I had an aunt who told me she wanted a kid with blue eyes and blonde hair. Eww. Self hatred is sad.

We want to know why the Philippines and Filipinos aren't respected in the way that they should be is because it all stems from internalized self-hatred of actually being Filipino. And I'm going to specify how media has had a hand in this because I remember growing up watching TFC, going, "How come the Filipinos that are full Filipino, the Marano ones? Why are they always playing poor people in every single show? Isn't the light skin ones or the ones that are half white that can never act for shit? And they don't even speak the gollog? They always play the rich person, right? And it's like, oh, speak as much English as you possibly can then throw one at the bar. At the end. You know what I'm saying? And it's just like, you look at what the rich people are eating in these shows. And back then, it was always American cuisine. It was always like, oh, steak at a restaurant. Oh, they're eating pancakes, they're eating waffles, they're even having cereal, right? And it's just like, what are the poor people eating? Oh, yeah, put the Filipino food there. Put the bungalows there. Put like, you know, make sure that you see the rice and that in all the scenes, they're always like in a super crowded table eating Filipino food. The entertainment industry never looked as Filipinos as something to be proud of because it was always like the poor option. And now what you're seeing with how Korean media has taken off and Korean cuisine has taken off because of how they value their culture and how they're like, no, our culture is a huge part of us. So we are going to center ourselves around the food. Yes, the richest person in the room, they're going to eat Korean food, right? What are Filipinos eating in their shows now? The rich people, Korean food. It's like, they just, they always have to look outside of our own culture and our culture is so beautiful. And it absolutely can be very upscale. It's like, but the way that our own media presents us as a culture is like, we alone are not good enough. We need something else to show that we truly are elevated and tasteful. And that's fucking sad.