Let’s talk about how we currently treat our own Indigenous Peoples, the Aeta (“eye-ta”) population in the country. The Aetas, an Australo-Melanesian race, which may be traced back to Africa eons ago, are the Philippines’ oldest, if not first, inhabitants.

(a thread)
Let’s talk about how we currently treat our own Indigenous Peoples, the Aeta (“eye-ta”) population in the country. The Aetas, an Australo-Melanesian race, which may be traced back to Africa eons ago, are the Philippines’ oldest, if not first, inhabitants.(a thread)
Let’s talk about how we currently treat our own Indigenous Peoples, the Aeta (“eye-ta”) population in the country. The Aetas, an Australo-Melanesian race, which may be traced back to Africa eons ago, are the Philippines’ oldest, if not first, inhabitants.(a thread)
Let’s talk about how we currently treat our own Indigenous Peoples, the Aeta (“eye-ta”) population in the country. The Aetas, an Australo-Melanesian race, which may be traced back to Africa eons ago, are the Philippines’ oldest, if not first, inhabitants.(a thread)
Let’s talk about how we currently treat our own Indigenous Peoples, the Aeta (“eye-ta”) population in the country. The Aetas, an Australo-Melanesian race, which may be traced back to Africa eons ago, are the Philippines’ oldest, if not first, inhabitants.(a thread)
Their culture and ways of living are often said to be “backward” but in reality, they are natural taxonomists, herbal medicine experts, not to mention excellent farmers and hunters. And yet, Aetas face constant abuse from their fellow Filipinos (“mga unat,” they call us).
Not only are they completely ignored by the government but with its blessing, Aetas are frequently driven away from their ancestral lands by land grabbers, huge logging and mining companies and the AFP.
The country’s upland regions, which are home to Aetas, are being used as the military’s counter-insurgency training and operations areas. Worse, the AFP usually tags Indigenous Peoples standing their ground to protect their livelihoods as “rebels” and enemies of the state, too.
The country’s upland regions, which are home to Aetas, are being used as the military’s counter-insurgency training and operations areas. Worse, the AFP usually tags Indigenous Peoples standing their ground to protect their livelihoods as “rebels” and enemies of the state, too.
The country’s upland regions, which are home to Aetas, are being used as the military’s counter-insurgency training and operations areas. Worse, the AFP usually tags Indigenous Peoples standing their ground to protect their livelihoods as “rebels” and enemies of the state, too.
In addition to all these, Aetas, being darker than most Filipinos, are on the receiving end of widespread racial discrimination. Where else did “baluga,” “nognog” and “Ita” come from?
Colorism is a child of racism. You don’t have to be a white cop lynching African-American kids to be racist. Anti-Blackness is a global thing, and it can be as subtle as the whitening lotion you slather on your body after bath every day.
Colorism is a child of racism. You don’t have to be a white cop lynching African-American kids to be racist. Anti-Blackness is a global thing, and it can be as subtle as the whitening lotion you slather on your body after bath every day.
Colorism is a child of racism. You don’t have to be a white cop lynching African-American kids to be racist. Anti-Blackness is a global thing, and it can be as subtle as the whitening lotion you slather on your body after bath every day.
Colorism is a child of racism. You don’t have to be a white cop lynching African-American kids to be racist. Anti-Blackness is a global thing, and it can be as subtle as the whitening lotion you slather on your body after bath every day.
Colorism is a child of racism. You don’t have to be a white cop lynching African-American kids to be racist. Anti-Blackness is a global thing, and it can be as subtle as the whitening lotion you slather on your body after bath every day.
Other insults I've heard re: my curly hair are "kulot salot," "buhok ng ita" and "bulbul" which only prove that blatant and/or internalized racism persist in Filipinos. I've read somewhere that racism is like COVID-19; you must assume that you have it.
That's why babalik at babalik tayo sa punto kung bakit "performative" ang #BlackLivesMatter IG story chain and other one-time acts. Constant education, re-education and decolonizing are what we need in order to comprehend why not all lives can matter until black lives do.
Here's something about the rich history of Black-Brown alliance and how Filipinos have benefited from the Civil Rights Movement:
#BlackLivesMatter #FililipinosForBlackPower https://twitter.com/OaklandAboveAll/status/1268944035521024005?s=19
Here's why the AFP do not leave our Indigenous Peoples to live in their ancestral lands in peace and why standing for our IPs means exposing and opposing government policy. Clearly, hindi NPA ang kalaban: https://twitter.com/TheKejOfGlory/status/1275101612286107648?s=19
I go in-depth on how white colonialization has manifested in diff forms of racism among Filipinos despite our being people of color and why we must also fight for Black Liberation in this article:
#BlackLivesMatter
#FilipinosForBlackPower https://kodao.org/should-brown-filipinos-fight-for-black-lives-too/
Should Brown Filipinos Fight for Black Lives too? | Kodao Productions

Are Filipinos merely uneducated on institutional racism or are we, as a people historically inclined to serve White men, inherently racist?

https://kodao.org/should-brown-filipinos-fight-for-black-lives-too/
Now that you're here, please follow this page and if you can, donate to our Aeta communities that are most affected by the pandemic, besides being at the forefront of "development projects" that continue to threaten their livelihoods and culture: https://twitter.com/arjrbece/status/1260070312688771072?s=19
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