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This is an open letter email by Art Bell, a radio talk show host in Nevada
(more info in the email itself). Here is yet another person who has taken;
advantage of his power and privilege to use hateful words and racial
stereotypes that breed further ignorance and intolerance in our society.



Art Bell is a talk radio host who has two shows that he broadcasts from his
home in Nevada , that is rebroadcast by 400 stations across the country.



He's written 2 books. He lived in Okinawa , Japan for some years and had a
radio program on the English station here. And, though it's hard to believe
after reading the following letter from him, he actually has been to the
Philippines (he's traveled fairly extensively around the world).



Check out his website listed at the end to get a glimpse at this fool who's
spreading this hateful ignorance. And check his wife as well. This letter is
so degrading, I think it's really important that everybody read this and not
attack him, but respond to him in a civilized manner because otherwise his
thoughts will be reaffirmed. Understand that not everyone has a viewpoint
like we do, and that this is an opinion of someone who hopefully can be
changed only by civil actions.









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Filipinos... ..*make me puke* (Art Bell)



As we've all come to notice, in the past few decades, Filipinos have begun to
infest the United States like some sort of disease. Their extensive
involvement in the U.S. Armed Forces is proof of the trashy kind of qualities
all filipinos tend to exhibit on a regular basis. You can see this clearly by
studying the attitudes and cultural Icons of most Filipino Americans.



Origins of Pinoys/Pinays:



Are they really asian? Well we've come to accept the fact the filipinos come
from a part of the world known as South East Asia . But the term " Asia
" is used in the wrong way. You may notice that contemporary Filipino
Americans try very hard to associate themselves with groups that we know as
Asian. I cannot count the number of times I have seen a ' Third World ' Filipino
try to connect themselves to the chinese or Japanese people. There is no
connection and here's why. The Philippines is a Third World country. Nothing
respectable has EVER been created by Filipino people during our entire human
history. Young filipino men in America have become obsessed with "import
racing". They have an enormously perverted affection for Japanese cars.
It's a common phenomenon. In their minds, these Filipinos somehow believe
that they are asian and that it somehow connects them to Japanese people and
japanese cars. They often take credit for the ingenuity of Japanese peo ple
and say how it's an "Asian thing". This term..."Asian
thing" derived directly from African American slang "black
thang". "It's a black thang." "It's an asian thang."




You can see the connection. It's even funnier that, in Japan , Filipinos are
heavily discriminated against. The only filipinos that can live successfully
in Japan are the filipino prostitutes. But that's the case for most Filipino
people no matter where they live in th e world. Now we've come down to this
fact...and it is a fact.



Nothing in Filipino Culture can be seen as Asian.



They have no architectural, artistic, or cultural influence which is in ANY
way, asian. Thinking of the great countries in Asia such as Japan , Korea ,
and China there is no way you can possibly connect the Philippine Islands.
This assault by filipino americans to connect themselves with the great
peoples of North East Asia is foul and disgusting. Try visiting a young filipino's
web site too.



You'll see something called the "Asian IRC Ring". It has to do with
the chatrooms. The most horrible thing about this is that these TRASHY people
are trying to associate themselves with Asia again!! People in Asia don't act
like this at all. What we are seeing here is the natural Filipino in its
element with full access to technology and this is how they act! You will
consistently see this behavior over and over again.



Another interest ing thing is that these "thirdworld" people also
frequent RC chatrooms such as #chinese #japan and #asian. They must believe
that they are somehow related racially or culturally to North Asians. But
it's completely WRONG! There might have been some distant contact With China
and even less with Japan during World War II, but these people are actually
more closely related to african americans and Mexican americans.



Do the parents of these young filipinos know what's going on? Would they
accept this? I believe that they would and do. This is the natural "Trash"
element in filipinos manifesting itself. Nothing good has ever come from
Philippines and I don't believe anything good ever will.



Recognizing your Roots (A Message to Filipinos). To all filipino people:

Please recognize your ROOTS! You come from the Third World ! You country is a
disgusting and filthy place. Most people there live in poverty! Your culture
has MUCH MORE SPANISH influence than chinese, and absolutely no JAPANESE
influence whatsoever. People in Japan and China , d o not act like you. They
do not constantly talk about sex and they have a MUCH HIGHER level of RESPECT
for each other. There is NO WAY that you can connect yourself to Asia other
than location.



Your culture and technological advancement does no! t even come CLOSE to What
Chinese, people have done in the past and what Japanese and Korean people are
doing now! Everything you do is distinctly filipino. You cannot take credit
for Japanese cars, video games, or Hentai! It's not an "asian
thing" it's an "American thing". You have no concept of
culture...no concept of asian ideas or asian philosophy! Can you demonstrate
how you use Confucianism or Taoism in you everyday life?? You can't. And you
will NEVER be able to.



I understand that you are trying to create an identity for yourselves as
young people... but it is NOT related to Asia . Your Identity is Filipino.

That's all you are. Just Filipino. Think about what that means....







____________________________________________________________________________________________





I find this funny, he is right in some ways where we, as Filipinos don't
actually have an "Identity". I think this is due to the confusion
of our mixed races from Hispanic, Chinese, American and Malay origins. I see
it in malls, imagine young generations wearing ski caps and ski goggles in a
tropical country, baggy low rise pants like that of African Americans living
in the Bronx of New York, not to mention endless whitening products being
sold at department stores and drug stores.



But his ignorance also blinds him from the other truth. That while we may
glorify Anime shows and Japanese Internet gaming, he is not aware that a
nameless Filipino may be responsible for some technical aspects of some
Japanese software. He is not aware of our contribution to the the society in
general .Technological advancements that may have aided post war navigations
and landing on the moon. That the antibiot ic Erythromycin was discovered by
Dr. Abelardo Aguilar from Iloilo creating the brand "Ilosone".



Thomas Edison may have discovered the electric light bulb and the fluorescent
lighting was thought up by Nikola Tesla. But the fluorescent lamp we use
today was invented by Agapito Flores (a Cebuano named Benigno Flores of
Bantayan Island, according to the Philippine Daily inquirer), a Filipino
scientist. Americans helped then-Philippine leader Ramon Magsaysay to develop
it for worldwide commerce. That the personal physician of former U.S. Pres.
Bill Clinton is Eleanor "Connie" Concepcion Mariano, a Filipina
doctor who was the youngest captain in the US Navy. A Filipino writer Jose
Rizal could read a nd write at age 2, and grew up to speak more than 20
languages, includind Latin, Greek, German, French and Chinese.



Or that a Filipino genius was responsible for the near hiatus in the PENTAGON
and White House nearly infiltrationg their closely guarded secrets with the
"ILOVEYOU" bug. Nuisance maybe, but still one heck of a 'beautiful
mind'...not to be underestimated.



The list goes on and on, but who cares right? Certainly not Mr. Art
Bell...Boy, I'm not surprised.



Perhaps Art Bell does not know that although we consider ourselves ASIAN
because we are strategically located in the Southeast asian region of which
our nearest neighbors are Malays, ASIA does not mean only Chinese and
Japanese race of people. Th en maybe it is his connotation that "
Asia" meant only our economically successful, paler brothers and he
considers Malays such as Thais, Malaysians, Indonesians, and ourselves as a
" Third World " race. Then it is "his" ignonimity that
would make a civilized person of whatever race puke. Imagine literally
connecting Chinese, Koreans and Japanese to the Philippine Islands which is
archipelagos away from the countries he has mentioned. I also wonder where he
got the impression th at we aspire to be Japanese( ???) Hispanics maybe but
not the Japanese. But even Hispanics today do not mind sharing their
"surnames" to their Asian brothers who they have colonized for 3
centuries.



Another sad reality that although most Filipinos working overseas are
domestic helpers and prostitutes, who does he think educates the toddlers of
Hong Kong , Singapore
,
Taiwan and Tokyo ? Parents of these countries rarely have time spent with
their children, leaving them to their Filipino nannies. And with regard to
prostitution. Filipinos are not the only ones working as one. I HARDLY SEE
FILIPINOS STARRING IN PORN MOVIES. THERE MIGHT BE A FEW FILIPINOS WE HAVEN'T
SEEN , BUT MOST ARE FROM MR. ART BELL'S RACE.



He also mentioned that we have no concept of culture..no concept of asian
ideas or asian philosophy. How can we demonst rate Confucianism or Taoism in
a Christian nation? IS HE INFORMED THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS THE ONLY
PREDOMINANTLY CHRISTIAN/CATHOLIC NATION IN ASIA ?! YOU HAVE TO USE COMMON
SENSE IN A LOT OF THINGS SOMETIMES...



We do not need to create an identity for ourselves. We are who we are. Our
identity stems from the anonymity we live in this world. How we contribute
silently towards the progress of the world and not just one country. Although
the Filipino blood may be tainted with malice, corruption, poverty and
prostitution, it is not a perfect race... But so are the others. Maybe Mr.
Art Bell needs to think about this.

WE MAY NOT BE PERFECT MR. BELL BUT AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE VALUES. FOR ONE
THING WE DON'T PUT OUR AGING PARENTS IN NURSING HOMES BECAUSE "THEY'RE
SIMPLY OLD AND WORTHLESS". WE DONT HAVE AS MUCH NUMBERS OF SINGLE
MOTHERS WHO GET PREGNANT IN THEIR VERY EARLY TEENS AND EVENTUALLY BECOME
PARASITES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR YEARS AND YEARS.



YES...WE CAME TO YOUR COUNTRY TO WORK, TO EARN DECENT MONEY (HALF OF WHICH BY
THE WAY GOES TO TAXES BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY SOCIAL PARASITES FROM YOUR
RACE).AND BY THE WAY, MOST EDUCATED PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH DON'T COME FROM
YOUR RACE... THEY'RE ACTUALLY IMMIGRANTS TOO. AND THOSE EDUCATED ONES DO NOT
ACT LIKE YOU DO, PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY'VE REALLY BEEN WELL EDUCATED..AFTER ALL
THAT'S SAID... WHO IS THE IGNORANT ONCE AGAIN?!

_______________________________________








Pinay wins it big in London

By Alfred Yuson

The Philippine Star 05/16/2004



Patricia Evangelista, a 19-year- old, Mass Communications sophomore of
University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman, did the country proud Friday night
by besting 59 other student contestants from 37 countries in the 2004
International Public Speaking competition conducted by the English Speaking
Union (ESU) in London.



She triumphed over a field of exactly 60 speakers from all over the
English-speaking world, including the United States , United Kingdom and
Australia, reported Maranan.



The board of judges' decision was unanimous, according to contest chairman
Brian Hanharan of the British broadcasting Corp. (BBC).



PATRICIA'S SHORT SPEECH WORTH READING....



BLONDE AND BLUE EYES



When I was little, I wanted what many Filipino children all over the country
wanted. I wanted to be blond, blue-eyed, and white.



I thought -- if I just wished hard enough and was good enough, I'd wake upon
Christmas morning with snow outside my window and freckles across my nose!



More than four centuries under western domination does that to you. I have
sixteen cousins. In a couple of years, there will just be five of us left in
the Philippines , the rest will have gone abroad in search of "greener
pastures." It's not just an anomaly; it's a trend; the Filipino
diaspora. Today, about eight million Filipinos are scattered around the
world.



There are t hose who disapprove of Filipinos who choose to leave. I used to.
Maybe this is a natural reaction of someone who was left behind, smiling for
family pictures that get emptier with each succeeding year. Desertion, I
called it. My country is a land that has perpetually fought for the freedom
to be itself. Our heroes offered their lives in the struggle against the
Spanish, the Japanese, the Americans. To pack up and deny that identity is
tantamount to spitting on that sacrifice.



Or is it? I don't think so, not anymore. True, there is no denying this
phenomenon, aided by the fact that what was once the other side of the world
is now a twelve-hour plane ride away. But this is a borderless world, where
no individual can claim to be purely from where he is now. My mother is of
Chinese descent, my father is a quarter Spanish, and I call myself a pure
Filipino-a hybrid of sorts resulting from a combination of cultures.



Each square mile anywhere in the world is made up of peopl e of different ethnicities,
with national identities and individual personalities. because of this, each
square mile is already a microcosm of the world. In as much as this blessed
spot that is England is the world, so is my neighborhood back home.



Seen this way! , the Filipino Diaspora, or any sort of dispersal of
populations, is not as ominous as so many claim. It must be understood. I
come from a Third World country, one that is still trying mightily to get
back on its feet after many years of dictatorship. But we shall make it,
given more time. Especially now, when we have thousands of eager young minds
who graduate from college every year. They have skills. They need jobs. We
cannot absorb them all.



A borderless world presents a bigger opportunity, yet one that is not so much
abandonment but an extension of identity . Even as we take, we give back. We
are the 40,000 skilled nurses who support the UK's National Health Service.
We are the quarter-of-a- million seafarers manning most of the world's
commercial ships. We are your software engineers in Ireland, your
construction workers in the Middle East, your doctors and caregivers in North
America, and, your musical artists in London's West End.



Nationalism isn't bound by time or place. People from other nations migrate
to create new nations, yet still remain essentially who they are. British
society is itself an example of a multi-cultural nation, a melting pot of
races, religions, arts and cultures. We are, indeed, in a borderless world!



Leaving sometimes isn't a matter of choice. It's coming back that is. The
Hobbits of the shire travelled all over Middle-Earth, but they chose to come
home, richer in every sense of the word. We call people like these
balikbayans or the 'returnees' -- those who followed their dream, yet choose
to return and share their mature talents and good fortune.



In a few years, I may take advantage of whatever opportunities come my way.
But I will come home. A borderless world doesn't preclude the idea of a home.
I'm a Filipino, and I'll always be one. It isn't about just geography; it
isn't about boundaries. It's about giving back to the country that shaped me.




And that's going to be more important to me than seeing snow outside my
windows on a bright Christmas morning.



Mabuhay and Thank you.



So, be proud, you are a Filipino,... and not like Mr. Art Bell. Please do
send this to as many person as you can until it reaches him.

God
bless...

errr another racist's remarks... that draws the line between filipinos and him.... tsk tsk

oh..that's just a little old issue though...
but yeah...very heavy for us..

A real talent should be appreciated.... we should not seen where it is a gal or boy, the person is from which counrty,race,religion....

i wish the winner for futher more success....

there are ppl in this world who are there to hurt others thru racism... we have to stop or ignore these kind of ppl....

Kudos to Patricia that really was a very great speech, she has a long way to go.

and that radio host artbell, he has the most rotten mentality and kyle i agree to whatever you say, there are just some people who take pride trying to belittle others, whether its filipinos or south asians or simply anyone from another country, race or religion, just because they THINK they were born 'superior'. he should first go and recognise HIS roots. may god guide these kind of people to the right path and stop them from polluting peoples' minds

Kyle did you write those things after this "Ding Dong Bell" guy letter.

If it is you...wow you are a genius....

no, i didn't write those..
though i'm a writer and a genius too..hahaha

alot of reading to do...jejeje

awts

@kyle:

I actually know Patricia Evangelista as i've seen her on tv but i've never read about her speech.
tnx for sharing it.
no wonder why she won!

The man is actually a victim here. I have read the wikipedia about him that e-mail was fabricated by someone who hates the guy.

In fact the guy is and was married to Filipinas.

Kumusta?? Hi guys!!

kamusta po kayo?hehehe..

mabuti naman

kumusta ka rin farah?

@jon, makes everything interesting..lol

kamusta mga tao..lol

benjbuddy wrote:mabuti naman

kumusta ka rin farah?

mabuti naman too...correct or not?hehehe..
oh..and what's mean by ''ka rin''?

hehe farah that means how are you too?