Quote Originally Posted by redorange View Post
I'm half Ilocano and half Tagalog(Bulacan) and I feel the discrimination from my full blooded Ilocano cousins during family get togethers. But I know what you mean about the FilAm organizations as my dad who is Ilocano was told by some groups that my dad was free to join as long as he didn't bring my mom, needless to say he told them to go to hell. But this regionalism is also the main reason that even though Pinoys are the second largest Asian group in the US we also have the least polical representation among the Asian community. Heck, the Japanese, Indians, and Koreans who we out number have more clout than we do.
Sigh....... I feel more at ease with the Vietnamese. Hmmm. Nice rhyme.