BBC Racist Show Against Filipina Domestic Helpers Needs an Apology?
The House of Representative demanded an apology from a British Broadcasting Company (BBC) Comedy Show Harry and Paul. The portrayal of a Filipina Domestic Helper in one of the segments of the show was a racist, humiliating and disgusting quoted Akbayan Partylist Representative Risa Hontiveros. It all started when BBC aired Harry and Paul last September 26, 2008.
Hontiveros also asked the Department of Foreign Affairs to file a complaint against the British Government to correct the sickening joke.
It’s different from the Desperate Housewives issue. It’s more vulgar and disturbing. It may not help in molding the image of Filipina working abroad as Domestic Helpers. This has to be corrected.
On the other side, some believed that the skit is purely a comedy show and has no intention to ruin the image of the Filipina Domestic Helpers. In fact, the show is not entirely about insults. Other people are merely overreacting on the issue and think that we are again belittled by the British people.
Honestly, we are just being overly sensitive and we should lighten up sometimes. Hindi yung ginawan lang tayo ng comedy aping-api na tayo. Yan ang tatak Pinoy, we always have the Inaapi feelings towards small issues. Kaya di na natapos-tapos ang Maki Baka at Ipag Laban mode dito sa atin.
Sabi nga nila likas na pikon talaga ang mga Pinoy samantalang kung makapintas tayo at makapanlait sa iba sobra sobra.
Bato-bato sa langit ang tamaan huwag magagalit.
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kouji posted: 07 Oct at 1:05 am
if the show crossed a line, then it’s natural for our representatives to ask for an apology. but you’re right, we need to be wary over acting too quickly. there are, after all, other important things that our legislators could be doing, such as increasing jobs.
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manilenya posted: 07 Oct at 1:42 am
hehehe korek ka sa huling sinabi mo..sabi ko nga sa isang komento ko sa isng blog, sa Pinas ako nakakita ng sobra sobrang racism…kitang kita ang puti at itim, ang pangit at maganda, ang bisaya at taga manila, ang bobo at matalino…ang mahirap at mayaman. Sa pinas nga kapag katulong ka sa kahit naman hindi gaanong karangyang pamilya e kailangan pang naka uniporme ka?
Maaring inaamin ko na dati akong aktibista at patuloy na naniniwala na kailangang magkaroon ng pagbabago sa sistema ng pulitika at ekonomiya ng pinas pero natuto akong hindi na patulan yung mga isyu na ginagawa lang sagutin para masabing may sinasabi ang isang tao.
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itot reply on October 7th, 2008:
punta kayo sa youtube tapos search niyo dun pinoy comedian.madami kayo mapapanood na jokes tungkol sa pinoy pero okey lang kasi pinoy ang nagjojoke e.pero kung ibang lahi yun malamang e…ang puso…
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Nicely reply on October 8th, 2008:
ok lang kung tayo-tayo ang nagbibiruan about ourselves, it’s a sort of releasing the tension lang in our everyday lives.
PERO!
Kung ibang lahi ang nagbibiro sa atin, ibang kaso na yun. Masakit kasi tanggapin na may nakikitang kapintasan ang ibang lahi sa atin. Mas nakaka-degrade.
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itot posted: 07 Oct at 7:03 am
masyado tayo maramdamin e.ahehehe!joke nga laang di ga!
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Shannon posted: 07 Oct at 7:15 am
i think theres nothing to react. Its just a comedy show.
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Nicely reply on October 8th, 2008:
It’s just a comedy show, where Filipinos are the ones being laughed about.
Tama ba english ko? Baka pagtawanan ako ng mga Amerikano…
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BM reply on October 8th, 2008:
hekhek! Tama naman in my opinion.
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Shannon posted: 07 Oct at 7:19 am
nag sasayaw lang naman ang maid, diba? may ipinakita bah? wala naman a… So, i think over reaction lang ang mga pinoy. cheers
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Lhurey reply on October 7th, 2008:
over reaction? hmmmmmmmm..might be..hahaha
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Jhar reply on October 8th, 2008:
kahit na over reaction ang Pinoy my dignidad rin tayong pinaninindigan.
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Nicely reply on October 8th, 2008:
alam mo naman ang mga Pinoy, konting bagay lang ginagawang big deal. Para may mapag-usapan lang… napaka-sensitive kasi ng mga Pilipino!
At insensitive naman ung hindi. Di ba?
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Shannon reply on October 9th, 2008:
yeah, tama. OA kasi ang mga pinoy. Ang mga importanteng bagay nga dito sa pinas na dapat pagtuunan, di nga pinapakealaman. Yun pa yung comedy show ang pinintasan. hahaha…
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juler reply on October 9th, 2008:
Nicely naguguuluhan ako sa mga comment mo dito sa isyong ito… Contradicting berry much… lol
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Nicely reply on October 10th, 2008:
ok lang yan, juler… ako rin naguguluhan eh! hahaha!
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Shannon reply on October 13th, 2008:
LOL! ang Gulo nyo!
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BM reply on October 13th, 2008:
ang gulo nio talaga ha.
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jamie posted: 07 Oct at 7:57 am
Sana di na lang binanggit ang salitang Filipino sa script. Kapag naman walang salitang Filipino diyan, di naman papansinin ang clip na yan e.
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Shannon reply on October 9th, 2008:
ok lang yun, ganun naman talaga diba, karamihan ng mga pinoy muchachot muchacha sa dahuyang lupa. Sad but true
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Pedestrian Observer GB posted: 07 Oct at 8:38 am
There are more real issues regarding racism such as the ‘ching chong chang’ racist taunting of a Filipina-American from an H&M employee compared to this comedy TV show. Kulang lang sa pansin si Risa at ang mga lahing api at inaapi…….
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edelweiza posted: 07 Oct at 9:14 am
tama ka ambo, minsan mxadong OA ang mga Pinoy. dito nga lang sa atin, ang dami ding discrimination towards foreigners eh…mismong pinoy pa ang gmgwa nyan ha. dapat pag-isipan ng mabuti iyan. basta ang alam ko, marangal na trabaho ang domestic helper.
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Nicely reply on October 8th, 2008:
tama! gumanti na lang tayo sa mga foreigners na andito sa Pinas! Whatchathink? Ok ba ung idea ko?
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Shannon reply on October 9th, 2008:
hmmm… may point ka rin Nicely… Kaso parang napaka conservative pa rin ang mga pinoy.
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steph posted: 07 Oct at 9:25 am
our government has to do more to protect our citizens abroad in way of internal policies — not in terms of banging other people’s tables just to make noise. they’re putting energy on all the useless things.
when sabah decided to crack down on illegals (both indons and pinoys), indonesia was quick to respond for its citizens. pinas only responded after two days of the announcement, and basically just asked malaysia to adopt the pinoys. can you blame malaysia for asking why they should adopt pinoys when pinas does not want to take care of them?
hay naku po. nagalit na naman ako. lol. breathing exercises muna…
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Jhar reply on October 8th, 2008:
You know what eventhough our government make many internal policy. They can do that but government in think that our economy will go down without Pinoy in abroad.
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jessie posted: 07 Oct at 1:38 pm
Kuya Ambo,
Very embarrassing, humiliating and demeaning ang mga ganitong sitwasyon. Nakakapanlumo kapatid.
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Dexter | Tech At Hand Dot Net posted: 07 Oct at 1:45 pm
Uy.. bro ngayon ko lang nakita ito ah.. may bago na naman palang issue.
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Shannon reply on October 9th, 2008:
hello dex. Yeah puro nalang isyu, at mga isyu.. hehehe
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juler reply on October 9th, 2008:
hehehe laptop lang ksi inaatupag mo bro… joke bro..
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itot posted: 07 Oct at 2:43 pm
ito pa ang isang eksena na ininsulto ang mga pinoy. di ko lang alam kung nabalita niyo ito. http://www.itot54joni.com/2007/11/jimmy-kimmels-insults-to-filipinoes.html
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juler posted: 07 Oct at 7:35 pm
Should we be alarmed with this one? We are not only the one being ridiculed in this kind of show.. Other races as well… Why not gave them a dose of their own medicine?
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Nicely reply on October 8th, 2008:
Happy burpday!
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Angel Cuala posted: 07 Oct at 10:09 pm
Found you somewhere, and got interested in your post. Anyway, a comedy show is to make the audience laugh and most of time, in the expense of others.
I think that the problem is not the sensitivity of us Pinoys but the effect of those who thinks we are really that cheap.
Yes, the segment may not be offensive to others (which includes me), but the implication to other watchers who know that many Filipino women are leaving the country to work as nannies or maid.
Pero kung si Joey de Leon kaya ang gumawa nito, si Willy lang kaya ang magre-react?
I think a post about Teehankee Jr. is another interesting news to talk about…
Thanks!
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Nicely reply on October 8th, 2008:
malamang mag-react lahat ng kapamilya members!
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tonyo cruz posted: 07 Oct at 11:49 pm
Ang problema sa racism laban sa Pinoy ay ito:
Minsan mas racist pa ang Pinoy sa sariling kababayan. Nilason na tayo ng “colonial mentality”, sukdulang matanggap natin ang burak na ideya na “we deserve it”.
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itot reply on October 8th, 2008:
tama ka jan tonyo!
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monaco posted: 07 Oct at 11:53 pm
While I find the scene distasteful, I think many of my countrymen are overreacting here. After all, ‘Harry and Paul’ is a comedy show and should not be taken seriously. The show that lampoons everything, even the Queen, their queen.
Hindi naman pwedeng everytime na meron negative about us abroad eh magpo-protesta tayo, demand for an apology! Ano ba yan, baka pagtawanan na talaga tayo pag nagkataon.
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itot reply on October 8th, 2008:
tama yan kuya mon. di nga nag-apologize ang BBC e sabi s news.pero ok lang. di naman si juan e kapareho din ni pedro.
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Shannon reply on October 8th, 2008:
yeah, i agree. Ok lang kahit di mag apologize ang BBC, wala naman dapat i-apologize eh. It was a joke.
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itot reply on October 8th, 2008:
yep, atlst napapansin tayo khit negative ang dating. bakit yun gma s marvel comic di kayo nagalit.ahehehe
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Shannon reply on October 9th, 2008:
ha? gma sa marvel comics? ano ba ang storya dito?
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itot reply on October 9th, 2008:
kasi nga non ginawang monster si gma e d hinimgan ng apology un gumawa, kasi pinoy ang gumawa e.
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juler reply on October 9th, 2008:
parang sinabi lang na BBC na si Pokwang Aswang… same issue… Joke is a Joke… I don’t know why…
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Nicely reply on October 8th, 2008:
pag nag-ask pa tayo for apology, malamang nga pagtawanan na tayo. para kasing pinagpipilitan na lang natin na igalang tayo bilang Pinoy.
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BM posted: 08 Oct at 12:08 am
This is so OA. Kung sa Bubble Gang nga lang ginawang katatawanan yung mga negra pati yung mga India.
Bubble Gang is racist too, pero mataas ang ratings kuno.
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juler reply on October 9th, 2008:
hmmm it seems that you are Kapamilya… hehehe… Ratings are relative… kapuso or kapamilya… it will bring all down to one thing… Business… it is all business
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BM reply on October 9th, 2008:
Not because I mentioned BB, I’m a kapamilya. It’s one of the longest show na hanggang ngayon ginagawang katatawanan ang kulay ng balat ng tao.
Pero click na click ‘to sa pinoy. Wag na tayo magtaka.
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Ely posted: 08 Oct at 2:39 am
I AGREE! Over acting na naman mga PInoy. Hindi lang naman tayo ang ginagawang joke, kahit ibang nationalities din. Eh, ndi naman sila nagwelga gaya naten.
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Nicely posted: 08 Oct at 10:50 am
This is once again a case of discrimination against us, Filipinos. When will injustices like this one end?
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juler reply on October 9th, 2008:
Nicely puso mo… at na nosebleed ako dun hehehe… di ako sanay sa sinabi ko ah… full of emotion…
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Nicely reply on October 10th, 2008:
wahahaha!
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Jhar posted: 08 Oct at 12:41 pm
It is true that Filipino are over acting when it come to that issue. But this being OA can be justified because we have an integrity and dignity to be hold on even we are in such issue.
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