# They both have been melting pots of varies ethnicities (i.e Malaysian, Chinese, Indian, etc.)

# They both are located in Southeast Asia.
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You know the irony out of all this? The Philippines isn’t the only country in Asia that has this past history. Vietnam also had colonization from France. They also have various ethnicities, ever notice how Vietnamese also can be dark and double-eyelids like “Pacific Islanders” or light skinned & chinky like “Chinese”. No one really shits on the Vietnamese about claiming Asian.

Most people I hear that say Filipinos are Pacific Islanders, are Fil-Ams. It’s clearly evident on Myspace too. I seriously think Fil-Ams just think it’s cooler to claim “Pacific Islander” like they think it’s cooler to claim Spanish heritage, when not all Filipinos are of that lineage.

Then people say like Filipinos culture isn’t like “oriental” culture. One, Filipino culture does have some influence from that. Two, why do all Asians have to have that? People can’t even see through their own B.S. SE also has cultural ties with India, including the Philippines.

The only reason why people say Filipinos aren’t Asian, both Fil-Ams and other groups is because the majority of Asians in the U.S. are from East Asian countries. However, you don’t hear people saying Indonesia or Malaysians aren’t Asian.

Why is it so hard to understand that Filipinos are Asian? Asia is a continent and has many different languages, religions, cultures, ethnicities. People do not see how when it comes to “WHITES” they get all the diverse looks and images about themselves, yet when it comes to minorities in the U.S. they are limited to only a certain criteria.