Local discrmination?

[Jun aka Pekto]

I wouldn't go so far as saying Pinoys are racists. Prejudiced? Maybe. But "racist" would be too strong a term. There are differences between being prejudiced and being racist. It's kind of like the difference between manslaughter and murder. Both are still bad.

Almost everyone have prejudices which is probably what that other guy meant when he said it's all over the world. Prejudice can be minimized by being tolerant and understanding other cultures/not being ignorant. Being racist has no cure.

Considering the popularity of hiphop* among Pinoy's, I honestly doubt many Pinoys are racist.


*I'd be an exception because I grew up with heavy metal and I'm too old to change my tastes

I'm also trying to see what some of my own prejudices are. I really don't have too many because I don't have much interest in people.

Here's one that may come close:

I do recall wondering why a Pinoy (who walked by our house) was wearing baggy oversized pants, oversized sports jacket, Nike high tops, and a snowcap when it's freaking 115F/46C outside. Me, I was sitting on a lawn chair up front in the shade with a beer and was half-tempted to wear nothing but my boxer brief and tank tops. I felt it was much too hot. Then, here's a Pinoy (teen, young adult?) walking by all covered up. He could've at least brought some bottled water with him.

What's amusing is we have an African-American neighbor up who lives a few houses down. He was washing his black Dodge Charger SRT8 and had some hip hop tunes blaring. He was wearing shorts and was shirtless (probably to show off his pecs and biceps). He saw that same Pinoy. He turned towards my direction and shook his head. I just shrugged back and chilled. I went back to watching girls in their bathing suits/bikinis walk to the swimming pool.