Filipinos=Asians

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I just got home from work, and apart from the same ol' boring day I had this friendly debate with my co workers. The argument? Both of them said that Filipinos were not Asians (gasp!) while I kept insisting that we are Asians. Funny how things work, huh? I never thought that there would be anybody questioning us being Asians. Now, I'm not good with history and geography, heck I suck at it! I usually fail my history tests, though I do get the occasional good scores. Anyway, after browsing a few sites I came out completely surprised. I never thought that there were a lot of people questioning us being Asians, some of them even Filipinos. A lot of them pointed out that the Philippines was never connected to the "Asian" continent, you know, the big piece of land where China sits. They also go on to say that the Philippines is near the Pacific Ocean thus considering us a part of the Pacific Islanders, right.

Now, there are two things that I would like to point out, actually make that three. First off, if you say that we are not a part of the "Asian" continent then you must also think that the Japanese, Malaysians, Singaporean (is that what you call the guys over at Singapore?), Indonesians, etc. as not being Asians too, right? Secondly from what I know, albeit I admit I know very little of history, is that the Pacific Islanders are the Hawaiians, and the three -sia (polynesia, melanesia, and micronesia. and no I didn't know this, El Googs helped me out). Lastly, if you do not consider us being Asians just because we don't look like our neighbors, the Chinese (no offense my Chinese brothers, it's just that everybody thinks you're the only Asians) then you are dead wrong.  Consider the Indians, the Indonesians, the Malaysians, and the others. Not all Asians look alike.......just some, ok?

So, there you have it. I strongly and firmly believe that I am an Asian, the Filipinos are Asian, and the Philippines is an Asian county.