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This was on the news today:
Filipinos in London are set to launch “concerted efforts” against British government-owned British Broadcasting Corp (BBC) for its reportedly “racist and humiliating” portrayal of a Filipina domestic worker, a lawmaker said on Monday.
Batangas Rep. Hermilando Mandanas, head of the subcommittee on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), said during the plenary debates on the proposed 2009 budget that Philippine Embassy representatives in the United Kingdom were already coordinating with the Filipino community there regarding their protest actions.
Source: Pinoys to launch protest action vs. BBC ‘racist’ show
Here is the video they are talking about:
Filipina Domestic Helper In The Harry and Paul Show
As a Filipino and knowing many domestic helpers in the country, I believe that this is indeed an insult to them. How dare them portray a Filipina domestic helper like that?
Racist? Insult to the Filipino people? What do you think?
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October 7th, 2008 at 5:41 am
this is sad! pang inis naman yan! wala namang ganyan, marangal na hanapbuhay un…
(this reminded me naman nung filipino doctors sa Desperate Housewives)
October 7th, 2008 at 7:58 am
I hope they just omitted the word “Filipino” from the script.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:57 am
actually, human trafficking is already rampant in the EU. Thank you for stating the obvious sir..
October 7th, 2008 at 9:29 am
I think we’re just being too sensitive. Personally, I think it’s like stereotyping a hot Latina. They’re just saying Filipinas (and DHs at that!) are or can be hot.
October 7th, 2008 at 11:00 am
it wasnt a filipina walking down the street.. and men oozing over hert…
The filipina was ordered by her boss to seduce their neighbor…
asking her to offer her rear and show it off…
then when it didnt work, told her to scram…
October 7th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Let’s make it the other way around telling those dirty old british that they should just keep their Empty and insensitive heads and shove it to their own ass. And this is also a Joke!
October 7th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Im proud to be a Filipina!
October 7th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Palibhasa mas m@l!l!b()g ang mga british. Kaya ganyan ang tingin nila sa lahat. Hindi lang naman mga mga Filipina e, pati mga Chinese at iba pa.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
over acting naman ung ibang tao dyan… unahin muna nila ayusin ung same situation dito sa atin din pag naayos na nila saka nila sunod ang London… All i can say is, it is hypocrisy! It is not only our race that is being ridiculed in this kind of shows, other races also been the target of this kind of attack.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Mnga pinoy talaga, OA. doesn’t politician have anything better to do? I swear, they’d cry foul if filipinos farted on a foreign show.
October 7th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
British humor crude and stupid like their comedians
October 7th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
British humor crude like their comedians
October 7th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
yeah i think we are over reacting…but we can start making a change now, so that things won’t get worse. That simple… What do you think, Mr. Pinay Scandal?
October 8th, 2008 at 9:21 am
It is clearly a fictional character, a comedy that is more on the side of the absurd as the producer stated so why get peeved on make believe skit.
October 8th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Filipinos are NOT over reacting, maybe these filipinos who are pissed are OFW’s, iba dyan DH talaga.
Mga kapatid, how would you feel if you are a Filipino DH in Brit, tapos napanood mo yung series na yun? I’m an OFW myself here in Singapore, and Filipinos are highly respected here because we do our job well, other employers prefer hiring filipinos because they know that we filipinos are hard working, and filipinos here are actually higly paid here compared to other nationalities.
And dapat talaga kumilos ang gobyerno tungkol d2 kahit ba may mga mas importanteng ibang dapat ayusin, kung hindi sila kikilos lalong mawawalan ng silbi ang gobyerno natin. At pag hindi kumilos ang gobyerno natin, pag binalewala natin to, gagamitin nila ulit ang word na filipino sa ibang HINDI mgagandang bagay… Gusto nyo bang maulit ito mga bros and sis?
October 8th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Its a gag show for chrissake, I don’t see the Imelda fanatics going on rallies if Jon Santos plays Imelda. Sometimes filipinos are too dense to see the funny side of it all.
October 9th, 2008 at 9:45 am
this is sad and clearly an insult. Being a domestic helper is a decent job.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
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October 13th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Why is there an issue like this? the government should take action on this, make a way to make the Philippines improved so that workers and professionals will no longer work abroad. Instead they would rather work in their own country.
October 17th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
We have differnet pov’s about this incident.. conflicts would rise, and we will be divided to two sides.. what is best is just to accept that we have different perception about this issue and we have to respect that… No arguements, no debates… yun lang.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:16 am
“…what is best is just to accept that we have different perception about this issue and we have to respect that… No arguements, no debates… yun lang.”
This is exactly the kind of attitude that deserves no respect and makes the Philippines or any other country rot.
Make a stand you spineless coward!
October 31st, 2008 at 4:55 pm
On one side it is so wrong, on the other side there is the media making it worse. Feel sorry for their plight.If only someone stands up for them, wonder how many cases goes on like this everyday
November 5th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
It is wrong that anyone should be portrayed like this but english people spend as much time taking the mick out of themselves as anyone else. Sarcastic humour is big in the UK and this sort of thing happens a lot. Every minority group feels they are being singled out when something like this happens to them which is wrong. It is all based on a media perception of groups which as we know is always wrong and exactly why we take the mick in the first place.