Racism and Descrimination

I think most Filipino people eat with their fingers when they are alone or celebrating with their friends. I have only seen them use a dessert spoon with a fork when dining out. I prefer to use a knife fork and a proper soop spoon for wet food like soup.I use my fingers when I order take-away burgers and chips or sandwiches, other than that I always avoid getting my hands soiled.

i do agree with bunny, dapat tukduan ang “nakikisaro”, in this case, kitang mga immigrants, kang what is and isn’t acceptable/law and unlawful, sa maray na paagi..lalo na aki, ta mayo pa man sindang amat..ang mga magurang may role man digdi..sarong halimbawa na pigtukuduan ko ang aki ko na never magsabing “negro” arog baga kang kaordinaryong pagsambit sa “maitom”(as opposed to “amerikano” basta puti) ta dai iyan acceptable digdi sa Canada.

THERE OBJECTIVE IS RIGHT BUT THERE METHOD IS WRONG,
nata ta dae ninda ipasabot sa maray na paagui sa akui na ang kaugalian sainda (in Canada) is like that you don’t have to torture the young minds of children ang gabos baga na kokuan sa may napagui nin pag papaliwang, and it’s not polite to say that other culture is wrong. Dadarahon na iyan kan agui hangan sa pagdakola nya. He/she will think that the Filipino culture is a PIG culture, which I can’t accept it. One thing is, it is better that the person is following your order not because he/she is afraid with you, but because he/she respect you that is the best adjective of a leader. What the Principal is telling, that he/she is not educated enough or may be his/her parent did not teach him good manner and right conduct (o baad ang magurang nya pareho nya man na patal). And he/she need to go back to school and study (and put in his/her bloody mind-not only study) that different country or groups have there own culture and he/she MUST RESPECT it.

Playing devil’s advocate, ang version kan story na ini, hali daa sa official investigation o version daw kan complainant? Kung nag-admit mananggad ang mga acusado, talaga man garung unnecessary ang comment na ini. Nag-isip lang ako kung nata ta after 10 times na pigtukdoan kan monitor na igwa man nanggad na 2 accepted forms(European and American) of using utensils during business and formal dining, nata daw ta habo magsunod kan aki? Ultimately, magagamit niya man ang knowledge na ini kung magkaigwa siya ki oportunidad na maka-atender nin business or formal function. Sa hiling ko, dai man ki problema kung we eat the way we were used to basta in the “familiar” setting, e.g. sa harong or sa Pinoy community gathering where the manner will not cause other people to give us their “unwanted” attention. Sabi baga, Pinoys are pliant as bamboos. Let’s face it, we have norms and customs that society imposes on us that after time changes. Su mga dai acceptable kaito, ngonian acceptable na. And in reality, we live controlled by these. If we go against these, the personal experience is usually not pleasant.

A few years back, I had the opportunity to share an apartment with a Canadian, but he never said anything about my table manners. I observed his eating style, read something about the matter and eventually adapted the other person’s table manners. We lost contact for a long time and recently had dinner together. Guess what? Now he eats with a spoon and fork while I eat with a fork and knife, spoons are reserved for soups from a cup/bowl. I think it’s a hilarious outcome!

On another matter, minsan nagkakaon man kita with barehands during picnics sa beaches, etc. Ang mga East Indians (aka, Bombay satuya), igwa man kan manners na ini. Duang veces ko nang nahiling sa oficina na habang nasa computer terminal, nagkakamot pagkaon sabay type sa keyboard. I thought that was not appropriate ta garo dai na ki ibang makakagamit kan keyboard niya. Sorry na lang so dai nakaaram. Medyo ingat lang when to manifest our culture.

Garo ang major cause kan racism/bias/prejudice is lack of exposure, education and tolerance on the offending party. On the other hand, failure to assimilate on the part of the offended party can also cause this, in my opinion. For example, ang pag-ihi sa public places is normally done satuya(buda sa nagkapirang mga naciones), pero sa industrialized countries, that could cause you a citation. Ang holding hands between girls or akbayan among boys satuya can cause misunderstandings in other places, Kaya ngani, careful sana sa pag-express kan satuyang uniqueness.

Just my thoughts…

BWAHAHA! Emil 100% tama ka tapos kun makarigos,rigos pato pa, dae pa pigdudumog ang buhok… :)) nya ang pagkaaram ko ang pag gamit ta ki kutsara sa espanyol ta na nudan ta ang aram ta kaito magkakamot(masiramon pati magkakan nin gulay pag nakakamot adi…hehe) lang kita, mas sasabihon gari kan mga di___tang puti naan namas usmakon kita(subi ki manay dada) hehe 😀

Igwa kayang ga gamit nin chopstix duman sa Chinatown nin Roxboro? 🙂

maka insulto talaga ang baretang ini…dai ko aram kung nangyari ini dahil nasa Montreal sinda asin iba ang ugali kang mga French-Canadian, halimbawa, the rest of canada has to translate everything in French alagad sa MOntreal/Quebec, OK sana na nasa French, mayo ning translation. Garo baga feeling ninda “special breed” sinda..anyway, si agom ang nag istorya kaini sako kang mahiling nya sa TV, asin nag komentar na sarong “ignorance” ini sa parte kang teacher asin principal, na sakong inuyunan man. Teacher man ako asin dai ko susupugon ang akidahil sa natuudan nya.Dapat aram ninda na nin huli ta ang Canada sarong nasyon ning diversity asin multiculture and ethnicity, mayo ni siisay (na “puti”) ang dapat magmando na sala ang kustumbre na piggigibo kang sarong tawo na hali sa grupo nin minority – arog baga kang paggamit kang turban kang mga east indian -as long as it is not against the law. Ining pagkakan na gamit ang kutsara saka tinidor, ano man daw mananggad ang maraot kaiyan. Igdi sa harong mi, nin huli ta ang agom ko “puti”, fork and knife ang gamit mi, alagad dai ipinagbabawal sa duwa ming aki na maggamit ning kutsara, pa-no palan kung kang sira sinabawan, pa-no iyan titinuduron?
ito nganing step-daughter ko, pagbisita samo na ang sira mi an-it, pigtukduan ko magkamot ta iyo sana nyako an paagi kang pagkakan an-it…girigi kaso enot kundi mala, Payt baga!:)

oh well, imbitahin ko kaya yung principal na yun dito sa amin. baka magulat siya’t varied ang lahi ng mga taga rito. hehe:D