Have you ever been discriminated?
The Story – Flashback to 02 September 2008
I’m writing this from a hotel room in Paris. I don’t have a change of clothes and no toiletries whatsoever. The reason is because I have checked-in luggage with Air France, which should have arrived with me in Zagreb earlier tonight. I’m supposed to be preparing for a big conference I have to attend. Except that I didn’t make it to Zagreb.
This guy called Jeremie at the E23 Air France gate prevented me from boarding my connecting flight. He saw me running like mad from Hall D where I just deplaned from Oslo to E23 and catch the plane to Zagreb. I arrived approximately 15 minutes prior to take-off schedule. This guy said there was a person waiting for me. I told him I was traveling alone. The man it turned out was waiting for his female companion, whom the Air France guy thought was me. The man eventually took the bus that took passengers to the aircraft. He caught the plane. I didn’t. Because this Jeremie said I was late. He asked me to wait. And wait I did.
A few minutes later, he called me and asked for my passport. Then two guys arrived. They also missed the flight to Zagreb. Air France guy spoke to them, answered their queries, promised to put them on the next flight and to give them vouchers for meals and for overnight hotel accommodation. I was pushed aside. Some more phone calls. Then the missing female companion arrived. I was again put aside. She said she didn’t hear the boarding announcement from where she was lounging. They talked about options. The Air France guy offered him vouchers as well. After more than 30 minutes of waiting and three people who got ahead of me, I asked to guy, with urgency, to listen and attend to me. I complained for his keeping me wait while I was there well before the others. He had apparently produced a boarding pass for me, and he decided my asserting myself merits a punishment. He tore up my boarding pass and told me in a high-pitched voice that I should just buy another ticket to Zagreb. I was rattled. I argued and complained more for his rudeness. He tore the boarding pass even more. I asked him to just give me my passport back. He did and dismissed me with a very sarcastic, “have a nice day, madame.”
I went upstairs to talk to the customer service counter. He followed and spoke to his colleagues in French, which I didn’t understand. But I suppose he told them about his version of the story before I can even state mine. The woman manager told me they could not offer me anything, but that out of consideration, they would book me on the next flight. I asked them to explain why I’m being treated unfairly, but nobody cared to offer me an explanation. No apologies either. I told them about the guy’s very rude treatment of me, but they did not listen. The woman manager simply said I should write to Air France. I asked for the guy’s name and he only gave it after much argument. I was in tears then, and he issued another sarcastic “have a nice day, madame.”
And so I spent the next couple of hours wandering around the airport, passing by several security checks, asking people for direction, looking for a place to stay the night. I finally arrived at a hotel a few minutes before 10 PM, when I should have been in Zagreb already, attending to my business and at this point, getting ready for bed.
I understand that they have policies, but today, I didn’t see how they are enforced with consistency. I’ve also been treated very unfairly. I don’t mind the inconvenience and the extra costs very much, but I’m worried and now utterly scared with the realization that there are some really nasty persons out there. I wonder if I had been discriminated because of my skin color and/or apparent youth (relative to the other three passengers). I wonder why they put people like him in a job that requires dealing with people.
Three months later, I finally got a reply
Claim No3652583001
AF205402SEP2008Dear Miss S*****,
Thank you for your message. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience you mention, regarding flight AF2054 from Charles De Gaulle to Zagreb on September 2nd 2008. We have now been in touch with Charles De Gaulle airport. Our staff remember the incident your mention, but have a slightly different version of the story
.
As your arriving flight from Oslo Gardermoen parked at the gate 16.10, you had approximately 45 minutes to reach your connecting flight to Zagreb. 45 minutes is the minimum connecting time for Charles De Gaulle. According to our staff you arrived at the gate too late; the bus had already left. Our representative on site claims that you failed to understand that the bus already had left. He also tells us that he asked you to wait on the side for your re-routing as he was attending to some other passengers.
In the event of a delay, we are obliged by international law and conventions to offer you a re-routing of your flight. I have therefore no reason to question the intentions of the Air France representative in question. Re-routing and care is offered to our passengers on a daily basis.
Still, if you feel you were treated disrespectfully, I do apologise on behalf of Air France. I can only recommend you to check the connecting times for the transiting airports in question. In the event of a delay, remember that you are entitled to a re-routing and care in terms of accommodation, food and beverage.
Best regards,
Ø****d J****n
Customer Relations Officer
My response
Of course that Brohan has a different version of the story! He wants to keep his job! The bus had not left, there was a man waiting for his wife and your guy thought I was the wife, only I wasn’t so he didn’t let me in. Precisely why I’m complaining is that Brohan asked me to wait for more than 30 minutes, while I was the first “late” passenger there; the wife arrived about fifteen minutes later, while he attends to two other (real) late passengers. He put me aside, that was what he did and served three people who came after me. Are you saying that is Air France’s standard procedure – to attend to passengers whenever you feel like it? By the way, didn’t I tell you the wife admitted that she had been in the lounge for hours and didn’t hear the boarding announcement? She was late because of her own negligence; I wasn’t late and Brohan saw me running like mad, almost stumbling on the escalator when he appeared on the bottom calling for passengers bound to Zagreb.
How you do you know your employee’s intentions? Have you solved the mind-body problem? Have you access to a person’s mind and will now? You should contact Nature and publish that. Share your knowledge you know, so philosophers can move to other problems. Besides, if “re-routing and care is offered to our passengers on a daily basis”, how come he treated me with apparent contempt? You don’t know what care is, man. I suggest you read In a Different Voice by Carol Gilligan.
Your recommendation is typical cut and paste which has nothing to do really with the incident. I can only recommend you to treat your passengers fairly. I’m an Elite flyer and I’m not even asking for more, just fairness you know. This is not the end, I will pursue this case. I will send a copy of my complaint to the European Commission on Transport.
And now
After over a year, nothing has happened. I haven’t heard from the EU. I haven’t flown Air France since. I haven’t forgotten the horrible experience. Recently in Australia, there was this local guy on the bus. His mobile phone stereo was on full volume, playing a blast of rock music. I uttered one sentence: “Excuse me, will you please keep your music down a bit?” His reply: “F–k you? Who are you to talk to me? You f–k–g Asians, go back where you belong, this is my country! F–k you coming here. F–k you.” It didn’t end there, but that’s another story.
Have you experienced discrimination in any form?
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Lalaine S. is (26) ay kasalukuyang nagsusunog ng kilay sa Oxford U sa Inglatera. Sya ay nagtapos ng BA-Philosophy, magna cum laude sa UP-Diliman at MA-Applied Ethics sa Linkoping U sa Sweden at Utrecht U sa Netherlands. Sya ay bahagi (pa) rin ng isang PhD program sa Oslo U sa Norway. Mahal nya ang bansang Pilipinas ngunit mahal ang pamasahe pauwi kaya't sa ngayon, doon muna sa Europa ang kanyang mga kwentong lamierda.
Wala pa naman ako na experience na ganyan dito sa tate na ganyan. May mga bansa kasi na mababa tingin sa atin. Nakakalungkot at nakakairita. Ang experience ko ay ito:
Pumunta kami sa isang convenience store ng kaibigan ko na taga India para bumili ng yosi. Merong isang teputs na nag apply ng work pero nireject sya ng may ari.Aba, tinignan kami kami ng masama
Teputs na lalaki: It’s people like you who steal jobs from us!
Me: I’m sorry to hear that, but are you a software developer?
Teputs na lalaki: What the hell is that? What do you mean?
Me: Then I’m not stealing anything from you *sabay smile*
Labas ng convenience store at diretso sa opis.
i’ve been to europe many times, and although i did noticed na tong mga French me pagka-unfriendly talaga. not really sure kung bakit, siguro ganun lang sila kaya nga known sila as well… whatever hahaha!
so far, i’ve never been treated differently sa airlines, i guess dahil lukaret ako all the time – not sure kung me effect ang aking magandang aura everywhere.
but i have experienced discrimination.
at work sa Philadelphia, i was told noon na i was nor promotable dahil “he doesn’t look like us” yan ang statement nung hudyo saken and she went on to say na “he doesn’t even speak english” kaya ang ginawa ko nun, araw araw nakikinig ako sa TV at talagang ginagaya ko pananalita nang mga kano to fix my english. i guess nag-improve ang accent ko na naintindihan nila ang things improved since then.
right now, me experience ako na di ko pa pwedeng i-discuss.
but my pamangkin has tasted one. eto: http://reynaelena.com/2007/09/29/at-12-years-old-shes-already-experiencing-the-tough-side-of-being-in-the-usa/
BTW,
eto pala ang continuation nung link nung story ko: http://reynaelena.com/2007/10/15/revenge-of-the-social-climber/
yang mga french.. ang alam ko, kapag hindi mo sinubukan na kahit magsalita ng isang french word sa conversation ninyo, ididiscriminate ka talaga nila.
yan ang sabi ng teacher ko sa college.. malay ko ba, wala pa naman ako nakikita na o nakakausap na french.
french fries lang at french kiss ang na-meet ko na.
Pakilala sa trabaho. Let us welcome our new employee.
So here I am:
Standing infront of everyone.
I am darbs.
I am an American Citizen.
I was created through the image an likeness of God.
“Please I beg you not to judge me by the color of my skin nor my appearance, but judge me by my character and of my personality.”
I know RACISM IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY!
I know a lawyer!
Any question?
Bow… thank you!
One more…
I believe that there is a race…one Race and that is the HUMAN RACE!
Haha, panalo ang speech.
Yes.In Europe.I discovered what it feels to be a minority in Caucasian society.Very painful memories.
I learned a valuable lesson…the painful plight of minorities who ware victims of dicrimination even in our own country.
We discriminate against gays,women,the aged,poor,the people from the provinces,etc.
Sad.
Of course sa Pilipinas, I experience discrimination. tawag sa amin promdi, baduy, salawal especially ung galing maynila na magagaling managalog. As I said, ANG PINAKA MATAPOBRE SA LUPALOP ng Mundo ay yang mga taga Pilipinas lalo na pag alam nilang taga Mindanao ka… at taga probinsya at taga bukid at hindi marunong magdamit.
Kung titingnan ka nitong mga pinoy, mula ulo hanggang paa especially yang mga pinoy dyan na nagtrabaho sa UNITED NATIONS! hahaha! sosyalan yan… yang mga diplomat na pinoy? kung makatingin pag di ka nakadamit na kagaya nila… ulo at paa yan. hanapan ka pa ng tatak kung anong sinusuot mo! PINOY YAN!
Yes, I experienced discrimination of my own people.
agree ako dito.. minsan feeling ko, sobrang dinidiscriminate ko ang mga bisaya..
kasi matigas ang kanila E at O na nagiging EE at UU.
Sabi nga doon sa movie ni Gloria Diaz ba un?
“Bakit pinapalaki ninyong Bisaya ang apo ko?” Ang inahan sa bata, nga gida ni Judy Ann Santos nitubag,
“Speak to the kid in Tagalog, para Pinoy.”
Ouch! Sus, kahimunumdum ko sa pulong sa Ilokait nakong Lola sa gamay pa ko nga nagkanayon, “Bisaya” ka lat-ta.
Kasi bisaya tatlo vowels kaya tingin nila inferior….
me im proud na BISAYA ako. but still, i can pronounce words naman. and i can easily adopt to things! yan ang maganda sa bisaya. almost all bisaya magaling mag english. di nga lang kami magaling sa tagalog. yun lang!
moi, proud as half uragon half bisaya half human.
Well,yung mga taga pangasinan,ilocos,southern calabarzon,bikol,visayas and most parts of mindanao naturally can only pronounce 3-4 vowels and naturally cannot pronounce /e/ and /o/ properly….
The people who can naturally pronounce 3 or 4 vowels are the majority those who can naturally pronounce 5 vowels are the minority..
I learned a valuable lesson…I also realized the painful plight of minorities who are victims of discrimination even in our own country.
Nakalimutan ko palang banggitin na I AM A MEMBER OF A UNION.
I am a NEW YORKER.
Ang next na kalaban na lang ay ang mga mata pobre, sosyal at tapang tapangan na pinoy dahil wala na akong magawa sa mga yan.
What I am trying to say is I cannot sue my matapobre, discriminatory, Filipino kabababayan dahil how can you sue racial discrimination sa kapwa mo Filipino. Hindi nga ma sue ung mga p[delete na lang... not now.]
tila malamig temperatura sa labas. sino gusto ng kape?
Thank God I’ve not experienced that kind of discrimination kundi sasapatusin ko siya. Hahaha!
Naku Lalaine don’t expect a reply na lang from that EU kasi dun din yun kakampi sa kauri nila. Iboycott na lang natin ang Air France.
Anyway, sa buong buhay ko eh halos linggo-linggo nakakaranas ako ng discrimination because of my gender.
Pinakakaloka nung pumunta kami sa Cebu sa isang resort. Mas nauna kaming dumating sa isang grupo ng Koreans but we were set aside to give way sa mga singkit. In short inuna silang iasikaso before us.
Siyempre dahil nasa lugar naman kami at inatake ng pagka-maldita, medyo tinaasan namin ang boses namin to get the people in the lobby’s attention. Nataranta yung manager. Mali naman talaga sila noh. Iset aside ba naman ang byuti namin over the Koreans. Porke ba’t foreigner sila? Noooo! Nauna yata kami noh. First come, first served.
The manager apologised and even upgraded our room. Bwahahaha!
Actually, I think Pinoys are more discriminated against in their own country compared to the treatment they get in other countries.
In the Philippines you see servants being treated like cr@p by their employers. They do not have formal job descriptions, are paid sub-standard wages, are given sub-standard food, and made to live in sub-standard lodgings.
Be thankful for what you get in the First World. Because even the worst treatment there is often better than what the average Pinoy experiences in his homeland. In the First World, you are more likely to be rescued by a well-equipped service in a timely manner and given sufficient temporary accomodation and a generous emergency allowance to live on in times of calamity than in the Philippines. Compare that to the grim prospects that many Ondoy victims face over the next several months.
If you feel you are discriminated against there, just reflect on how Filipinos had treated our own minorities. We call the Chinese “behos”, the Aetas “balugas”, our maids “chimays”, and the Indians “bumbays”. We laugh at comedy sketches that make fun of the disabled and the elderly, and apply a doublestandard that celebrates or is quick to forgive philandering men.
For that matter, put your feet in the shoes of the average airport official in Europe. Between, say, a Japanese and Filipino traveller, which of the two is statistically more likely to harbour the intent to live or work illegally at his/her destination?
For every one honest Pinoy passport carrier, there are probably five to ten who will intend to stay and work illegally in Europe.
We need to be a bit more reflective as a people and get into the habit of stepping back to regard the bigger scheme of things rather than always seeing ourselves as “victims” of what we perceive to be forces of injustice that are out to get us, simply because we are “Filipino”.
hahahahah! EXACTLY!
Even religious congregations…. we discriminate other congregations like hey mas sosyal ang Order of Marya Klarang DePok compare to Order of Virgin de La Todas.
Or mas sosya ang Order of Religious Santo de Palauts compare to Sekyular de Padrino.
Bening0 said:
“For that matter, put your feet in the shoes of the average airport official in Europe. Between, say, a Japanese and Filipino traveller, which of the two is statistically more likely to harbour the intent to live or work illegally at his/her destination?
For every one honest Pinoy passport carrier, there are probably five to ten who will intend to stay and work illegally in Europe.”
- Sure, but this is beside my point. The story I related had nothing to do with my passport. At least not per se.
I think ung example ni benign0 is more on profiling. Kumbaga sino ang mas nakakadudang mapagkamalang terorista ung Middle Eastern Man or Filipino.
May isa pang example ng profiling kung mag drive ka sa New Jersey Turnpike, sino ang mapagkamalang may dalang contrabandong drugas, ang African-American na Itim na naka Escalade o Filipino na naka Honda, Odessy.
Madaming beses na akong nakaranas ng diskriminasyon. Heto ang ilan:
1. Naisantabi ako in favor of a janitor’s daughter sa scholarship dahil anak ako ng OFW when I graduated in elementary.
2. Naiwanan ng mangilan-ngilang promotion sa dati kong pinasukang korporasyon dahil hindi daw ako gradweyt ng elitistang unibersidad.
3. At recently heto: http://barriosiete.com/2009-influential-blog-awards-cooking-with-janet/
Now, would that make me sorry for myself?
Of course, not! Bahala na si Lord sa kanila. Remember:
“What goes around, comes around.”
mag bossing, mga taxi driver dito sa dubai 90% racist. akalain mong paparahin sila tas titignan ka lang. pina-Q ko nga. gusto kasi nila puro puti lang. ngayon di na masyado (pero may ilan pa din) kasi nauubusan na sila ng sasakay. improved na pati ang bus at metro sa dubai kaya di na sila makapagracist. bote nga!
may ilang puti pa din dito sa dubai na racist. susma. ano ba meron sa height at blond nilang mga buhok? may ginto bang nakalibing? kung meron sasantuhin ko sila. pero may iba naman very down to earth din.
bakit ba sa mundong ito ay hindi natin magawang magpakababa?
I agree with you, i experienced a lot of discrimination lalo na nung bago pa lang ako dito sa germany, sa doctors appointment, inuuna nila kalahi nila nung nalaman nila privately insured ako, inuna ako, yang air france na yan 18 pa lang ako non dinemanda ko na yan ng estafa, issuehan ba naman ako ng talbog na check insufficient funds daw, isa lang kasi nagamit kong way, dapat irefund nila yung return ticket ko,nakailang hearing kami, panalo syempre ako, nagastusan pa sila, i was even bullied in the driving class, naperfect ko exam theory and practical, parang maamong tupa silang lahat,sa bus sinisigawan kami ng auslander raus, lumayas daw ang mga foreigner bansa daw nila yon, eh di sa inyo na
sa stories ninyo, sobrang nakakainis naman yang mga countries na yan..
wala man lang level of hospitality. ipa-ospital ko nga sila lahat..
I will just have to base my comment from the title of this entry.
Most likely this is what commonly experienced to our fellow Filipino.
I don’t know why.. i have a lot of experience such this. Not only me, but with most of my friends who traveled and work outside the country.
Sometimes, it came to my mind that because we are just only a Filipino.. but why?… are we not belong to this world…
Nevertheless, i know the capability of Filipino,a lot of things that we can do that other nationals cannot.. I’m still and always proud as Filipino.
Guys, have you recall a certain issue in Greece, i think that was 10 years ago.. In their Dictionary, the meaning of “Filipiniana”, is “Tsimay” or “katulong”… that is very clear discrimination in our part.
i think i ran across that one too.
Kababasa ko lang ng librong The Immigrant Experience: The Anguish of Becoming American.
Here’s an excerpt:
Noong una pa man, malawakan na ang usapin ng diskriminasyon. Di ba nga ang tawag sa ating mga Pinoy ay Indio ng kolonistang España. Kahit na sa iba’t ibang lahi, ganito rin ang pakiramdam nila kapag napupunta sila sa bansang di niya kinabibilangan. Una dahil sa kakaibang lingwahe at pananalita, kakaibang kulay, at kakaibang kultura.
Mahirap maunawan ng ilan na ang ating lahi ay iisa. Tama si Darbs, tayo ay lahi ng sangkatauhan. Kaya’t kailangan nating i-assert ito. Walang lahi ang mas pinili kaysa sa ilan. Di ba nga, ang ganitong pag-iisip ang simula ng World War II? Na di raw nararapat mabuhay ang mga hudyo sa lahing Aryan.
Huwag nating pahintulutan ang ganitong pag-iisip. Tayo ay iisa sa mata ng Diyos. Maging taga-Davao del Norte ka man o Benguet, Maynila o Timog Katagalugan. Makitid na pag-iisip ang mag-sabing mas magaling na lahi ang ilan at ang ilan ay tawaging mababang uri.
Kaya lang talamak pa rin ang ganitong pag-iisip. Napadaan nga ako sa isang mayamaning subdivision na may garage sale noong isang araw ito ang naging conversation:
Me: Hello, good morning.
May-ari: Good….sabay lingon tingin mula ulo hanggang paa.
Me: balewala lang baka naman busy sya. Tingin tingin sa tinitinda tapos labas na.
Me: Thank you, have great day.
May-ari: Tingin ulit ulo hanggang paa, tapos irap sabay kwentuhan ulit sa kasama nya.
While I was driving away, I felt awful, I felt like telling that *bleep–hindi kasi ako nag-mumura talaga, that she can shove her trash up her *bleep. But di talaga ako nag-mumura. Walk away na lang.
Gaano pa karami ang mga nararanasan nating mga Pinoy na ganito? Sa HongKong na lang, hundreds ang horror stories of maids being treated like second class. Kahit na mga OFWs na dikit dikit na ang mga kama sa isang maliit na kwarto just to make it and survive and padala ng pera.
But then again, how are we going to solve this? This is a human condition. Writing about it is a progressive act. Mabuhay ka Lalaine!
ganda. ganda nung sinulat mo.
All I know there is a law against racial discrimination and i will use it. By the way very effective na panggulat…
Next is…I know how to avoid places na alam kong may mga members ng Aryan, kukuks clan..
just like avoiding dark places na alam mong may mga kriminals or mandurukot or holduper.
But if worst comes to worst then… handang handa na rin ng saksakan… why not.
Discrimination?
I eat discrimination for breakfast. That’s another story.
I dunno what the freaking fuss about race and everything samantalang we are are genetically alike with each other – yah know, parehas lang tayong tao. Who are we to discriminate other people? Di ba?
I really hated people who are born with superiority complex or mahilig magdiscriminate. Dun na lang tumira sa ibang planeta para dun sila maghari-harian.
gurl! hahaha! go ka sa deep south in amerika hehehe kahit na dun nga sa new orleans, i was driving to mississipi dahil nga gora ako sa beach, pucha ilan ilan ang nag-stop saken na wag daw ako pumunta ron.
sabi ko baket?! eh asyano daw ako.
now, i don’t know kunt totoo mga story. pero syempre dahil ayokong maging kudrado mukha ko just in case, bumalik ako. hahaha
Ewan ko ba mudra highness. Di ko talaga magets ang superiority complex ng mga yan. Not to general naman silang lahat pero meron talagang mga taong matataas ang ere sa ulo. Ampf.
Kahit dito sa pilipinas e marami din. Susko.
I’ve been living here for 2/3rds of my life but I don’t think (or at least not consciously) I’ve been discriminated against.
I encountered untoward incidents on a couple of airlines, even on PAL but nothing about discrimination (at least I don’t think they were.)
I just make “away” (fight back) when it happens and I’m in a bad mood.
The French are just like anyone in Europe, catch them in a bad mood, they are nasty as anyone.
hahaha! at least mas approachable naman ang mga French compared mo sa mga Finnish na ni ayaw ka tingnan sa mata nang deretso. yun ang kinakainisan ko.
pero sa Brussels, no complain ako. we had such a great time dyan noon.
Reynz,
Really, walang naging problema ka sa Belgium?
In fact, mas mataray ang mga Belgians kesa sa mga French sa experience ko.
You’re lucky that you didn’t experience the taray (most of the time, bobo na mataray pa).
I became mainitin ang ulo because many Belgians can be dumber than the dumbest — tapos ang bagal bagal bagal kumilos. I’ve had irritating encounters in supermarkets because they will make kwento kwento and make the client wait before attending to that client. One day I was forced to shout at a cashier because the woman was chatting up her supervisor and making a long quieu wait.
They are generally sloooooow! And that is absolutely anathema to me. The only time they are fast is when they are driving — problem is they seem to be incapable of stepping on the brakes fast enough to avoid accidents because instructions from the brain to the foot are sloooow… did you know that Belgium has the highest car insurance rates in Europe because of lethal road accidents?
Ayan, now, I will be accused of discriminating against the Belgians…. ayayayayay! (Anyway, totoo naman, so ok lang!)
hahaha! my bespren is belgian. siguro nadadala sa katarantaduhan ko. in fact, when we visited this place = nakalimutan ko name nung lugar, pero maliit na istatwang bata na umi-ihi hahaha, there were a lot of shops in the area and of the shops na pinasok namen sells belgian chocolates – what else.
chinika ko nang chinika yung me ari hehehe, alam mo naman social climber ako, i think i posted that experiece sa reyna elena, i have to find it, but the owner gave us extra box dahil daw pinatawa namen sya nang pinatawa.
french and belgians prehas lang di ba? me pagka supladito’t supladita. even my friend was like that before kami nagkahulugan nang loob, after that, akala mo asawa ko na hahaha to this day, mahal na mahal ako nitong belgian friend ko lalo na pag parati akong nililibre? mahal na mahal ko rin sya hehehe
Manneken Pis, yung bata na umiihi, AKA petit Julien.
yeah! that was it! hahaha! pihaglaruan ko yung istatwa at biniro ko nang biniro bawat gwapong mapadaan saken hehe ok naman sila actually hehe
OOOpss, sorry Reynz, of course there are exceptional people too even among the Belgians (just like in any nationality) Heheheh!
Bad to generalise (I must remember that…)
Matter of fact my Belgian pharmacist is the sweetest pharmacist one can ever have. She becomes my temporary mailbox (receives my parcels for me when I’m not at home) and ever so helpful (even gives me my prescription sleeping pills without prescription – hehehe!); I like her too because she’s quick (galit kasi ako sa mabagal) and not dumb at all.
Regards sa bespren mo!
any naku anna! sa totoo lang noh! prehas lang ugali nang belgians and french, esp tong friend ko na nasa french part nang belgium dahil yung kabila is dutch di ba?
pero pag nakuha mo ang kiliti nila ateng, litsi, lakas nang kapit hahaha
i have been discriminated. yes. and when they realise that you speak english fluently with proper english accent they think you’re a half-half! one lady i know tells me that she’s superior than i am because i am not white! and workwise? no comment. hahahaha. mataray na ang lola mo!
chi, i remember nung kaputukan ang hatred nung mga kano sa hapon, i think it was in the 90′s dito sa philly, lumabas ang mga lecheng mga tao dito, pinag-wawasak bawat Toyota at Honda na makita. tinira nun ang Honda Civic ko, wasak wasak ang rear ko dahil napagkamalan akong Hapon! an takot ko nun haha
Talaga? Wow!
nakakalungkot naman ang entry na to
yeah, i experienced discrimination na dito sa manila alot of times dahil i’m from mindanao.
nakakainis, sarap pasabugin mukha nila ng bomba..joke lang..heheh
but true, nakakalungkot kung kapwa pilipino gumgawa ng ganitong bagay
i’m with u darbs..
totoo yang sinabi mo virnilicious just like yung sinabi dun sa taas ni benigno. me kasabihan nga na worse daw ang mga pinoy sa discrimination. of course i should know. leche nung nag-aaplay lang ako nang work right after graduation bitbit ko ang mala-lapida kong diploma, hirap kamo nun anoh? eh tiga probinsya lang ako! *hikbi*
Discrimination comes in many forms indeed.
Noong mid 90′s isang fashion designer na si Tommy Hilfiger na hindi daw bagay magsuot ang black, asian, hispanic at jewish. He wishes not to buy his clothes by these people, as they are made for upper class of white people…
Very sad. very discriminating.
abercrombie is notorious with this. although yong latest nang abercrombie about one muslim eh mukhang hindi gi-buy nang court.
di sila ubra sa pinoy, meron tayo sarili atin para di maclassify at ma-underdog ng mga so called racist andyan ang tummy illfigure (tommy hilfigure), tag hirap (tag heuer), beer factor (fear factor) , crooks (crocs) , bahalana republic (banana republic ), no fera (no fear) at marami pa iba courtesy of : the tshirt project and spoof unltd.
[...] Updated October 9, 2009: Yes, the slogan sounds good but in reality; in real world, please don’t expect human race understands the meaning of the WORD. Son, you might ask why? The answer is… “Have you ever been discriminated?” [...]
Pinapahiya ni Willie Revillame ang mga bisaya sa video na ito.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dk4FxEj7wY&feature=related