“Filipino": The Battle for
Identity
MAURUS, ARISTEL
Questions to Consider
What is Filipino?
Where did “Filipino” come
from?
What does Filipino look,
feel, taste, sound, smell like?
Is this Filipino? What makes it Filipino?
Tagalog,
Visayan,
Ilocano
Is this Filipino? What makes it Filipino?
Is this Filipino? What makes it Filipino?
Is this Filipino? What makes it Filipino?
Is this Filipino? What makes it Filipino?
Is this Filipino? What makes it Filipino?
Is he Filipino?
Lapu Lapu
Nah
brah!
He
Mactan!
“Filipino”
In 1521, the term “Filipino” was FORCED upon the
people who were indigenous to the archipelago. The
islands were named in honor of King Philip of Spain,
thus the name PHILIP-pines.
Hello you savage Filipino!
Excuse sir, I’m actually
part of the Ifugao tribe.
Taka Muna Magellan!
-The “Philippines” is
actually made with 7,107
islands.Within those
islands are:
- Over 180 languages
- Countless belief
systems, food, dances,
and art.
Taka Muna Magellan!
I thought that you were all the same!
Prior to Spain’s
colonization. The
people of the
“Philippines” were
divided into barangays
which had their own
ways of interacting,
governing, and culture
and values.
Taka Muna Magellan!
It’s because of these differences that
barangays had many BATTLES.
Old fool! You
stole my girl,
disrespected my
spirits, and
ripped me off on
our trade!
Wait a minute!
Why do we use the term “Filipino”
if we “Filipinos” are so different?
Are there problems with using one
name/title to describe diverse
peoples?
Wait a minute!
Are there advantages to having the term
“Filipino”?
Finally…
Is Filipino identity STATIC (stays
the same) or DYNAMIC (changing)?
What do you think you should be
called?
