Ex-Pinoy Big Brother housemate, Slater Young, has a message to all those who keep crediting people’s perseverance through a public health crisis to “Filipino resilience.”
On Twitter, the 32-year-old social media personality said this to his over 700K followers: “Can we please stop glorifying Filipino resilience? The most “resilient“ among us have it the hardest. Nobody wants to have to be resilient. Let’s stop romanticizing it.”
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Can we please stop glorifying Filipino resilience? The most “resilient“ among us have it the hardest. Nobody wants to have to be resilient. Let’s stop romanticizing it.
— Slater Young (@thatguySLATER) August 17, 2020
This comes after Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque expressed gladness over how “only” 45% of Filipinos became unemployed during the five-month quarantine, adding that he was “surprised at our resilience.”
Slater also reacted to how Roque said that the situation “could have been worse” with a follow-up tweet:
4″5% pa lang? It could be worse. Oh 60% na? It could be worse. 80%??? It could still be worse. “It could be worse” is an excuse. “It could be better” is being accountable,” he said.
45% pa lang? It could be worse
Oh 60% na? It could be worse
80%??? It could still be worse
“It could be worse” is an excuse
“It could be better” is being accountable
— Slater Young (@thatguySLATER) August 17, 2020
Slater is currently quarantining at his home with wife Kryz Uy and their newborn son Scott Knoa.
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