February 15, 2004

• Back in the 1930's there were many anti-miscegenation laws that did not allow Filipinos to marry white women.  It was all part of the blatant racism inherent in the era.  Racists said that Filipinos were sexual predators, and used the fact that they dressed nicely and owned nice cars as evidence of their reputation.  They didn't talk about how most Filipinos worked in the fields and saved for months and months to buy suits.  It was never talked about how many men would pool their money together to buy one car, which they would only drive on scheduled days or sometimes hours of the week.

  
  

  I think that people were threatened by Filipino grace.  Look, we even hold the kissing record of the world.  Yes, yesterday, in Manila, 5,122 couples gathered to engage in a 10-second long kiss and break the kissing record.

  
  

  We've made the news again.  This time it was an expression of love.  Let's hope the world over will follow suit.

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