippinophobia

Is it orientalism (this was years ago) to be talking to someone about culture in relation to gender and mention the current issues and positives going on in a country (in this case the Philippines) (I’m not actually from the philippines but my Lola is) and the historic gender fluidity and such that existed before Spanish colonization and get the response of: “ok well we’re not in the ‘Philippeenys’” (mispronounced like that idk if it was intentional though) and then get like mocked with the typical stereotype-y language jokes and such even though Tagalog/Filipino isn’t even similar to mandarin?????? (Idk this was a rant and idk if it’s my place to speak considering I’m Asian American I look mostly white. But still it’s just?? This was years ago and I jst thought abt it again and I hear stuff like this all the time.)

Hello there! Welcome to This-is-philippinophobia.

Philippinophobia is and was when I as a child never saw any Filipinos represented around me. I thought I was "rare," people around me didn't know what a Filipino even was. I was ignored when we discussed world languages in class and I brought up Tagalog; the teacher simply remained quiet. It felt like always having to bring up that part of my race as a mixed person for any acknowledgement of it ever.

i'm seeing people use "flip" as a slur against filipinos on xitter and it made me laugh 😭😭😭 but it's still filipinophobia if you're one of those mfs that think it's funny to call filipinos "flips", just downright lame.

my twin telling a teacher that our mother was Filipino and the teacher saying something to the effect of “the Philippines doesn’t exist!”