What do you do someone insults you without meaning to? For instance, if a foreigner criticizes a doctor by saying he’s “just like a Filipino doctor”, or if a friend of yours sees a stupid person as a “probinsyano” when in fact you are from the province yourself, what would you do?
I think that those who assume that people from the province are stupid are a practicing a subspecialty of racism.
Kids say the darnedest things, but adults do, too. Sometimes, grownups say the most insensitive things, which is why they may get labeled as “racists” or “chauvinists” or “bigots”. Sometimes, they are guilty of generalizing what they see. They assume that all Filipino doctors are poorly trained, or that everyone from the province is stupid. In turn, people quickly conclude that these judgmental people are dimwits. Unfairness begets unfairness, yes?
Maybe we should stop wondering why the world is unfair, why we are not getting the breaks we deserve, why people are criticizing us even for our hard-earned accomplishments. Maybe even we have done those very things but we have not been aware of it. Maybe we are simply getting what we deserve.
I am Stef dela Cruz. I’m a doctor-writer. I have a cat - but I’m a dog person! Feel free to add my 
Calm down love.
In the Philippines being racist is legal. There is no law about it. The government in my very own home town Davao City, which still part of the country Philippines, has proposed a bill for being racist or racism. In Davao everyone is treated fairly from natives, Muslims, locals and foreign nationals and also included gender whether you’re gay or lesbian people should respect them in working place or in the city itself. I’m hoping that other cities in the Philippines will inspired of this bill and to be pass in the senate and make it legal in the entire country.
Jenny
Please excuse me with my comment but the most racist people in our country are the religious leaders who demonize who don't believe in them. When they saw black, it's evil for them.
Jenny, it's good that your town/ region is pushing for gender equity. By equity, I mean fairness and not merely "unfair" equality (for instance, women still can't be expected to eat the same amount of calories as men because we have smaller frames than males, hehe!). Good for you.
Kris, are you from the U.S.? Your story is unfortunate. Racism is so hard to eliminate. It's something our race still has to resolve. :)
Waaa! Di pala ako kilala ni stef. Ako si Cryptic Kris sa fb.. :)
When I stated "black", I mean the color of anything. Not just the skin. I am not generalizing but there are people that whenever they meet someone who always wear black shirts with prints that are "evil" for their belief, they demonized the person too without even asking why.
I've been criticized and bullied by those holy people. But they don't even know who am I and what are the things that I have done.
BTW, this issue would be a long journey of debate once being started. Sometimes, I just need to be quiet.
Ah, Cryptic Kris! :D Sorry, the "Kris Edison" threw me - I'm more familiar with your "Cryptic Kris" screen name, so to speak. :) As to your clothes, don't worry, even all women get judged based solely on clothes. But that's okay; let's just prove them wrong about their unfair assumptions, yes? :)
Yes! :)
I'm not using my real name on fb for a reason. :)