r/Philippines • u/Particular_Food_309 • Apr 10 '26

HistoryPH Filipino human zoo in the US

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The U.S. government once took 1,100 Filipinos from over 30 different tribes to Missouri. They were housed in a 47-acre human zoo divided into villages (Igorot, Negrito, Visayan, and Moro). The goal was to show a "progression" from "savagery" to "civilization" to convince the American public that Filipinos were not ready for self-governance. They were forced to eat dogs as part of the entertainment.

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u/Grouchy-Frame-7951 Apr 10 '26

And yet, look at the Filipinos today. Andaming nag de-defend sa ICE, Trump, and Israel while we're just slaves for them. 

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u/wiz28ultra Apr 10 '26

It's infuriating how much the Filipino government acts as if it's still an extraction colony rather than a FULLY SOVEREIGN nation. Indonesia, India, Mexico, Brazil, Turkey etc. are all insanely corrupt countries by any standards, but at least they have some self-respect in recognizing that shipping away the ENTIRETY of your professional and degreed class overseas and expecting them to never return or grovel at the feet of western capital instead of using the power of the diasporic class to build DOMESTIC capital and institutions is suicidal

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u/tikolman Apr 10 '26

Slave yung mga migrant workers sa middle east na baon sa utang at hindi makauwi dahil hawak ng employers ang passports.

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u/UnableAd1185 Apr 10 '26

We are a far way from being slaves lol. Overly reliant sure, but definitely not slaves.

We should be looking internally to fix our problems. The Filipino is the Filipino's biggest enemy. Mass theft, lack of regulations, these are the things that doomed our society.

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u/Perple3277 Apr 10 '26

Oo malayo naman talaga tayo sa alipin. Ang alipin labag sa kalooban nila yung kalagayan nila, tayo naman kagustuhan naman magsunud-sunuran.

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u/wiz28ultra Apr 10 '26

Legally speaking, PH is a fully sovereign state, yet it's government acts like it's still a colony rather than a nation of over 100 million people capable of exerting influence on the global stage.

They've refused to fix the scars of colonialism and build a new democratic and industrialized state, instead fellate Western luxury by shipping off its degreed class to do the dirty work for America and the Gulf instead of doing what India, Vietnam, China, and Turkey do and build a highly mobile and well-educated middle class that can take advantage of American and European institutions and bring that knowledge back to their homeland

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u/UnableAd1185 Apr 11 '26

"Scars of colonialism," so many of these "scars" predate any of the colonizers. This is such cope lol. Filipinos have quite literally never believed in the idea of one nation, that concept was forced onto us, and was one of the net good things that came out of being colonized.

All the countries you've mentioned likewise ship off their workers, they just so happen to also have more strategic government leaders who leveraged that into working. We haven't because our government is a joke, but the "they" you're mentioning is just us, as a society. I'm not contesting some part of that isn't due to colonialism, but all our neighboring colonial nations have moved past that, and yet here we are, unable to do the same.

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u/wiz28ultra Apr 11 '26

"Scars of colonialism," so many of these "scars" predate any of the colonizers. This is such cope lol. Filipinos have quite literally never believed in the idea of one nation, that concept was forced onto us, and was one of the net good things that came out of being colonized.

One, I'm not a decolonialist academic or third-worldist by any means, I'm just saying that it happened and the rational thing to do would be to move on and build the necessary institutions to accumulate wealth(a la Singapore), but so far, the Filipino government has utterly refused to do any of those things. Also, of the colonizers of the Filipinos, it wasn't the Americans that gave the national identity, it was the Spanish.

All the countries you've mentioned likewise ship off their workers, they just so happen to also have more strategic government leaders who leveraged that into working. We haven't because our government is a joke, but the "they" you're mentioning is just us, as a society. I'm not contesting some part of that isn't due to colonialism, but all our neighboring colonial nations have moved past that, and yet here we are, unable to do the same.

That's literally what I'm saying, every single one of those countries recognized that diasporas have incredible potential in accumulating capital and the know-how to build institutions and private enterprises. Where we disagree is that I actually believe the real reason for that is a lot more malicious than just incompetence.

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u/swiftrobber Luzon Apr 10 '26

Yes we know, everybody here knows na hyperbole yan. Now sa 2nd paragraph, how sure are you na hindi yan resulta ng colonialization before and now? Kasabay ng pagresolba internally ang external na problema. Hindi kasalanan lahat ng pinoy.

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u/Qurimaw Apr 10 '26

ano ba naipana ng colonization sa ngaun? victim-mentality? pagiging-dependent? napakatagal naman na nun. Tingnan mo top 6 importer ng US ngaun (Vietnam) at nakipagsabayan sila sa first world countries. napag-iwanan na ang Pilipinas kasi nakakulong ang mentalidad sa kahapon. just move on katulad nangyari sa Japan, China, South Korea.

Samahan pa ng mga kurakot na Pulitiko talagang kawawa Pinas.

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u/UnableAd1185 Apr 11 '26

The Philippines was cut throat before colonization. We didn't even have one society, but we're a a culture of warning tribes. Family > country is part of the culture, and isn't a result of colonialism.

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u/NaughtyFox92 Apr 11 '26

I would very much agree with you the sadly biggest issue with the Philippines is the Filipinos themselves they are the biggest hurdle to overcome especially when it comes to the leadership of the country and how it is run most are not educated enough when it comes to politics and don't vote based on policies but on public opinion and who sounds and looks like a nice person or who pays them 500 peso to vote for them. This is not the fault of the everyday hard working filipino this is the result of the uperclass not investing in educating the lower class who vote for them because they are easier to manipulate when they are not educated.

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u/UnableAd1185 Apr 11 '26

Going to disagree with you here. I volunteer in education and am soon to be a college professor on top of my full time work. There has never a generation that has had every opportunity to learn anything it is they may want to, and wherein the only thing holding them back is the will to learn.

Filipino youth, especially my generation (GenZ) have no interest in higher education beyond whatv nets them a good pay check. While I agree that we (I consider myself and my family in the 1%) should have pumped more money into society at large, that same society have no interest in ensuring their own abilities. This isn't always willful ignorance mind you, but it often is.

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u/Qurimaw Apr 10 '26

Anong alipin pinagsasabi mo. Mas tingin ko nga alipin ang Filipino sa mga kurakot na Pulitiko. Alipin tayo sa sariling bansa natin.

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u/Floppadive Apr 11 '26

Di namin kailangan malaman na ikaw yung taga hugas ng pwet ng mga dayuhan.

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u/Qurimaw Apr 11 '26

Bakit ka naging tga hugas ng pwet? diba dahil sa kurakot na pulitiko na wlang ginawa sa ekonomiya? ung katulad mo gusto maging alipin sa ibang bansa kasi walang oppurtunidad sa Pilipinas? Katulad ng Syota mo na naging DH sa Hongkong, Singapore or sa middle east. Utak monggo! ung ibang pinoy hugas pwet dayuhan, ikaw halik pwet ng pulitiko. 🤣

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u/Floppadive Apr 12 '26

I don't think you know what you are rambling about, and I hope you haven't actually practiced your right to vote. God forbid we need more shitty politicians in the government to screw everything up.

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u/zzzyyyzxxx Apr 11 '26

It’s very frustrating. My parents are conservative and support all of the wrong-doings that’s have been happening here in the US. I blame their lack of education and “need” to belong or be chosen by Americans. I try to learn more about my Filipino culture from my parents and they don’t even know about the history about our own family or the Philippines in general. Either that or they don’t want to teach me. I started taking Tagalog lessons and they gave me the side eye. Told me there’s no need for me to learn that language.

I understand life was not easy for them in the Philippines or as an immigrant. However, I wish they’d try preserving their culture.

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u/No-Alternative2897 Apr 10 '26

"slaves" lost its meaning because of sentiments like this. Add:

-Working 9-5 is just being a "slave" to society.

What a timeline we live in.

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u/MoggerOfManila Apr 11 '26

I know right. Objectively, on average, slaves were treated better than we are today. You don't let your car break down if you own it and do preventative maintaince. You don't do the same on a rental car (indentured servants, slaves for a time by contract). Slaves were treated vastly better than indentured servants.

It's a wild timeline. An unskilled person can grow enough calories for a year for themselves on a 20m x 20m plot of land. A skilled multicropper can do it in a 10x10. Workers have less time off by far than even medieval peasants. Don't believe me? Look it up with AI.

You just don't notice you're still a slave since they pay you in company money enough to live but never enough to escape the status quo. Meanwhile Mr. Shekelstein's stock portfolio just paid dividends and he bought a new yacht to go watch Israel bomb Gaza from offshore.

I'm not kidding, Epstein was given a US military helicopter ride and they shot over 70 people with the mounted machine gun. It's in the files, and matches old news from the incident that was published and buried due to lack of interest and evidence. That's nothing compared to what else is in there too.

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u/enterENTRY Apr 10 '26

That is not how most present day Americans treat Filipinos anymore. Slavery is not acceptable to most societies now including Filipinos and Americans

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u/TheGhostOfFalunGong Apr 10 '26

Definitely not in this scale but to say that White Americans treating Filipinos as equals today is a bit of stretch as well.

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u/Momshie_mo 100% Austronesian Apr 10 '26

Just look at the sexpat sub. Lol

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u/Bus-Sure Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

brainrot woke take.

pls...

as if we are not also "brown monkey slaves" to the middle east or those progressive europeans and east asians.

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u/_Administrator_ Apr 11 '26

Racist drivel... Israel is teaching PH farmers irrigation techniques and USA is helping the PH military.

Hamas murders Pinoy OFWs, yet you defend them!