Is there racism in the Philippines?

Honestly, banzai0 when you say "Filipinos", there is a huge difference between people from Manila and the provinces. My mother knew several provincial filipinas married to black servicemen, who avoided taking their bridegrooms back to their villages, speciafically because of racist attitudes. read more

Racism, if you could call it like that, is harmless in philippines, it is a rare occasion that racism will be towards violence, the worst thing i have witness is you will be laugh at because you are different, but to be physically violent because of racism, never heard such in my country. read more

The recent spike in racist violence in the United States along with the anti-Muslim “war on terror” led me to wonder about race and racism in the Philippines. The experience of racism is nothing new among Filipinos, nor is it so simple. read more

Racist. But, in reality, racism is everywhere. Just like in the song from the musical Avenue Q, you could definitely say that everyone's a little bit racist sometimes. Racism has become so casual and latent that it couldn't even be detected unless you're a warrior of social justice. read more