Philippines Named as One of the Most Racist Countries in the World
Recent data from the World Value Survey shows that the Philippines is one of the most racist countries in the world.
This survey basically asked people what kinds of people they wouldn’t want to live near and then counted the amount of people who chose ‘people of a different race’ for each country. Apparently, societies, in which people wouldn’t want to live near other races are considered to be more racially intolerant.
Philippines Named as One of the Most Racist Countries in the World
The global social attitudes study claims that the most racially intolerant populations are all in the developing world, with Jordan and India in the top five.
While the country with the most racially intolerant people is Jordan, with 51.4% not wanting to live near another race, India is close behind with 43.5%. The Philippines lies in the 20 to 29.9% bracket along with other countries like Thailand, France, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Hong Kong; only below counties such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea in the 30-39.% bracket.
The most racially tolerant countries are mostly Western countries, such as Britain, Canada, Australia and the U.S. In fact, only 3.8% of U.S. residents are reluctant to live near another race.
What are your thoughts on this? Are we Filipinos really that racist?
I remember being in an auditorium in Makati waiting to watch a play. A small group of elderly Spanish women were wondering out loud in Spanish who were in the cast. A Filipino woman answered them back in Spanish. She was totally ignored/brushed off by the Spanish women.
I see most people here don’t understand what racism means. Racism includes the saying of the n word (n*gger) even when they’re not black. It includes wearing clothes and accessories that belong to an entirely different culture. Racism is a pretty broad and sensitive tropic… Racism isn’t merely defined as hating another race by saying things like “ermerhged i hate japanese ppl!!!”…
most people prefer to live with people of their own culture that doesn’t make them racist
Yes the Philippines is super racist…they worship whites and hate themselves. Even their celebrities are half-white because apparently pure filipino is not attractive enough (example: the Miss Philippines that won Miss Universe recently is half German).
I disagree about the racism. It’s not racism that is the issue. It’s that we don’t want to live outside the box. When a Filipino migrates to another country, the first thing they find is a Filipino community. I think Filipinos are just stuck inside the comfort zone.