H/T to Angry Asian Man

So, apparently, ABC is trying to get more Flips on its network to try and make some positive strides after their huge-ass blow up on Desperate Housewives where they managed to insult the Filipino people, specifically the medical professional field, both here in the States and in the Homeland. They apologized.

I still say, ABC can suck my big toe.

But, they’re trying.

Which is more than I can say for a lot of other folks who think an apology makes perfect amends.

As long as they don’t follow the casting habits of The OC, a now-terminated prime soap. One episode I caught, a Pinay domestic worker was mistaken for a Latina and corrected one fo the main characters by saying, “I’m from the Philippines.”

Seinfeld. The OC. Desperate Housewives.
Suck all my toes.

When I googled “ABC Apolgoy,” the apology about the anti-Filipino comment made on Desperate Housewives that insulted the medical schools in the Philippines and the Filipinos specifically in health care was fourth or fifth on the list.

When something derogatory is said and then claim you didn’t mean for it to be offensive, it makes you wonder what in the world you expected millions of people to think after an insulting comment?

Please.

You can always count on Reappropriate to bring up issues that are so significant and often overseen.

On the last episode of Desperate Housewives, a show I do not watch, Teri Hatcher’s character made a comment that denigraded the Philippines and the integrity of medical professionals schooled and educated in the Philippines.

Never mind that the Filipino population is the second largest immigrant population in the USA. Never mind the extrememly high percentage of Filipinos in the healthcare profession.
Never mind the insinuation that Filipino educated medical professionals are second-hand and not on the same caliber as US-trained medical personnel.

I’m boiling.

I normally don’t do online petitions, but this one demands an apology from ABC about the writing of this particular episode to the Filipinos and to Filipino-Americans.

AT THE LINE, SIGN HERE.

Check out #6 postcard here AND especially the reply.

HOllllla.

Here is powerful piece about what is dying in the Homeland, the Philippines.

I am crosssing my fingers for my first trip “back home” sometime in March. It’s softer than tentative plans. But my parents are returning home together for the first time since they came to this country over thirty years ago.

There are moments in life where nothing is more important than being a witness.

I must be there.

I am in California for a 30 year reunion with my family.

I can’t blog right now.

I’m too busy laughing and concentrating on my roots.

Mabuhay.

It’s a rare but delightful day when you find a fellow blogger writing something about Philippine History.

Deep gratitude to Vox for this post.