An Open Letter (of Hate) For Filipinos

[carol.prime]

This is a disgusting open letter email by Art Bell, a radio talk show host in Nevada (more info in the email itself). Here is yet another person who has taken advantage of his power and privilege to use hateful words and racial stereotypes that breed further ignorance and intolerance in our society.

Art Bell is a talk radio host who has two shows that he broadcasts from his home in Nevada, that is rebroadcast by 400 stations across the country.

He's written 2 books. He lived in Okinawa, Japan for some years and had a radio program on the English station here. And, though it's hard to believe after reading the following letter from him, he actually has been to the Philippines (he's traveled fairly extensively around the world).

This letter is so degrading, I think it's really important that everybody read this and not attack him, but respond to him in a civilized manner because otherwise his thoughts will be reaffirmed. Understand that not everyone has a viewpoint like we do, and that this is an opinion of someone who hopefully can be changed only by civil actions.

http://ryejc.wordpress.com/

[Libertine]

I love filipinos. Or rather, filipinas.

[carol.prime]

I find this funny, he is right in some ways where we, as Filipinos don't actually have an "Identity". I think this is due to the confusion of our mixed races from Hispanic, Chinese, American and Malay origins. I see it in malls, imagine young generations wearing ski caps and ski goggles in a tropical country, baggy low rise pants like that of African Americans living in the Bronx of New York, not to mention endless whitening products being sold at department stores and drug stores.

But his ignorance also blinds him from the other truth. That while we may glorify Anime shows and Japanese Internet gaming, he is not aware that a nameless Filipino may be responsible for some technical aspects of some Japanese software. He is not aware of our contribution to the the society in general .Technological advancements that may have aided post war navigations and landing on the moon. That the antibiotic Erythromycin was discovered by Dr. Abelardo Aguilar from Iloilo creating the brand "Ilosone".

Thomas Edison may have discovered the electric light bulb and the fluorescent lighting was thought up by Nikola Tesla. But the fluorescent lamp we use today was invented by Agapito Flores (a Cebuano named Benigno Flores of Bantayan Island, according to the Philippine Daily inquirer), a Filipino scientist. Americans helped then-Philippine leader Ramon Magsaysay to develop it for worldwide commerce. That the personal physician of former U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton is Eleanor "Connie" Concepcion Mariano, a Filipina doctor who was the youngest captain in the US Navy. A Filipino writer Jose Rizal could read and write at age 2, and grew up to speak more than 20 languages, includind Latin, Greek, German, French and Chinese.

Or that a Filipino genius was responsible for the near hiatus in the PENTAGON and White House nearly infiltrationg their closely guarded secrets with the "ILOVEYOU" bug. Nuisance maybe, but still one heck of a 'beautiful mind'...not to be underestimated.

The list goes on and on, but who cares right? Certainly not Mr. Art Bell...Boy, I'm not surprised.

[carol.prime]

Originally Posted by Libertine

I love filipinos. Or rather, filipinas.

Thank you Libertine for your appreciation to my race

[Dollarmansteve]

I heart Pinays

[Jakke PNG]

Philipinos are probably a bunch of retards. ALL populations/races are idiots, individuals might not be. Finnish people are fucktards too. Who cares what he writes? Move on.

[Anthony]

Filipinos are notoriously hard to kill.

The .45 caliber is proof of it.

[carol.prime]

Originally Posted by TeenGodFather

Philipinos are probably a bunch of retards. ALL populations/races are idiots, individuals might not be. Finnish people are fucktards too. Who cares what he writes? Move on.

I'm not stucked at all. And let me quote you on this: ALL populations/races are idiots, individuals might not be. Well then, this earth has been inhabited by retards like my race. Probably a lot of yours, too.

[Jakke PNG]

Originally Posted by carol.prime

I'm not stucked at all. And let me quote you on this: ALL populations/races are idiots, individuals might not be. Well then, this earth has been inhabited by retards like my race. Probably a lot of yours, too.

My point exactly. So he probably wasn't lying in his letter. As a 'non-idiot'-individual, you shouldn't take it personally... unless the shoe fits?

[gimo33]

i love filipinas

[carol.prime]

Originally Posted by TeenGodFather

My point exactly. So he probably wasn't lying in his letter. As a 'non-idiot'-individual, you shouldn't take it personally... unless the shoe fits?

I am not taking it personally. We do not need to create an identity for ourselves. We are who we are, just like you and your race. Our identity stems from the anonymity we live in this world and how we contribute silently towards the progress of the world and not just one country. Although the Filipino blood may be tainted with malice, corruption, poverty and prostitution, it is not a perfect race... But so are the others. Maybe Mr. Art Bell needs to think about this.

[DesignWise]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Filipinos are notoriously hard to kill.

The .45 caliber is proof of it.

aight

[xxxdesign-net]

Haha.. what makes you think Art Bell really wrote that? You know the guy married a filipina recently and actually lives there? Sounds like a hoax..

[Lycanthrope]

"Their extensive involvement in the U.S. Armed Forces is proof of the trashy kind of qualities all filipinos tend to exhibit on a regular basis."

Interesting. Many Pinoys volunteer to do things for this country that 95% of our own people won't do and this makes them trashy?

Most of his other comments are just ignorant - I believe you are correct, he has never been there.

What a fuckstick.

Mabuhay

[carol.prime]

Originally Posted by xxxdesign-net

Haha.. what makes you think Art Bell really wrote that? You know the guy married a filipina recently and actually lives there? Sounds like a hoax..

You're right there. He married a Filipina and that's the rub there.

[ElvisManson]

Originally Posted by xxxdesign-net

Haha.. what makes you think Art Bell really wrote that? You know the guy married a filipina recently and actually lives there? Sounds like a hoax..

you are correct.

"Bell did not make a broadcast calling the Philippines "a disgusting and filthy place." A false e-mail recounting his alleged remarks has been circulating online since the 1990s. In 2001 Bell sued the Philippine Daily Inquirer after the newspaper published the e-mail as fact; the Inquirer published a retraction and apologized to Bell... In 2001 Bell started his own radio station in Pahrump, KNYE 95.1 FM, playing primarily music."

taken from http://www.answers.com/topic/art-bell

[xxxdesign-net]

Originally Posted by carol.prime

You're right there. He married a Filipina and that's the rub there.

uh... it's a hoax... look at the blog.. thats the ONLY post... Get real..


"Lensman is gay!" -carol.prime


OMG!!! How dare you say that about Lensy!???

[redfalcon]

this is a really old hoax i read last year... the real art bell made a statement last year denying this false letter.

[carol.prime]

Originally Posted by Lycanthrope

"Their extensive involvement in the U.S. Armed Forces is proof of the trashy kind of qualities all filipinos tend to exhibit on a regular basis."

Interesting. Many Pinoys volunteer to do things for this country that 95% of our own people won't do and this makes them trashy?

Most of his other comments are just ignorant - I believe you are correct, he has never been there.

What a fuckstick.

Mabuhay

Salamat kabayan

[carol.prime]

Originally Posted by redfalcon

this is a really old hoax i read last year... the real art bell made a statement last year denying this false letter.

Any link about such statement? I would like to send my apologies to the "real" Art Bell

[wdsguy]

I don't pay u to post on gfy, get back to work biatch!

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by DesignWise

aight

Very nice. I own a few AR's myself.

[PornWriter]

And people still believe this type of written shit? Tangina, di na ba tayo nasanay sa pagtira nila sa lahi natin?

[tenderobject]

Originally Posted by TeenGodFather

Philipinos are probably a bunch of retards. ALL populations/races are idiots, individuals might not be. Finnish people are fucktards too. Who cares what he writes? Move on.

what he said.

im a filipino but who cares what this fucktard said about my race. it's you.. it's about individual.. get along...

[carol.prime]

Originally Posted by PornWriter

And people still believe this type of written shit? Tangina, di na ba tayo nasanay sa pagtira nila sa lahi natin?

Sanay na tayo... sobrang sanay na. At nakakasawa na. Right, bro?

[PornWriter]

Kaya nga dapat di na pinapatulan yung mga "open letter" na yan.

[spazlabz]

Lumpia is great!


spaz

[carol.prime]

Originally Posted by PornWriter

Kaya nga dapat di na pinapatulan yung mga "open letter" na yan.

This is not to attack Art Bell or the other racists around. This is to somehow show that "we just don't shut our mouth" even when our pride is belly-down already. If they have something to say, so am I... and so are you, and so are the rest. Thanks for the 'advice' anyway, or how ever you call it.

[XLCowBoy]

Khan yoo Peeleepeenos eespeek een eengleesh plis?

[Dagwolf]

This hoax needs no more publicity.

[BluewireAngie]

Originally Posted by tenderobject

what he said.

im a filipino but who cares what this fucktard said about my race. it's you.. it's about individual.. get along...

I just want to share this story. "A World Without Filipinos"

(Sorry if its too long to read)

One morning Californians wake up to find a third of their population has suddenly disappeared. Speculation is rife on what might have happened: was it biological warfare, or a UFO abduction en masse? Eventually, officials declare a state of emergency. The problem is that the disappeared are all Mexican. The state's activities grind to a halt.

Don't worry though, all that is part of a film, "A Day Without Mexicans (Un Dia Sin Mexicanos)," which is making waves now in California.

I'm going to have to confess that because of the terribly tight work schedules I'm having here in the States, I haven't been able to see the film. I'm resigned to having to wait a few more months to catch the film on DVD, but Kathy, a Gringa [American] friend, gave me enough of a description, and a rave review, to give me an idea for today's column.

Let's imagine then, not just California, but the entire world, waking up one day to discover Filipinos have disappeared. I'm talking here about the six or seven million Filipinos currently working overseas in countries with names that run the entire alphabet, from Angola to Zimbabwe. Let's not worry first about why or how the Filipinos disappeared; in fact, it becomes academic whether it's a day or a week. Just imagine a world without Filipinos.

Think of the homes that are dependent on Filipino housekeepers, nannies, caregivers. The homes would be chaotic as kids cry out for their nannies. Hong Kong and Singaporean and Taiwanese yuppie couples are now forced to stay home and realizing, goodness, there's so much of housework that has to be handled and how demanding their kids can be and hey, what's this strange language they're babbling in?

It's not just the children that are affected. The problems are even more serious with the elderly in homes and nursing institutions, because Filipino caregivers have provided so much of the critical services they need. When temporary contractual workers are brought in from among non-Filipinos, the elderly complain. They want their Filipino caregivers back because they have that special touch, that extra patience and willingness to stay an hour more when needed.

Hospitals, too, are adversely affected because so many of the disappeared Filipinos were physicians, nurses and other health professionals. All appointments for rehabilitation services, from children with speech problems to stroke survivors, are indefinitely postponed because of disappeared speech pathologists, occupational and physical therapists.

Eventually, the hospital administrators announce they won't take in any more patients unless the conditions are serious. Patients are told to follow their doctors' written orders and, if they have questions, to seek advice on several Internet medical sites. But within two days, the hospitals are swamped with new complaints. The websites aren't working because of missing Filipino web designers and website managers.

Service establishments throughout the world -- restaurants, supermarkets, hotels -- all close down because of their missing key staff involved in management and maintenance. In Asia, hotels complain about the missing bands and singers.

In the United States, many commercial establishments have to close shop, not just because of the missing Filipino sales staff but because their suppliers have all been sending in notices about delays in shipments. Yup, the shipping industry has gone into a crisis because of missing Filipino seafarers.

The shipping firms begin to look into the emergency recruitment of non Filipino seafarers but then declare another crisis: They're running out of supplies of oil for their ships because the Middle Eastern countries have come to a standstill without their Filipino workers, including quite a few working for the oil industry.

Frantic presidents and prime ministers call on the United Nations to convene a special session of the Security Council but Kofi Annan says he can't do that because the UN system itself is on the edge, with so many of their secretarial and clerical staff, as well as translators, having disappeared from their main headquarters in New York and Geneva, as well as their regional offices throughout the world. Quite a number of UN services, especially refugee camps, are also in danger of closing down because of missing Filipino health professionals and teachers.

Annan also explains that he can't convene UN meetings because the airports in New York, Washington and other major US cities have been shut down. The reason? The disappeared Filipinos included quite a few airport security personnel who used to check passengers and their baggage.

Annan calls on the World Bank and international private foundations for assistance but they're crippled, too, because their Filipino consultants and staff are nowhere to be seen. Funds can't be remitted and projects can't run without the technical assistance provided for by Filipinos.

An exasperated Annan calls on religious leaders to pray, and pray hard. But when he phones the Pope, he is told the Catholic Church, too, is in crisis because the disappeared include the many Filipino priests and nuns in Rome who help run day-to-day activities, as well as missionaries in the frontlines of remote posts, often the only ones providing basic social services.

As they converse, Annan and the Pope agree on one thing: the world has become a quieter place since the Filipinos disappeared. It isn't just the silencing of work and office equipment formerly handled by Filipinos; no, it seems there's much less laughter now that the Filipinos aren't around, both the laughter of the Filipinos and those they served.

I know, I know, I'm exaggerating the contributions of Filipinos to the world but I'm doing what the producers of "A Day Without Mexicans" had in mind: using a bit of hyperbole to shake people up. As their blurb for the film goes: "How do you make the invisible, visible? Make them invisible."

As I wrote this column, I did realize I was doing this not so much for the Hong Kong Chinese and Taiwanese and Singaporeans and Americans who don't appreciate us enough, than for us, who as Filipinos, are pretty good a putting ourselves down, at making ourselves invisible.

[Libertine]

Originally Posted by carol.prime

Thank you Libertine for your appreciation to my race

I do believe this is the first time in my life that I have been thanked for appreciating asian pussy.

From the bottom of my heart, I say: My pleasure

[Brandon99]

Talk like that will seal your fate like Ferdinand Magellan...

[Lycanthrope]

Originally Posted by XLCowBoy

Khan yoo Peeleepeenos eespeek een eengleesh plis?

Better than you can speak Tagalog I'm sure.

[gimo33]

Originally Posted by BluewireAngie

I just want to share this story. "A World Without Filipinos"

(Sorry if its too long to read)

One morning Californians wake up to find a third of their population has suddenly disappeared. Speculation is rife on what might have happened: was it biological warfare, or a UFO abduction en masse? Eventually, officials declare a state of emergency. The problem is that the disappeared are all Mexican. The state's activities grind to a halt.

Don't worry though, all that is part of a film, "A Day Without Mexicans (Un Dia Sin Mexicanos)," which is making waves now in California.

I'm going to have to confess that because of the terribly tight work schedules I'm having here in the States, I haven't been able to see the film. I'm resigned to having to wait a few more months to catch the film on DVD, but Kathy, a Gringa [American] friend, gave me enough of a description, and a rave review, to give me an idea for today's column.

Let's imagine then, not just California, but the entire world, waking up one day to discover Filipinos have disappeared. I'm talking here about the six or seven million Filipinos currently working overseas in countries with names that run the entire alphabet, from Angola to Zimbabwe. Let's not worry first about why or how the Filipinos disappeared; in fact, it becomes academic whether it's a day or a week. Just imagine a world without Filipinos.

Think of the homes that are dependent on Filipino housekeepers, nannies, caregivers. The homes would be chaotic as kids cry out for their nannies. Hong Kong and Singaporean and Taiwanese yuppie couples are now forced to stay home and realizing, goodness, there's so much of housework that has to be handled and how demanding their kids can be and hey, what's this strange language they're babbling in?

It's not just the children that are affected. The problems are even more serious with the elderly in homes and nursing institutions, because Filipino caregivers have provided so much of the critical services they need. When temporary contractual workers are brought in from among non-Filipinos, the elderly complain. They want their Filipino caregivers back because they have that special touch, that extra patience and willingness to stay an hour more when needed.

Hospitals, too, are adversely affected because so many of the disappeared Filipinos were physicians, nurses and other health professionals. All appointments for rehabilitation services, from children with speech problems to stroke survivors, are indefinitely postponed because of disappeared speech pathologists, occupational and physical therapists.

Eventually, the hospital administrators announce they won't take in any more patients unless the conditions are serious. Patients are told to follow their doctors' written orders and, if they have questions, to seek advice on several Internet medical sites. But within two days, the hospitals are swamped with new complaints. The websites aren't working because of missing Filipino web designers and website managers.

Service establishments throughout the world -- restaurants, supermarkets, hotels -- all close down because of their missing key staff involved in management and maintenance. In Asia, hotels complain about the missing bands and singers.

In the United States, many commercial establishments have to close shop, not just because of the missing Filipino sales staff but because their suppliers have all been sending in notices about delays in shipments. Yup, the shipping industry has gone into a crisis because of missing Filipino seafarers.

The shipping firms begin to look into the emergency recruitment of non Filipino seafarers but then declare another crisis: They're running out of supplies of oil for their ships because the Middle Eastern countries have come to a standstill without their Filipino workers, including quite a few working for the oil industry.

Frantic presidents and prime ministers call on the United Nations to convene a special session of the Security Council but Kofi Annan says he can't do that because the UN system itself is on the edge, with so many of their secretarial and clerical staff, as well as translators, having disappeared from their main headquarters in New York and Geneva, as well as their regional offices throughout the world. Quite a number of UN services, especially refugee camps, are also in danger of closing down because of missing Filipino health professionals and teachers.

Annan also explains that he can't convene UN meetings because the airports in New York, Washington and other major US cities have been shut down. The reason? The disappeared Filipinos included quite a few airport security personnel who used to check passengers and their baggage.

Annan calls on the World Bank and international private foundations for assistance but they're crippled, too, because their Filipino consultants and staff are nowhere to be seen. Funds can't be remitted and projects can't run without the technical assistance provided for by Filipinos.

An exasperated Annan calls on religious leaders to pray, and pray hard. But when he phones the Pope, he is told the Catholic Church, too, is in crisis because the disappeared include the many Filipino priests and nuns in Rome who help run day-to-day activities, as well as missionaries in the frontlines of remote posts, often the only ones providing basic social services.

As they converse, Annan and the Pope agree on one thing: the world has become a quieter place since the Filipinos disappeared. It isn't just the silencing of work and office equipment formerly handled by Filipinos; no, it seems there's much less laughter now that the Filipinos aren't around, both the laughter of the Filipinos and those they served.

I know, I know, I'm exaggerating the contributions of Filipinos to the world but I'm doing what the producers of "A Day Without Mexicans" had in mind: using a bit of hyperbole to shake people up. As their blurb for the film goes: "How do you make the invisible, visible? Make them invisible."

As I wrote this column, I did realize I was doing this not so much for the Hong Kong Chinese and Taiwanese and Singaporeans and Americans who don't appreciate us enough, than for us, who as Filipinos, are pretty good a putting ourselves down, at making ourselves invisible.

long read but worth every minute...

[redfalcon]

[carol.prime]

Originally Posted by redfalcon

[Agent 488]

anyone know how to use google? art bell didn't write that letter:

http://www.who2.com/artbell.html

[carol.prime]

Bell did not make a broadcast calling the Philippines "a disgusting and filthy place." A false e-mail recounting his alleged remarks has been circulating online since the 1990s. In 2001 Bell sued the Philippine Daily Inquirer after the newspaper published the e-mail as fact; the Inquirer published a retraction and apologized to Bell...
http://www.who2.com/artbell.html

this is a really old hoax i read last year... the real art bell made a statement last year denying this false letter. --- red falcon

Now it's getting clearer. It's not really against Filipinos but some impostor who wants to destroy the reputation of the REAL ART BELL. My apologies to the REAL ART BELL

Thanks for the link

[Drake]

Nobody complains when they're paying Filipinos less than minimum wage to raise their kids for them.

[Drake]

Originally Posted by TeenGodFather

Philipinos are probably a bunch of retards. ALL populations/races are idiots, individuals might not be. Finnish people are fucktards too. Who cares what he writes? Move on.

The benefit of the many has always come by the hands of the few.

[Pornwolf]

Why would anyone hate Philipinos? I love em. Good people.

[LittleSassy]

that was old news tho....

[baycouples]

I love Philipino women. I'm in love with one and I've dated a few before her. They are simply the best. They have the most beautiful exhotic look and they take care of their men like no other women can. ( FYI: I'm white European )

[XLCowBoy]

Originally Posted by Lycanthrope

Better than you can speak Tagalog I'm sure.

Wanna bet? ;)

[notabook]

Filipinas are probably the most manipulate chicks you?ll ever fuck. Then again, it?s also some of the best pussy you?ll ever fuck.

[pocketkangaroo]

Carol, are you a rep for Prime Outsourcing? Was interested in using your services but looking to ask a few questions. I know there was a few negative threads about PrimeOutsourcing in the past.

[tenderobject]

Originally Posted by Libertine

I do believe this is the first time in my life that I have been thanked for appreciating asian pussy.

From the bottom of my heart, I say: My pleasure

hahhahhaha.. i prefer euro pussy can we trade?

[cyberstar]

"This user has elected to delete their account and the content is no longer available."

[bknoob]

umm, inaccurate..