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Basilica Bulletin: Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord: No. 6: 2020-2021
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Nobody wants to be Filipino nowadays, so, let me say, "I am Negrito!"
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photo credit: J. Tewell Natives of Albay, southeast Luzon. Philippines, about 1899 via photopin (license) License: (license) photo credit: FotoGrazio Filipino Marines (free to download) via photopin (license) License: (license) Modern Day Filipinos The Black Nazarene My Ancestor The Negrito Camera settings have gone awry. It is a good thing that I studied photography. I, literally, look like a ghost with the cameras, gadgets, etc., that they produce in this part of the globe. When I went to Europe, at the immigration section, I passed through the gate for Europeans only. Then, the officer let me through. But, I felt bad because the Filipino companions I was with, were told to pass through the gate for Non-Europeans. To be honest, I do not like it that here in the Philippines, a few and fortunately not most, would look down on Negritos. Why would they want to do that? I say hello, to my African-American neighbor. ...