To quote one writer in her opinion she said:
and she continues…"One truth about racism is that we Filipinos apparently don’t know what it means. Which is to say we have trivialized it no end, using it to describe any statement that highlights the Azkals’ difference from the rest of us who (1) are kayumanggi, i.e., are brown-skinned, (2) are Pinoys who grew up here, and (3) share common values and concerns based on, not necessarily just because of, numbers (1) and (2)."
"To assert that these are racist statements is to fail at understanding that racism is about asserting one race’s superiority over another."Racism is taken seriously in some other countries, recently in the UK a man was arrested for posting on his twitter account considered to be a racist comment after a football player collapse while playing in the pitch and to quote:
"LOL [Laugh out loud]. **** Muamba. He’s dead!!! #haha."Nothing in the statement mentions about the color of one's skin not even an assertion of superiority.
Different online resources provide these definition about racism.
"Racism is the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simply on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are superior to others."
"Racism has existed throughout human history. It may be defined as the hatred of one person by another -- or the belief that another person is less than human -- because of skin color, language, customs, place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person. It has influenced wars, slavery, the formation of nations, and legal codes."When one news anchor in a local TV show said, "Nagpapanggap lang kayong mga kayumanggi.." ("You are just pretending to be brown-skinned"), plain and simple it is a racist comment. Peace!
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