Let's Be Careful

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Let's be careful...

of how we think, 

on what we say,
at where we say it and,
to whom we say it to.

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Ethnic Race ~ Mum's Or Dad's? You Choose

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Here's an example.

"Christian Yeo is 10 months old. His dad Leonard is Chinese, and his mom Cheryl is Eurasian.

Currently, Christian can be registered as belonging to either race. But a new policy means he can have both Chinese and Eurasian on his official papers. The race that his parents choose to place first will be considered the main one."

But now you can choose both.

Read on… click on image to enlarge for easy reading...

Barack Obama ~ On His Multiracial Heritage

Barack Obama ~ On His Multiracial Heritage

Excerpt from →http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

Of his early childhood, Obama recalled,

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"That my father looked nothing like the people around me—that he was black as pitch, my mother white as milk—barely registered in my mind."

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He described his struggles as a young adult to reconcile social perceptions of his multiracial heritage. Reflecting later on his formative years in Honolulu, Obama wrote:

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"The opportunity that Hawaii offered—to experience a variety of cultures in a climate of mutual respect—became an integral part of my world view, and a basis for the values that I hold most dear."

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Desperate Housewives Racial Slur

Philippines Seeks Apology


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The officials cited a recent episode where actress Teri Hatcher (Picture), who plays Susan Mayer, asked whether the person attending to her during a medical consultation...
“can I check those diplomas because I want to make sure that they’re not from some med school in the Philippines.”

Desperate Housewives Racial Slur:
Philippines Seeks Apology
TODAY Online News, Singapore,
Thursday 2007 October 4, World News, Page 14

MANILA — The Philippine government is to seeking an apology from the producers of the hit US television series “Desperate Housewives” for a racial slur against Filipino medics, the Philippine Daily Inquirer said on its web site yesterday (Wednesday 2007 October 3).

The officials cited a recent episode where actress Teri Hatcher (Picture), who plays Susan Mayer, asked whether the person attending to her during a medical consultation “can I check those diplomas because I want to make sure that they’re not from some med school in the Philippines.”

Asked if the government would seek an apology from the producers of the show, and ABC television network that carries it, executive secretary Eduardo Ermita said: “Yes, I think we should, on behalf of our Filipino professionals.”

“On the face, we can look at it as a racial slur. We are looked down upon too much, considering the number of our medical professionals in the US,” the Inquirer quoted Ermita as saying.

Ermita likewise appealed to civil society groups and other Filipino organisations in the US to “call the attention” of the show producers, and Hatcher, to the “racial slur.”

Filipino consul in Los Angeles Mary Jo Bernardo Aragon wrote a letter of complaint to the ABC network saying that Filipino medical workers were in demand all over the world.

“The US recognises the students of Philippine medical and nursing schools and in general, does not require additional schooling in the US for Filipino healthcare professionals,” she said.

In the foreign department statement, Ms Aragon also said many Americans go to the Philippines for medical services that they cannot afford at home, the foreign department said in a statement. — AFP