Colonial Mentality of Pinoy Big Brother Fans

May 15th, 2006 at 9:55 am (General, Media)

The current favorites among the Pinoy Big Brother Teen Housemates are Kim and Jamilla. Kim is admired mostly for her chinita looks and child-like personality. Meanwhile, Jamilla is idolized because of her sexiness, exotic half-Puerto Rican good looks and her sob story. Even Brenda, the newest teen housemate is being admired by many because of her mestiza good looks. Meanwhile, pure Filipino Clare is being dissed by many because of her dark morena skin and exotic Filipina looks. Many forumers have been gone as far as calling her Yaya Clarides. Allegedly because she’s “ugly” enough to be a yaya/helper/katulong/kasambahay. A lot were even surprised and disappointed that Clare was saved from being evicted.

More than 100 years after the Spanish colonization has ended and more than 50 years after the American regime, apparently a little has changed in our way of thinking. Yes, colonial mentality is alive.

I am not saying that Kim, Jamilla and Brenda are less Filipino or less admirable because they’re not pure Filipino. What I am saying is that Clare does not deserve less admiration, support and RESPECT just because she is pure Filipino.

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2 Comments

  1. jessica said,

    May 15, 2006 at 11:48 pm

    you got that one right. i guess the mentality that those who are “white” and “foreign” look good and are good is still hanging over Philippine soil.

    although when it comes to clare, no offense meant, but really. she’s lacking a little bit of that “matter” between her ears.

    http://proud-to-be-pinoy.blogspot.com

  2. rudyman said,

    May 18, 2006 at 2:22 am

    hi, blog hopping. nice post! perhaps colonial mentality is already too deep into our system that we don’t realize it that much. pero tama tlga. maybe the people see clare’s inability to speak tagalog the manileño way as a measure of her intelligence which is of course not true and very unfair.

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