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Colonial Mentality In The Filipino Culture

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We shall begin with the question- As a Filipino; do you consider yourself to be a patriotic person? The answer to this question needs a great assess to yourself whether you are a Filipino with a respect for your country’s flag and with a desire to see your nation succeed or an apathetic Filipino with a colonial mindset. The Philippines is an area known for its rich society and customs, having been involved and impacted by various countries including Spain, America, and Japan. The colonial history of the Philippines is the essential element in the presence of colonial mindset among its people. It is accepted to be a result of over four centuries of colonization under Spain and the United States of America. Colonial mentality is a mental procedures …show more content…

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We are stuck in the hustle-bustle of choosing foreign products rather than our own and that is why our country’s economy has drop vertically nowadays. In the Philippines colonial mentality is most apparent in the presence of bias for Filipino mestizos (essentially those of blended local Filipino and white lineage, additionally blended indigenous Filipino and Chinese, and other ethnic gatherings) in the diversion business and broad communications, in which they have gotten broad introduction in spite of constituting a little populace in the nation ( Lago, 2012) that is the reason why the local brand Penshoppe imports international artists to endorse their clothing brand. Hollywood films such as Civil War, Hunger Games, The Walking Dead and songs like Love Yourself by Justin Bieber, Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran and Work by Rihanna attract more Filipino audiences than “Original Pilipino Music” (OPM) and Filipino Movies such as Orapronobis and Manila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag by Lino Brocka. Plainly, the motivation behind why the excitement business is giving much enthusiasm to the mestizo on-screen characters and performing artists is on the grounds that they have more benefit in them. They discover more benefit in them in light of the fact that the Filipinos venerate them and to the degree of adoring them and getting to

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