Because of the many scars of our past, any retelling of Philippine history is bound to carry a certain lugubriousness for those who are heirs to this history. Sisa, directed by Jun Robles Lana, is no exception. This was especially true for me as I watched the film just a day after the passing of...
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Our lost racial pride
Time and again I say we Filipinos are a miseducated people. Our education works for the interest, glory and honor of foreigners, most especially the Americans. (Lost racial pride) Because of colonialism ours has been an educational system imported from America, in which we are shaped into the mold of miseducated Filipinos. We imbibe a foreign...