Living in Cebu

In early 2006 I will be moving to Cebu, Philippines with the entire family.

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Filipino Racism Towards Foriegners

I have spoken about how most Filipinos embrace Western culture and genuinely welcome foreigners. This is fundamentally true but there is a strong undercurrent or resentment and racism toward foreigners.

I believe most of it is based upon jealously and an inferiority complex.

This phenomenon is far from being limited to the lower less educated social classes. In fact it’s predominantly a middle and upper classes attitude.

Take for example the comments of the ex-President of the Mactan Rotary club when responding to a comment about Filipina women being interested in meeting foreigners. “No respectable Filipina women would be interested in a Foreigners…these girls are trash”. He was addressing a large group of Rotary club members that included many foreigners married to Filipina women. He effectively just told them that their wives are “trash”.

There are actually a couple of Rotary Clubs here on Mactan and one in particular seems to have a majority of foreigners as members. This is the Rotary Club of Central Mactan, which broke away from the main Mactan club due to politics and internal corruption. I am told this particular ex-President instigated a major program during his presidency that was subsequently found to be totally for his only personal benefit and not the community.

The anti-foreigner attitude is evident in local press. When you have been here a while and continually see articles that vilify foreigners you will start to get the picture. As one expat said to me “if foreigner farts it will be reported in the paper and it will say the smell is 100 times worse than it is”.

It seems like some Filipinos are using foreigners for scape goats to deflect focus away for the real issues.

Most readers have heard that Magellan was killed by Chief Lapu Lapu here on Mactan. If you visit the shrine there is a plaque that celebrates this a victory of the Filipino people in defeating a Foreign invader.

The reality is that the whole thing was a set up. Magellan arrived to see Chief Lapu Lapu with only one boat out of his fleet and just 80 men in what was meant to be a meeting. He was ambushed by thousands of natives and basically murdered. There was no invasion.

Now it’s a matter of Filipino pride that Chief Lapu Lapu killed the first foreigner to visit the Philippines.

What is ironic is that Magellan brought Christianity to the Philippines and that Chief Lapu Lapu was a Muslim. This the arrival of the Spanish stopped the advancement Islam to the entire Philippines. Something the majority of Filipinos today would think was a good thing. Yet they take pride in the fact that this Muslim Chief killed the first foreigner to visit their country.

Posted: Wednesday 16th August 2006, 3:42 PM

Learn To Speck Cebuano

If you are planning no living in Cebu then its a good idea to learn the language and I have found a great teacher here in Cebu. He can also assist you online and is available to translate any documents.

If you plan to live in Cebu then why not learn to speak the language and earn to Speak Cebuano - Translation service also available