tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post3325818430817554831..comments2024-03-20T12:50:48.895+08:00Comments on The Ignatian Perspective: Disabusing Second-Class Citizen LabelAmadeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-15018513622929092732007-05-09T04:22:00.000+08:002007-05-09T04:22:00.000+08:00I share the same sentiments as you, Phil, regardin...I share the same sentiments as you, Phil, regarding one's individual past or heritage as Eric views it.<BR/><BR/>To me, my heritage is the cumulative experiences I have collected in life regardless of where they originated from. And I am not really sure what exactly heritage as traditionally understood denotes. Given what we individually have gone through.<BR/><BR/>For example, I think in English and this was confirmed when I became delirious during an operation, and have difficulty reading and writing in the dialects I grew up with.<BR/><BR/>And I am finding myself quite estranged or maybe alienated from a lot of practices or attitudes that typically could be considered common in the old hometown I grew up in. And these not from any conscious effort to be or to feel different.Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-61681451948781530252007-05-08T19:31:00.000+08:002007-05-08T19:31:00.000+08:00SE, I think you must realize that your New York ex...SE, I think you must realize that your New York experience could easily have been different if YOU hadn't made the effort... I've lived in places where I was outright hated, ironically, most of those places were within my own home country... As I said, every place is its "own" experience. Making the best of where you live is best. Another observation: Funny how Americans never seem to worry about "their" heritage or forgetting about where "they" come from. At least I never did... nor did my friends. All I ever do is try to be myself and that is good enough. And if we pick up the traits of the people we live among, so be it. Why not?PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-30977000308444245422007-05-08T18:01:00.000+08:002007-05-08T18:01:00.000+08:00Being of college age when I arrived in NYC, I imme...Being of college age when I arrived in NYC, I immersed myself immediately in its local culture. Eventually, I met and became close friends with a couple of born-and-raised-New Yorkers who made assimilation a rather fun experience for me. Yet, through it all, I never lost sight of my individuality and heritage, which made them appreciate me as their friend even more.SeƱor Enriquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15110290769417627313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-33084703994364394082007-05-08T12:42:00.000+08:002007-05-08T12:42:00.000+08:00Good points raised, Phil.And I feel bad about your...Good points raised, Phil.<BR/><BR/>And I feel bad about your negative experiences. And worse, because in our case, we go back there and are treated no differently than when we left.<BR/><BR/>We simply "change gears" and become the persons we were before we left and nobody notices the difference.Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-22468006847542833472007-05-08T00:50:00.000+08:002007-05-08T00:50:00.000+08:00I'm sure everyone has their own experiences that m...I'm sure everyone has their own experiences that might make them think they are being treated less than as a "full" citizen. Being a foreigner in the Philippines, I can assure you that I KNOW what it feels like to be treated as LESS than second class. For the most part, we are looked at as either interlopers or as cows to be milked. And you can tell those whining so-called "second classers" that in most other nations they would more than likely be treated much worse. For instance, no matter how long I live here, I will NEVER be regarded as a Filipino. Second class or not, the complainers you speak of ARE Americans.PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.com