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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Filipinos in San Diego - Judy Patacsil
Ok... So on October 4th my English class and I went to a book fair @ San Diego City College were we meet Judy Patacsil and she introduced us to her book about the history of Filipinos here in San Diego and her self. Judy Patacsil's father was a war vet for the United States. Judy also shared that she is a counselor at the Mira Mar Mesa College. I learned that OCTOBER is considered Filipino History month. Judy broke her book down into five chapters:
Chap. 1 - Early Pioneers and settlers.
Chap. 2 - Foundations of the Community.
Chap. 3 - Military Life.
Chap. 4 - Forging Identities.
Chap. 5 - Contributions to the Community.
Judy's Co-Authors in this book are Rudy Guevarra which i don't remember meeting, and Felix Tuyay which was Judy's professor before.
Judy shared also with everyone that she was born and raised here in San Diego and also attended Southwestern College.
Judy taught me a lot of things that i never knew for example:
* Arcadia is one of the #1 book publishers.
Chap1
* Filipinos were involved in a war which was considered the first Vietnam War.
* In the 70's there was a lot of activism going on in the United States.
* In the 1930's in the downtown area of San Diego there was a coffee shop called "Malina Cafe" which was also considered Filipino Town, and a Man named Carlos Bulosan wrote about it.
* The majority of Filipinos that first came to the USA were males.
* Before the Cesar Chavez and farm workers movement, Filipinos were the most labor leaders.
Chap2
* In 1953 the USA started allowing Filipino American brides to come into the United States.
Chap.3
* Filipinos use to consider San Diego the "Navy Town".
* Filipinos even went through discrimination in the United States Military.
* In 1955 Felix Tuyay's father passed away.
* Enrolling into the United States Military was the primary way for Filipinos to come into the US.
* In the 1950's What was considered Encanto, Filipinos were allowed to purchase property.
* An untold triumph: America's Filipino Soldiers (2002)
Chap.4
* Women are the primary culture carriers.
* Jose Resa was a Filipino Leader.
* Arnis - One of Filipino's Martial arts.
* Bruce Lee's mentor was Filipino.
Chap.5
* In 2005, the Filipino language education was allowed in the United States (Bill: AB 420)
* Jabbawockeez
* Filipinos are in the fabric of American history.
I wasn't able to buy Judy's book but thanks to my English professor Henry Aronson which is also a Filipino American, i can say that i enjoyed going to that book fair. I learned things that i had no idea about Filipinos and their history.
(Judy Patacsil and Henry Aronson)
Thank you Professors
Shame
In the poem titled Shame I can't help but to feel bad for the daughter because like myself the daughter is stuck between two different culture values which she never asked to be in. The daughter shows up to her mothers work dressed comfortably as she probably dresses on a day to day basis, but because her mother was raised under different culture values (1st Filipino Generation) her daughter is disrespecting her mother by not dressing up to go visit her mother at work. The daughter (2nd Filipino Generation) doesn't see the disrespect she is causing her mother at work. its not like she was using profanity or doing it to hurt her mother. I believe the mother is forgetting that she came and brought her daughter to the United States and introduced her to a culture with values far apart then those on the Philippines so instead of pushing the daughter away with guilt she should of had the patience to understand her daughter and cope with the situation so that in the future the daughter will know better, but NO all the mother seems to care about is what others will think and how will they judge her after that scenario instead of her own flesh and bloods feelings. I'm sure that the daughter loves her mother just like any other child does but if a parent just expects their child to be perfect, they are the ones who should be ashamed. Children learn from their parents and value their knowledge if and when parents are reasonable about their children's flaws and learn to educate them with good communication. Telling her daughter that "You're and embarrassment" could give the daughter multiple ideas and even maybe giving her the idea to just never go visit her mother at work ever again which then will make the mother look even worse because those nosy co-workers will then wonder why the daughter never came back and get the wrong idea that the mother doesn't appreciate her daughter for who she is.
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