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Ok i said I& #39;m done but it& #39;s 5am, I can& #39;t sleep, & I just need to get this off my chest. U may not sympathize but I& #39;m just gon tweet abt why it hurts for my own 
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Every day in the US, "Filipinx" is written & spoken as a word 2 specifically mean "Fil-Am". Even by non FilAms (1/x)
Every day in the US, "Filipinx" is written & spoken as a word 2 specifically mean "Fil-Am". Even by non FilAms (1/x)
By that, we mean we acknowledge (even Ethnic Studies as a discipline acknowledges) that term specifically is used to talk about us, brown ppl in America, in EVERYDAY language. Not people in the PH. Us. A community that& #39;s been here 4 CENTURIES. When that& #39;s not understood.. (2/x)
When even that isn& #39;t understood - that "Filipinx" denotes Fil-Ams in their whole history, in literal everyday usage - & this shit is viciously attacked as "Westernizing" you all... PHs attack us for something we& #39;re not doing. Then when we read yall& #39;s jokes... (3/x)
Despite the lack of intent, for someone to read "Filipinx is so stupid"/"Wtf is a Filipinx bitch I& #39;ll kill u" takes a lotta mental work. People calling a term that is heard & use EVERYDAY to define us, stupid. A word used in the everyday to refer to us, ridiculed. (4/x)
Maybe it& #39;s just me, but havin to hold that but also do the work of "okay but I know it& #39;s not understood for what it is..... That& #39;s not the intent....."
And also the whole weight of "this term denotes my brownness in this racist fucking society" is jus TOO MUCH (5/x)
And also the whole weight of "this term denotes my brownness in this racist fucking society" is jus TOO MUCH (5/x)
We& #39;re constantly explaining n never being treated as worthy of being listened to. We& #39;re just holding all this shit + hearing the identity widely used in the everyday being ridiculed knowing the ppl saying this ALSO let& #39;s be real DONT identify with us YET ridicule it (6/x)
& here& #39;s the part that I& #39;m sure might be hard to sympathize with or even understand but saying this for myself. When u hear, read, write, speak the term "Filipinx" in EVERYDAY life from like everyone it really does hurt seeing it ridiculed cuz it& #39;s not a word lang for us.
How can I explain this as simply as possible? How it& #39;s not a word lang for us?
Like... take ur snarky remark about Filipinx being "stupid". imagine switching & #39;filipinx& #39; with & #39;latinx& #39; or & #39;chinoy& #39; n then sayin ur remark to a Latinx or Chinoy person. That& #39;s how it hits (8/x)
Like... take ur snarky remark about Filipinx being "stupid". imagine switching & #39;filipinx& #39; with & #39;latinx& #39; or & #39;chinoy& #39; n then sayin ur remark to a Latinx or Chinoy person. That& #39;s how it hits (8/x)
Lastly, "ano to Filipino sphinx" is so annoying.
Its FIL-ih-pin-EX. Ya, with an accent. Yall agree it& #39;s not word in any PH language. Its a Western-situated identity.
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Its FIL-ih-pin-EX. Ya, with an accent. Yall agree it& #39;s not word in any PH language. Its a Western-situated identity.
Kung magtatalk-shit pa rin kayo @ least pronounce us properly charut n if it& #39;s too ugly for u don& #39;t talk abt it
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