Roses are red FILIPINOS are brown thats my race so don’t put it down!!

My FILIPINO pride I will not hide My FILIPINO race I will not disgrace

My FILIPINO blood flows hot & true

My FILIPINO peeps I will stand by you thru thick & thin till the day we die Our FILIPINO Flag Always stands high

I yell this poem Louder than all the rest. cuz every 1 knows FILIPINOS ARE THE BEST!!!

FILIPINO Pride in my mind FILIPINO blood is my kind

So step aside and let me through Cuz its all about tha FILIPINO crew

Life sucks and then u die but if your FILIPINO You die with pride!!!

thought id put this on there =D
*lovin and missin my family in the philippines!!!!*

But back to my outside opinion, another’s perspective. I have come into contact with many filipinos in the U.S. Most are not proud of being filipinos, they feel it is inferior to other races. They wish to have lighter skin, bigger noses, and english speaking households (not all filipinos, of course!). In different areas in CA I have even spoken, ordered food, and paid a cashier while speaking tagalog to them. First they are extremely surprised. And most people respond in the following two ways: some will become extatic that I speak tagalog, and will hold a conversation with me in filipino, and others will be quite, become reserved, and nod and grunt at me until I leave, not wanting to converse. It confused me for a few years.

Upon returning to the philippines for a visit, i talked with many of my filipino childhood friends, family friends etc, and they say these people are most likely ashamed of their heritage, wanting to take up a “western” lifestyle, etc. This made me sad.. An amazing people giving up their heritage because they feel they are not equal, etc.

Like I said, I am not filipino. But i spent the first 14 years of my life on Luzon, and was born in Manila. I have a filipino birth certificate. And I have already gotten one filipino tattoo (the sun, and tagalog words underneath) and when people ask (including pinoys) I am very proud to share with them my childhood! How I was born and raised all the way through high school grad. in the phil.! Most people love to hear it, and wish they had similar experiences! While some are just surprised this white calif. kid was raised in south-east asia!

But back to my point, I think you filipinos are an amazing race! You’ve been through a lot (your ancestors, at least)! And this is nothing to be ashamed of! You have no need to be ashamed of being called “filipino”! Hold the name with pride and honor. Don’t wish you were something else, and in turn, lose yourself.

I have YET to meet a more hospitable, friendly, and family-oriented nation!! Hold onto these.

Just some thoughts from a 3rd perspective

J

he is the one who had the TATTOO of the CROSS before hand, it was there already on his arm, name & all.. and instead of starting on the other arm where he is not tattooed and collecting a new tattoo he wanted to gain more tattoos on one area INSTEAD of doing what WHITE PEOPLE do with there tattoos called the DALMATION effect, that is the, “Here and There Tattoo Me Syndrome” “Spotted Effect” it looks like a messy TOY TAGGING when it could be a pro GRAFFITTI big PIECE mural that tells a major story.. that deals with all of his past, his present and his BELIEFS from then, here and now.. from his family, his children what his ancestors believes in “THEN” that is what the TRIBAL is about and represents…

so of course the NATIVE indigenous animist pagan religion totally co-incides and show part of the FILIPINO CULTURE before the spanish mission and christian converts was introduced and what he believes in “NOW” CROSS his christianity..

SO TO ALL who jumps to conclusion and do not know what is up and mention this tattoos is a PARADOX because ther is a cross with tribal all around it. Remember it was not the TATTOOIST choice to do it that way, but it turned out great in the long run because the great spirit was guiding everyone to put all and all together, so to all who commented that this is a confusing tattoo or someone was confuse please NOT no one was.. it was not such a MYSTERY or too confusing to PUT IT TOGETHER..