nGelEkeL BeLau was created so that young Palauan citizens and residents can all come together and discuss important social issues. I'll be bringing up some important and sometimes controversial questions that need to be addressed. This blog is not intended to be a place where we can come and have a battle of wits but a place where we can casually discuss important social issues. Anyone is welcome to comment on any subject.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Is there racism in Palau?
It's a very uncomfortable question but I think it ought to be answered. Racism is a very touchy subject but should never be avoided because when it all comes down to it, we are all the same. Do you think there's racism in Palau? Why or why not?
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There is definitely racism in Palau. Look at how we think of and treat our foreign residents...you know who i'm talking about. it's not fair at all. yeah palau is our island and we want to preserve it and it's people, but does that give us any right to treat other people like grap? aren't we all made in God's image?
of course there is racism in palau! it's either we are in denial or just ignoring the fact there is racism. i've noticed that during the micro games instead of cheering for our own team people tend to start critcizing other people from the other states. of course everybody has their pride of where they are from but we just go beyond the norm that we become snobbish and it comes off as being ignorant.
Hell yeah there's racism in Palau, but we're definitely ignorant to that situation because we're naturally born with pride, us palauans. I guess we are raised in a culture where women are powerful so we tend to catch a certain attitude that comes naturally from our mothers, and we all know what it is. Anything that isn't our culture, we critize and we judge by what it appears to be. We have a tendency to look down on our neighboring islands due to the fact that their not on the same level as we are, modern wise. We gossip and spread rumors and we tend to make everything a big deal. That I guess, makes us racist cause we have the pride that everything that isn't like us, is bullshit!
well look at how we treat Filipinos, we treat them as if they're inferior or lower than us, our kids grow up having that mentality engraved in their minds. we freely and publically make racial slurs to them. i know we need to preserve our country and our race but we invite these people in to work for us and we treat them with such disrespect. our small palauan kids learn to respect their palauan elders and at the same time learn that we are superior to Filipinos and Bangladesh people and they don't deserve to be treated equally. i know you all ain't blind to this, this is what we do. i remember one time i visited my sister at work and her Filipino boss came in and i moved out of his way and said i was sorry and he looked at me with suprise and just got emberessed, why? because he is used to being treated lower and no palauan would move out of the way for him. so i guess you can all see where i'm going with this. this is how i see it. the whole world is moving toward equality and preserving human dignity and we just sore of turn on a blind eye to this problem that's going on at home.
Yes, There is definitely racism in Palau. And I speak from experience. I am half Palaun half Filipina and was treated at an early age that I was different. At school, I was looked down at and treated differently. I had a stigma that was automatically assigned to me..."Chad er a Oles el mengang a bilis" hello..What is this? This stigma did not only came from friends, but also from my Palaun side of the family. I am a PROUD Palauan and since I was raised in Palau, speaks language fluently, I consider myself more Palauan than a Filipina. If only I can be viewed and treated as such from my own people. Foreigners treats me better than my "own" people which is sad.
I couldn't agree more with what everyone else is saying about racism being a problem in Palau. For such a small island nation, one would think that the issue of racism isn't a problem, but sadly it is. We need to start treating the foreigners in our country like their part of the human race because we are no better than them. Maybe by doing this, the younger generation can learn to appreciate and accept people of different color, ethnic background and religion.
Okay, let's give ourselves(Belauans)a little slack here. It's sad but TRUE. Racism, exists everywhere. It exists in every nation in the world. It exists within a family, within a church, within a clan, everywhere where there's a group of people who think differently than others. It gets bad when we put others down because of who or what they are, name calling and we think other group of people or someone is inferior to you. It's better to be competitive in a good way so we can get better instead of putting others down. Racism also exists in the holy land where Jesus was born. It is somewhat worse in Palau because we take it too far where we think one state is better than another. The way I see it is, if I'm from Ngardmau, (no offense to the Ngardmauans but just making a point) but if I'm handsome or beautiful and rich and educated with a PHD in Psychology live in a mansion and classy lifestyle and yet from the lowest clan, others(palauans, i.e. from Koror or Peleliu) will call me names because of where I'm from. Me personally, it doesn't hurt my feelings because everything I have, I earned and I have something to show, whereas the uneducated, drunk, f@*%$t and ugly biatz from USP or Oreor, again no offense just example, with nothing to show personally, in the mind of some Palauans think she's better than me because of where she's from... NOw that's the Palauan racism that I'm talking about and should not be tolerated. We all should take people for who they are and not where they're from. God Bless us all Belauans and eliminate this demon-like desease in those who think like that. I'm not perfect because at one time in my life, I used to be racist against Filipinos while I was in Palau but once you expand your mind and accept all people for who they are you will start releasing this bad hatred energy in your heart.
Well, eventhough we have racist in our small island but we still care and kind people. Ngarngii sel tekoi uaisei a tekoi a uolt. we say something bad to the people but in return we still care about them. And thats who we are.
racism is one of the biggets problems in palau. we treat our foreign friends with disrespect. and we don't even know that the reasons we have a roof over our head are the foreign workers. our helpers are foreigns. they help us and yet in return we disrespect them and we treat them like dirt. and that is not a good way of showing our appreciation. why do we act like this. maybe is because we think its our home and that we can do whathever the hell we want. but its not right! people need to shake up their behaviors and attitudes towards foreign friends. because someday they just might do that to you when you step up to their homeland.
Of course we have racism in Palau...Just look at how we treat Philipino's and other foreign workers.....I mean, we bring Philipino workers to Palau to help us with our children and work around the house, and then in return we'll say that they are liars and theifs....It is so unfair because after all we are all GOD's creation......
so how come some palauan r so racist? we already heard about this mistreatment but how did it start? btw- i hate racist bull-sh*t. and i cant imagine how belau, once called 'THE BLACK ISLANDS' would dare act so nasty 2 their own neighbor when in fact, we were oppressed based on our ethnicity.
time 2 act correct. there aint no pride in hatin... just shame. and worse yet- IMF got palau on a leash... u wanna see poor- u just wait.
I'm a Filipino and I live in Palau for many years. Unfortunately, I can still feel that there is discrimination happening here specifically in the area of employment. I'm a 4 yr college degree holder, some units in masters and a licensed professional back in my country. I am only here because my spouse is working here to provide the need of our family. Luckily, I got landed a temporary work but after my contract has ended, I still couldn't find a job for almost 3 years now. Based on what I learned from people and from my own experience, employers here who are seeking to fill in administrative, supervisory and managerial positions would prioritize local applicants preferably, Palauans, Caucasians and other Asians regardless of whether they are qualified or not and Filipinos are out of picture. If given a chance to work, he/she might know some powerful Palauans who recommended him/her for the position. I submitted countless of job applications for various firms and companies around Palau but the moment I asked for a follow-up, the HR office would only give me all sorts of alibis. There was even a time when I was asked to wait for a few days or weeks for an update because the boss is off island but by the time I call them, they only told me that I was not qualified for the position. Sometimes, my application did not reach the immediate supervisor, the HR office denied that no one applied for the position even if I already did. So, my application was not counted... Some office would rather have the position be vacant for many months or even years than hire a qualified Filipino professional waiting for possible local graduates who will apply. I once applied for a certain office but they gave me a list of requirements which are almost impossible to acquire since the school of the country where I came from is not registered to this certain website. It also do not allow overseas transactions for the transfer of credentials. However, with perseverance and constant contact to my school, I finally able to submit the requirements but unfortunately I still got rejected because someone has already filled in the position who only acquired the required credential for a crash course.
Where did all my applications go? to the trash can? For those who are having a hard time like what I am now suffering, you may not understand me but you cannot deny that there is an issue of racism against Filipinos in Palau seeking for decent jobs. Equal opportunity for all is a lie.
15 comments:
There is definitely racism in Palau. Look at how we think of and treat our foreign residents...you know who i'm talking about. it's not fair at all. yeah palau is our island and we want to preserve it and it's people, but does that give us any right to treat other people like grap? aren't we all made in God's image?
of course there is racism in palau! it's either we are in denial or just ignoring the fact there is racism. i've noticed that during the micro games instead of cheering for our own team people tend to start critcizing other people from the other states. of course everybody has their pride of where they are from but we just go beyond the norm that we become snobbish and it comes off as being ignorant.
Hell yeah there's racism in Palau, but we're definitely ignorant to that situation because we're naturally born with pride, us palauans. I guess we are raised in a culture where women are powerful so we tend to catch a certain attitude that comes naturally from our mothers, and we all know what it is. Anything that isn't our culture, we critize and we judge by what it appears to be. We have a tendency to look down on our neighboring islands due to the fact that their not on the same level as we are, modern wise. We gossip and spread rumors and we tend to make everything a big deal. That I guess, makes us racist cause we have the pride that everything that isn't like us, is bullshit!
well look at how we treat Filipinos, we treat them as if they're inferior or lower than us, our kids grow up having that mentality engraved in their minds. we freely and publically make racial slurs to them. i know we need to preserve our country and our race but we invite these people in to work for us and we treat them with such disrespect. our small palauan kids learn to respect their palauan elders and at the same time learn that we are superior to Filipinos and Bangladesh people and they don't deserve to be treated equally. i know you all ain't blind to this, this is what we do. i remember one time i visited my sister at work and her Filipino boss came in and i moved out of his way and said i was sorry and he looked at me with suprise and just got emberessed, why? because he is used to being treated lower and no palauan would move out of the way for him. so i guess you can all see where i'm going with this. this is how i see it. the whole world is moving toward equality and preserving human dignity and we just sore of turn on a blind eye to this problem that's going on at home.
Yes, There is definitely racism in Palau. And I speak from experience. I am half Palaun half Filipina and was treated at an early age that I was different. At school, I was looked down at and treated differently. I had a stigma that was automatically assigned to me..."Chad er a Oles el mengang a bilis" hello..What is this? This stigma did not only came from friends, but also from my Palaun side of the family. I am a PROUD Palauan and since I was raised in Palau, speaks language fluently, I consider myself more Palauan than a Filipina. If only I can be viewed and treated as such from my own people. Foreigners treats me better than my "own" people which is sad.
I couldn't agree more with what everyone else is saying about racism being a problem in Palau. For such a small island nation, one would think that the issue of racism isn't a problem, but sadly it is. We need to start treating the foreigners in our country like their part of the human race because we are no better than them. Maybe by doing this, the younger generation can learn to appreciate and accept people of different color, ethnic background and religion.
Racism is within our culture... we were raised with it and it's sad to say that it's gonna be around for a long time.
Okay, let's give ourselves(Belauans)a little slack here. It's sad but TRUE. Racism, exists everywhere. It exists in every nation in the world. It exists within a family, within a church, within a clan, everywhere where there's a group of people who think differently than others. It gets bad when we put others down because of who or what they are, name calling and we think other group of people or someone is inferior to you. It's better to be competitive in a good way so we can get better instead of putting others down. Racism also exists in the holy land where Jesus was born. It is somewhat worse in Palau because we take it too far where we think one state is better than another. The way I see it is, if I'm from Ngardmau, (no offense to the Ngardmauans but just making a point) but if I'm handsome or beautiful and rich and educated with a PHD in Psychology live in a mansion and classy lifestyle and yet from the lowest clan, others(palauans, i.e. from Koror or Peleliu) will call me names because of where I'm from. Me personally, it doesn't hurt my feelings because everything I have, I earned and I have something to show, whereas the uneducated, drunk, f@*%$t and ugly biatz from USP or Oreor, again no offense just example, with nothing to show personally, in the mind of some Palauans think she's better than me because of where she's from... NOw that's the Palauan racism that I'm talking about and should not be tolerated. We all should take people for who they are and not where they're from. God Bless us all Belauans and eliminate this demon-like desease in those who think like that. I'm not perfect because at one time in my life, I used to be racist against Filipinos while I was in Palau but once you expand your mind and accept all people for who they are you will start releasing this bad hatred energy in your heart.
Well, eventhough we have racist in our small island but we still care and kind people. Ngarngii sel tekoi uaisei a tekoi a uolt. we say something bad to the people but in return we still care about them. And thats who we are.
racism is one of the biggets problems in palau. we treat our foreign friends with disrespect. and we don't even know that the reasons we have a roof over our head are the foreign workers. our helpers are foreigns. they help us and yet in return we disrespect them and we treat them like dirt. and that is not a good way of showing our appreciation. why do we act like this. maybe is because we think its our home and that we can do whathever the hell we want. but its not right! people need to shake up their behaviors and attitudes towards foreign friends. because someday they just might do that to you when you step up to their homeland.
Of course we have racism in Palau...Just look at how we treat Philipino's and other foreign workers.....I mean, we bring Philipino workers to Palau to help us with our children and work around the house, and then in return we'll say that they are liars and theifs....It is so unfair because after all we are all GOD's creation......
so how come some palauan r so racist?
we already heard about this mistreatment but how did it start?
btw- i hate racist bull-sh*t. and i cant imagine how belau, once called 'THE BLACK ISLANDS' would dare act so nasty 2 their own neighbor when in fact, we were oppressed based on our ethnicity.
time 2 act correct. there aint no pride in hatin... just shame. and worse yet- IMF got palau on a leash... u wanna see poor- u just wait.
Since when we're we called the black islands?
I'm a Filipino and I live in Palau for many years. Unfortunately, I can still feel that there is discrimination happening here specifically in the area of employment. I'm a 4 yr college degree holder, some units in masters and a licensed professional back in my country. I am only here because my spouse is working here to provide the need of our family. Luckily, I got landed a temporary work but after my contract has ended, I still couldn't find a job for almost 3 years now.
Based on what I learned from people and from my own experience, employers here who are seeking to fill in administrative, supervisory and managerial positions would prioritize local applicants preferably, Palauans, Caucasians and other Asians regardless of whether they are qualified or not and Filipinos are out of picture. If given a chance to work, he/she might know some powerful Palauans who recommended him/her for the position.
I submitted countless of job applications for various firms and companies around Palau but the moment I asked for a follow-up, the HR office would only give me all sorts of alibis. There was even a time when I was asked to wait for a few days or weeks for an update because the boss is off island but by the time I call them, they only told me that I was not qualified for the position.
Sometimes, my application did not reach the immediate supervisor, the HR office denied that no one applied for the position even if I already did. So, my application was not counted...
Some office would rather have the position be vacant for many months or even years than hire a qualified Filipino professional waiting for possible local graduates who will apply.
I once applied for a certain office but they gave me a list of requirements which are almost impossible to acquire since the school of the country where I came from is not registered to this certain website. It also do not allow overseas transactions for the transfer of credentials. However, with perseverance and constant contact to my school, I finally able to submit the requirements but unfortunately I still got rejected because someone has already filled in the position who only acquired the required credential for a crash course.
Where did all my applications go? to the trash can? For those who are having a hard time like what I am now suffering, you may not understand me but you cannot deny that there is an issue of racism against Filipinos in Palau seeking for decent jobs. Equal opportunity for all is a lie.
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