Is ‘Negro’ a Racist Word in the Philippines? [Street Interview] | ASIAN BOSS
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- If someone uses the word “Negros”, how would you feel? Would you find it offensive? Well, recently the Filipino boyband SB119 tweeted 'Hello Negros!' to their fans which created a buzz on Twitter and are now accused of being racist. But did you know that “Negros” can mean something entirely different in the Philippines? Do average Filipinos find the word 'Negro' offensive or not? We hit the streets of Manila to find out.
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this is just an another episode of americans thinking the world revolves around them.
😂😂😂 What's new?
True! Maka-assume wagas! Haha
Korek...
Tayo pa ata mag aadjust para sa kanila. Tae tae😂😂
Petty
*Black American
Funny how other western people want us to learn their language and their history when they don't know every bit of ours. 🤷
*Lol they didn't even know their own history*
Exactly
This deserve many likes
they don't want us to learn bout it...the school does...
@@clpronto9072 it's just the same. Bat di naman nila subukan mag adjust hindi yung puro tayo nalang 🤔
The word "negro" , telling a black person that he's a negro here in the Philippines is the same as telling a white person "meztiso", a brown person "moreno" and an asian person "chinito". If you americans put malice in the word "negro" , don't compare your culture and language to ours. Filipinos are proud people, in our culture, if you are a negro, you should be proud of being a negro we don't need to be offended if someone called us negro.
I hate when westerners come to our country and are telling us that their culture and language is the right one and our culture is the wrong one.
Westerners coming to the Philippines saying that calling black people negro is disrespectful are like Filipinos going to western countries saying that not using "po" and "opo" to elders is disrespectful.
Don't force other countries that what they are doing is racist just because it is racist in your culture
Trueeee
The best comment🔥
Haahhaa
God damn best comment
It's not "westerners" who are offended, it's Americans. Tagalog is heavily influenced by Spanish, and the words you mentioned are literally Spanish words. Negro is the Spanish word for the colour black, so there's absolutely no racial connotations. Most Europeans are aware of that and would never take offence over that.
Most of us Filipinos got so used to teasing and throwing insults at each other at a young age that we learned to just collectively laugh at it instead of being offended, especially if the insult just sounds really funny, stupid, or doesn't make sense.
Foreigners just get easily offended lol
Ikrrr foreigners are just so serious we should give them a lesson on having a sense of humor
My black american friend calls himself negro and when his friend suddenly blurts out the mord they just laugh on their butts, nothing really wrong abt it
@@manifest3848 di ka nakaranas ng batuhan ng insulto ninyong magkakaibigan nung bata ka?
Somebody needs to go outside more frequently.
@@manifest3848 and I did say MOST, not ALL, dumbass.
If you feel like you can't relate to it that's completely fine, and if anything, there's no real reason to feel all riled up about it.
@@manifest3848 Bobong rich kid kawawa di naranasan makipag flip top at maki pag asaran
me: *a filipino*
also me: *reads the subtitles*
same 😂😅😄😆😃
me too.. maybe i should stop watching kdramas lol
@Miguel Quijano so how can you watch tagalog shows? Didn't Filipino subject teach in Visayas speaking schools? I'm from Bicol and no problem speaking or understanding filipino/Tagalog...
@Miguel Quijano lol, all of Filipino tv shows in general are cringe regardless of where you're from or language.
lmao tinitingnan ko lang kung tama ba ang translation o hindi
"It's only when you put malicious meaning to it then it becomes offensive." EXACTLY
to be honest the those PC people trying to censor out certain words are just giving those words power
Negros in Philippines is a Province....
THISSSSSS
Exactly
@@ejdjdjxjddjdj9047 if it has a Occidental, you non-filipino.
Why is no one talking about the baby tho. She's talking straight facts👶🏽
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The baby or the one with the baby?
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dababy
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This is a very interesting video. For the most part, I believe most Filipinos are not racist. One of the ladies who commented said that most Filipinos are dark skin. She is so correct. Having been station in the Philippines when Clark Air Base (Angeles) existed in the Philippines. I did not have no problems from anyone in the Philippines that treated me bad because of my color. I was able to go everywhere, if anything being who I am might have attracted more people to like me which was just great. So, I do not worry about that. Oh yes, there is a area in the Philippines called Negros. The Philippines are beautiful and the people are wonderful too. From US American Air Force Security Police Military Veteran who lived in the Philippines.
Negro is a Spanish word. Its not supposed to be offensive by itself but can be if used deragatorily against someone. But every individual takes words differently. Philippines was colonized by Spain for hundreds of years so it makes sense they have Spanish words in language, names, cities, islands. I used to live in Negros Occidental. Which in spanish means western blacks. I have a theory that the Spanish named the area that because people there have darker skin? Or the Spanish brought dark skinned Native Americans there. Just as they brought filipinos to the Americas to meet with Native Americans. Idk if Spain named the area that or Filipinos tho.
There are many Filipinos who arent racist but some can be. It really depends on indivudual. But colorism there does exist to an extent.
Unfortunately racist american didn't accept that
@@psoriasisandpsoriaticarthr5072 In the end, they will.
@@yelloe People have crippled brain these days
Wdym, we all white there
This reminds me the times when Americans got angry when they found out KPop singers put "naega" on their lyrics.
The number of times I showed my mom kpop and had to explain that they were saying "I" and not the N-word is never ending and always kinda of funny. But people who are sensitive about the word negro have their reasons. The N word which was created from negro and was specifically created to dehumanize black people in Africa and slave time America is the word people should steer clear from. I can understand sensitivity to :negro" and "colored " BUT as many say context is key. Thankfully the US does not monopolize words .👾👌🏾
Lol! I remember that one. Even in radio stations here in US they beep the word naega if they played kpop songs.
2NE1's I am the Best. 😆
HAHAHHA
😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why can't western people understand the difference between WEST AND ASIA CULTURE
We do
@@thailand1390 Im pretty sure most Americans dont, those who do are either educated or study asian culture...
bcz they think that they are always right even if sun suddenly starts rising from west
@@SirWalton2019 I study Asian culture, It's always been more interesting than American history. I have a class in u.s history and I hated it, I would actually pay attention if it was something different
@@krysztof6917 the US has a bloody history that has been omitted so much from their citizens, it's ridiculous. All the way from the genocide of Native Americans to their war crimes in the Philippine-American war to recent times.
Babe ‘Choco na batok’ is more harsher than that, y’all need to chill😭
Translation:Choco colored neck
hahaha choco na batok, batok na choco :D
Lol akala ko meaning ng choko nabatok is chocolateng sunog wich means yung batok ay nang galing sa bisaya word batok or sunog at saka kaya sya mas sobrang nakakatawa dahil sa meaning nya na chocolate na nga sunog pa😂😂
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choco na batok o batok ｎa choco?
Fun fact: "Negro" is also a very common surname in Northern Italy
Really? I wonder what those people who impose their cultures on others has to say about it.
@@YourOnlyONEofclthose narcissist first worlder
it's funny because "negro" here in brazil is the common term to refer to black people, and it's used regularly with no offenssive meaning.
Same in the philippines Negritos* Negros Island* Negros* it refers to people with dark complexion but not to offend them it's literally how we call ourselves and part of our language and culture so why the hell we would be offended by that word.
People like to twist stuff around especially westerners . If you haven't.noticed they cry about everything now. And twist any situation to something they can cry about
Isn't it only N word that end with a the one that racist???? Black people race is literally called negroid,.. and there are Caucasoid and mongoloid too 🤔
Like here in ph we use to tease our freinds with this words and they are not offended
That's necause negro is the vocabulary word for black in the spanish language. Negro means the exact same thing in spanish as black in english. Evrry language has a word for the color black, in spanish in negro, in romanian is negru, in italian is nero, in french is noire, in english is black.
I love Yi Long Ma
Gago ka
Yeah Americans can't even beat Russian they suck mehn hahaha they think they're the boss
@@dreiyayeaye7380 dun ka na sa america, sis. galit na galit sa kapwa asian amputek
@@dreiyayeaye7380 TANGA
@@dreiyayeaye7380 Hala bat ka galit?
I remember a similar case. During the pewdiepie vs T series thing he made a joke video and a rap song dissing t series and Americans were like oh u are racist towards Indians and all that. But when asian boss actually talked to Indians about it we weren't even offended a bit by it. Americans do feel like the world revolves around them lol. They will never take the time to know about our culture but they expect us to know and adjust everything according to them. Not to mention how they steriotype us with an exaggerated accents and all asians to be Chinese.😒
They need education on what Racism is
They always have white saviour complex too
I mean we still stereotype white people
@@ms.yawhaw8831 everything leftist Americans hate is racist
When you say you're a moderate Conservative you'll be labelled as racist especially people in liberal-haven California
@@grayscale888 indeed bro , left wingers have lost theyre minds
I don't really understand American's obsession about being offended on things that have nothing to do with them. It may be a small world, but there are a lot of different languages and cultures out there. They need to stop being so entitled and arrogant and think that other country's culture/history is the same as them. America is evolving backwards.
Be like Panda
He's White
He's Black
and also he's Asian
Smart
😂😂😂
Bruh
kinda sexist
Nice copy paste
*Americano:* "tHat's OfFenSIvE!! rEEEEE!!"
*Pilipino:* knows what they’re talking about and turns out to be a beautiful place in the Visayas.
Yas 💖
I've been there, it's really really nice!😍
@@chessonso2610 What the hell are you smoking!? To be honest I want it..
PAKI NAMIN SAINYO MGA NEGRO NA AMERIKANO TANGINA NIYO MGA BUTTHURT
@@lightx368 That's kinda racist 😆.
I am an American but damn Tagalog language sounds hard, hats off to Filipinos.
I actually thought that our language tagalog is an easy language until I just learn that our language is a mix of Spanish, English, Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Taiwanese it was a lot and I never realize it.
ahhh sige pre sabi mo eh
@@AmmoniumChloride106 lmao gago
@@AmmoniumChloride106 hahahahaha
Tbh I need google translate for the sake of my life
-coming from someone who speaks tagalog everyday
I feel for you guys. They want you to change the name of one of your Islands like how they want us Koreans to change one of the most important words in our language "Naega/nega" which means YOU just because it sounds like the N-word.
Sorry but foreign people doesn't have any rights to change anything for both of our countries neither we.
Wow! That's the first time I heard about it, and that is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard.
Why is it North Americans want to impose their culture on other peoples? Look at “cultural appropriation”. They are gatekeeping foreigners from adapting Asian cultures, calling them names, shaming name, and cancelling them. They pretend they are doing us Asians a favour when, in reality, we welcome and appreciate that non-Asians find our culture worth their time.
Here, “nega” happens to be the short form of “negative”, so if they react to that in a bad way, it fits them perfectly, “nega”-tive.
Also, as Africans have said repeatedly, they use it naturally because “negro” means “black” no matter how and where you look at it. And for them Africans who grew up in Africa, they've been using the word long before colonialism started. They even have old maps from the pre-colonial area, and lands were named “negro” here and there!
Are the Africans, who are blacks, racist then?
These people imposing their culture on others… they need to learn the world doesn't revolve around them. It is understandable why they are reacting that way, however, forcing other people, other cultures at that, to conform to their own, is crossing the line. That is nothing other than a colonial/invader attitude.
I saw a video of someone offended over a country named Montenegro, that was literally named after black mountains using the Italian language 💀 Trying to be offended doesn’t make a person right
We don't think it's okay to call black people negro. That is not the case. We call them negro because since the very start of our history with the Spanish people, we have called them negro already. AND THAT WAS SINCE 1500s. And foreigners with ugly connotation of our word negro implies that we stop using our word? That's a NO. The original Filipinos are black people and they are aware that they are negroes. AND IT MEANS NOTHING NEGATIVE TO THEM. We understand the ugly connection of the word negro with history of slavery and how it comes across to black people. But the Hispanic world where negro originated and which PURELY MEANS COLOR black, did not eliminate the word from Spanish vocabulary and if they did, would have helped the black people to cut memories of slavery. But why would they eliminate the word negro when they, and all Spanish colonies including the Philippines have no part in the slavery that happened? South America and all former Hispanic colonies continues to use the word negro for its sole meaning-black, and nothing else. No country would eliminate or stop using any of their words, just because some of their foreign visitors have negative connection with those words. Fortunately for the over 11 million Filipinos outside the Philippines, they have been aware to use black instead of negro when referring to black people. Above all, the word negro stays to be used NOT to insult any black people AT ALL.
what a pitty! you can't say hey you! wazzup you?
True story: A man sporting 'I love Negros' t-shirt was beaten up in the USA in the early 90s. Turns out the man was from Negros Island (Oriental/Occidental) where the cities of Bacolod and Dumaguete are situated. Negros Island is the sugar-bowl of the Philippines.
Awww poor guy D:
Rlly?
This is America
Context always matters. He should be held fully accountable if he knew the implications of that word in the USA, and if he didn't, then some of the blame goes to the people who beat him up because they should've called him out on his ignorance rather than beat him up.
For real??that is sad..
I have encountered some tweets saying we should change the name of the island because it is "offensive". I just choked on my own saliva when I read that.
I don't like your name.... you should change it!
@Miguel Quijano Bruh it was a joke, you absolute walnut
Bruhhh what if we told them that we dont like the name of their state there is no way they would change its name and that guts to say that to us lmao smh cant take it
Based on the history of the name of the island, it is indeed offensive! But since the name is already official, we can just take it as just a name unrelated to the racial slur.
@@LarryfromPH its not offensive if the people who literally live there *embraced* the word
I'm a filipino, and if someone calls me "Indio" I'll just scoff and just move on my day. Calling me with a racial slur is just meaningless to me.
They are outdated lol, i love how we handle things like this
Agree. Past is past it's those dark and hard days that what made pilipino strong since we swallow all the humiliation and just move on and be a better version of ourselves.
@@akkir6707 "past is past" pero bat may Marcos ulit sa Malacañang
@@Grayewick what's your point? first of all I'm neither red or pink so now I'm neutral. but you can't blame the wrongdoings and corruption of the father to his son and blindly hating on him because of that.
@@akkir6707 yes, that's true.
Junior is indeed a different breed of incompetent.
It's like that time when Americans wanted Bambam to apologize because he was stuttering the word "Naega Naega". Bruh, I- 😂
Anyways, stan SB19 ☺️💕
Jiang Cheng had enough with their stupid ass lol
Offensive is when the Americans call the Pilipinos "pig", "monkey" and "maid".
Racist means America.
CZcamsr: What do you think of Philippines? Them: *bAnaNA*
Edit: am not tryin' to hate ok? it just kind of weird for foreigners thinking about Philippines is *bAnaNA*
*it really hurts* 👉😞👈
You're kinda being racist too by that
@Elijah please add mangoes to that
@@arkinnnx beach
@@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776 give me coconut juice, fast fast
Bruh I’m a black American. Saying the word “Negro” is not racist. Lmao wake up. I mean even if they meant to refer to us blacks it’s still not racist. It’s what we r. We r Negros. It’s not like they said the hard R.
I agree with you. I'm Filipino and my ancestoral tribe is called the Negritos. We do not find the term offensive. What is offensive are people trying to make it offensive.
wtf bro? bro wtf? That’s nice.
R u a carat?
the word negro isn't bad it's just people use the word negro to offend others.
Harvey Alferez lol yes I am.
Grabe almost a year na yung issue na to, tas natawa na lang ako noon na ang violent agad ng reaction nung mga tao na na-misinterpret, sinabihan agad ng racist yung SB19, without knowing na lugar sa Philippines yung Negros, tas mismong SB19 pa yung nag-apologize na kung tutuusin wala naman talaga silang maling ginawa. Grabe I stan a humble group!
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@Kuro ayiee congrats sating lahat!!!
that's why we should avoid twitter. twitter is a place of political correctness, woke, and leftism. people there are easily offended of everything lol. such a bunch of snowflakes
Karens be like: they are racist they use the N word. call the cops..
meanwhile in Philippines: putangina sinong umubos ng ulam at kanin??
...what?
Translation: Who finished the food and rice??
ano connect?
69 likes niceeee
@@johnedmart.sabado5775 "Meanwhile" while the karens is accusing us being racist and "Meanwhile" a Filpino just being Filipino lmao
"Indio" - this word is more offensive than Negros. 🤔
Yeah, good thing no one mentioned it 😂
Yes sir since it means idiot so it's very offensive
But the N word is offensive too. Blacks are still experiencing racial discrimination but i agree that Negros are not a racist word here in PH haha
@@johnphilipteguihanon8293 I just don't understand why is it an offensive word when Negro is a word that just describe a color which is in english is black, but it is acceptable to call a person a black person hmmmmm it does not make sense at all.
@@martuldolig6063 In America calling them Negro is kinda racist but it is not offensive in some countries. Just don't call someone Negro in America. The really racist word is the N-word. The one that ends in letter a.
"Negro is not that offensive to us Filipinos, but the word "Indio" has something meaning to us from the past.
The forgotten racist word that was used by spaniards to filipinos before so sad
Still someone is still addressing Filipinos as Indios. Sad but true
@@jgja1931 it's a good thing it's forgotten though. Like we learn about it in history but no one can use it in present day to hurt us because the word no longer has power over us.
This.
Guys ano yung indio? HAHAAHA sorry di pa kasi natuturo saakin yan eh
Compared to South Korea, China and Japan it's cool that they are not just aware about black and African history but seem smart and well educated. I guess their education system is really good there.
We, as Filipino, try to learn and understand the culture of other country yet they never try to learn ours.... Pag kayo pumunta sa Pilipinas, bahala kayo, kayo na mag adjust na magsalita ng lengguwahe namin. Qiqil niyo ko bhie eh🥺
Well as someone who is black, from the US and in a relationship with a Filipino I am in the process of learning all that I can about the Philippines and the culture. I am very happy with what I have learned thus far and will continue to learn and cannot wait to visit the Philippines for the first time with the borders open up.
Same naman po ng meaning ng negro sa atin. Ginagamit natin yan para mang-insulto ng tao. Minsan kung may itsura tinatawag nating moreno o morena pero pag tinawag mong negro kahit tayo nagagalit. Offensive din yung negro sa atin
agreed!!
@Lianhua Xin paano po ako naging tuta ng kano? Negro po ay offensive sa atin. Binay na lang ex tinatawag na negro para mang-insulto
@@dystopia4755 sabi ko nga binay. Friend mo ba si binay?
People who live in Negros be like: So you mean to say we don't exist??
Don't worry, I'm from Australia and there are many people who don't believe Australia exists lol!
@@komichan4409 Sadly I'm not. You can actually find videos on youtube.
@@caprice3110 They need some geography lessons asap😂
@@caprice3110 yeah when I was just a child I thought it's just Austria
Lmao I'm from Negros Oriental
Our history will never adjust to their culture. Duh!
If we have to adjust just for them, then that goes to saying WE ARE LETTING OUR COUNTRY BE CONTROLLED BY THEM!
Yes. Why would we do that? Who are they? Who are they to controlled us. Their time is over.
periodt
Yes
Amen
This is a very informative video. Since I started a relationship with a Filipino I want to know all that I can about the Philippines and the culture. I love that the people speaking in this video were honest and that the conversation is being had.
I am black but I love Filipinos for one reason they are so understanding some people would have started abusing but the beautiful Filipinos have explained everything clearly you guys are so gorgeous
Thank you for agreeing with us... Just wanna say, we're technically descendants of your ancestors
@ Angel Shekinah, we love you too because of Michael Jackson.
@@millieperkins8691 thanks dear
Filipinos loves foreigners thats why they take advantage of their hospitality filipino clickbaiting in youtube is everywhere
@@millieperkins8691 because of Michael Jackson? LOL wow
We aren't the one adjusting for those hypersensitive ass. Our country, our rules. These people need to understand that we have different cultures, languages and history.
YES LOUDERRR
Louder plsss!!!
Most people that are sensitive to that are close minded, monolingual Americans that feel superior to other cultures because English is the language that is used the most to interact in politics, business etc even tho its not the most popularly spoken one.
Its called white supremacy
666
In Africa, we do refer to our race as negro, it is not an offensive word
Bruh, where? 😂 Not saying you're wrong but please specify, because South Africa does not do that😂
Ilizwi Poetry you do no that negro means black in Latin right? It’s basically another word for black
It's only in America. These people love to meddle in every country, bombing other countries undermining political agenda of nations. Killing leaders. Just a bunch of hypocrites
@@ilizwipoetry8107 You're not a Hispanic or Portuguese influenced so you won't have that word in your language.
In Nigeria they're not using it I don't know where you hear that you 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Filipinos don’t use the “N” word for racist rants, it’s mostly used as ignorance rants and for jokes
But when a Filipino knows that it hurt someone, surely he will stop saying it...
Filipinos are friendly and open, only people have close minded make it a racism...
Spell it out man. It's not "N" word. It's "Negros". How else would we call that place? An "N" place? Should we adjust when it's not even meant for them?
@@hiraya1734 are we on the page? I think not ✌🏼😅
@@aexa04 Oh, now that you mention it, you're right. My bad. Haha. Peace bro.
@@hiraya1734 no worries bro 👍🏼
only peace and love brother ✌🏼😁
tbh SB19's tweet has no intention of harming other ppl. it was intended for their filipino fans so it's not offensive at all.
Instead of changing the island's name, how about changing our perspective about it?😏 hmmm character development
Tru why disturb the place?
💯
@@einahpetsgb HAHAHAHA
Yeah why not change their perspective? There's no way they're gonna change the island's name because a bunch of snowflakes got offended
@@cherry414 hi
"I don't really think there is such a thing as an offensive term. It's only when you put a malicious meaning to it, then it becomes offensive."
A sensate person. I completely agree.
"a sensate person"? You mean Americans?
Exactly my point.Tae ang kitid ng mga utak nila
How about puta or putang Ina?
That guy was awesome so much wiseness hidden inside
sense8
A foreign friend of mine cut ties with me when I posted a part of The Little Prince which contained the word. I was so young, I didn't know that it would offend anyone. I've always thought that it was a normal term. We have a lot of tribes in PH with different physical features. We were always told to respect every culture and beliefs, that includes race and colors. I understand that those who get offended have may encountered people who use the term to offend people, but please, be open to the possibility that not everyone is like that. It really hurt me when he cut ties with me even though I did my best to explain.
I'm not pinoy ,im Javanese which is much more darker than pinoy ,but it's funny when i see light skin people mad for us just because another light skin called us negro , i mean im ok wgen someone called me negro as long as i can say racist word to them.
Because it is common thing in here in Indonesia insulting each other tribe or race for jokes.
My point is you don't need to defend us like that we have our way to solve it
Joking and insulting is part of childhood here in the Philippines. As we grow up, insulting each other became just a norm or joking to one another. We have a phrase "Asar Talo" which means if you get offended by jokes or insult, your loss.
@@jastinep.3659 Hahaha! back then, whenever someone does that, i'd hold my tears. as i grew up, i just kind of forgot what's criticism and what's offending because i was used to it and that goes to everyone or any other people from different countries that experienced it as well. tho sometimes, they'd go too far that it actually feels painful
@@jastinep.3659 😂 I remember holding my tears when I was young, and as I got older, I just laughed off my ass when someone threw some insult at me. I mean as Filipino a day can never pass without an insult.
Exactly. Many North Americans loves to pretend they are speaking for another culture. Like, all those “cultural appropriation” drama some years ago. I think they don't even understand what “cultural appropriate” really is. LOL.
And when we Asians correct these type of people, they tell us that we should show gratitude because they defended us. Umm… hellllloooooo. You were the one who was offended, not us.
Sigh. When will these type of Americans ever learn?
"Uling" is more offensive. It literally means charcoal
u know
Iron Maidennnn
Hahahahha. Asaran ng mga magkakaibigan.
@@lunarscorpio3987 Up the Irons
Uling kilikili
I'm American, my mom's family is from Negros Oriental in the Philippines. I never even thought much of it when I first heard the name of the place, but I'm not surprised that Americans threw a fit over that boy band's use of the word "Negros." I guess this is what it's like living in the Era of Karens.
"the era of Karens" 💀
Hahahaa
😂😂😂😂
Year of the Karens is the 13th zodiac sign in the American calendar...
Orifiel-M lmaoo the last sentence thoughhh
As a filipino and an active internet user. This is all too funny to watch AND confusing.
I mean like bro, the mans right. Don't put unnecessary negative connotations on words, be more open minded.
Omg finally someone with the same thought, i had to talk to a stupid "college graduate" and explain what negative connotations are
Bilang pilipino, mga bata lang ang racist sa atin,mga grade school. ung tipong pang asar lang. Pero ini iwan na natin yan pag tumatanda, hindi katulad sa amerika na hangang sa mamatay nakatatak ang ugaling racist.✌
I'm a Spanish speaker and in Spanish "negro" means black, the color. I bet one day I will be called out racist by Americans for just saying "i like these black shoes". Americans really be thinking they are ruling the world
for us filipinos that is the word too cause ur ancestors colonized us
for 333 yeats
years*
@@28stabwounds26 *Y E E T*
Que triste.. :((
"Dark" Perceptions:
American: The f*** did u say?!
Pinoy: Black is beauty 😎
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@Frank Andrei Golpo yeah
Yeahhh hahaha
Welcome to another episode of Americans not knowing they are not the only country
Negro is just a literal spanish of color Black. & here in the Philippines we often call our dark skinned friends Negro or Negra (for females) and they are fine with it. they even embrace it. but it only works in our fellow filipinos. we don't call other race the N word on other race.
The mom with the baby is wise.
true
fact
Truly a wise mom 🥂
also the baby is so cute lmao
True,i like her perception.
Pffft, that's nothing! Wait for them to hear about Ati-atihan Festival, where performers are all wearing blackface. Before anyone says something, its origin dates back before westernisation and even slavery in America.
They'll get a stroke if they hear and see about that 😂
I mentioned that once on a fb group and TONS of priveleged mixed american women were piping angry lmao
Mga kano tlga xDDD
@@angela.luntian lmaooo Akala sila center ng mundo
Hoy kayo naman nag kakagulo na nga sa america e tapos lalo nyo p lolokohin mga itim! Inuman nalang tayo ma negros 🤣🤣🤣!
They are dumb they rather complain like a victim rather than study the world they live in. Ask them what is dc in Washington DC or who are the founding father of America they do not know. Wtf.
Americans, we mean no harm, but PLEASE stop expecting us Filipinos to adjust to your side of the world🤡. Just because we speak fluent English doesn't mean we share the same context in culture. Y'all go to countries like Spain, Japan, Korea etc, and actually bother to do some Research about the culture and their language. How come you can't do the same when coming to our country ;-;
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Filipinos just have a sense of humor, we dont get much affected when someone calls us negro.
I'm still laughing at stupidity of people who were offended because of this. They are not even referring to anyone but A PROVINCE.
HAHAHAHAHAH
@@madamada9967
Eww wtf your country nasty
Island actually. Negros Island is composed of 2 provinces, Oriental and Occidental.
Absolutely correct
Yes. Stupidity to the highest level. They could have just Googled what "Negros" is in Philippines. It's just a few keyboard strokes away.
The word "negro" it self is not offensive,what offensive is people use this as an insult to bully or feel superior.
Yeah. George Carlin once said that All Words are neutral, It is the context or the intension of the person using the word.
Yeah like how people use ‘gay’ to joke around with their friends, but I think the actual gay people are offended when they hear it being used to bully or degrade others
Very true, Its like how people use “Gay” as an insult (Like Geiane Clyde said)
I was once called negra. Some mean my color, some means insult. Either way I'm offended. Don't call me negra, there's so many way to address my skin tone by not saying negra. So many terms.
Yes calling someone a nickname and not your name is hurtful , I was called by visayan when I was in the Philippines " Pangalatok " I am from Pangasinan I don't say anything about it. We are called taga pangasinan or pangasinanse.
There should be no word that is unusable by anyone!
A word is only negative when u put a negative meaning to it!
In Ecuador, saying negro to a black person is not derogatory as well as most other Latin American countries, let me say this English rules are not the same as Spanish and Filipino rules, how come people don’t understand that at all?
"Hello, welcome to another episode of the America: The Only Country On This Planet."
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Savage!😂😂
Land of the free, and the home of the......Ignorant.
Haahahahaha
The karen of the world
Same in Mexico. When you’re black and they would call you “negro” that’s not racist. It’s actually an admiration about your skin color or even their first impression.
The n word though did evolve from slave traders using poorly spoken Spanish.
@@NiaG34 the world does resolve around america, you are not the only ones who exist
@@NiaG34 what I'm saying is just because it means something bad in America doesn't mean people aren't allowed to use it in general
@@trebledc look in India they did have to adjust past time symbols because they were representative of the Swatzstika. You don’t think this idea has the same connotation?
@@Jprager it is a symbol of the nazi so hindu have to be discrete in using the symbol. Swastika is a symbol of spiritual divinity used by hindu and Buddhism. It is enlightenment of body, mind and spirit. It also a symbol of worship to pagan gods and deity.
India came from the word indio the same name filipino are referred to during the spanish era but before that Filipinos also worship pagans gods, deity and spirits but now it is refer to witch craft.
If African Americans don't want to be called the "N" word, then they also should not use the "N" word in their speech...
And then the word will follow...
summary: context matters
It’s like “Hello Seoul” “Hello Manchester” “Hello Manila” my ghad 😓
Immature westerners😂
Hayaan mo na, di naman nila alam yan eh
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Ang sakit nila sa bangs jusko
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Negros Island
Negros Occidental
Negros Oriental
Native People in these provinces are called "NEGRENSE". And they are not offended.
lui leonado jr. Exactly.
Yo, whats good my "Negrense"
lui leonado jr. amen!
If you are in Negros Occidental and you want to greet them.
Don't say "Hello Negros" instead Hello White People if Negros !!
Remember using white people words were not offensive.. 😂😂😂
I am a Negrense, and I grew up calling the black people negro. No malice at all. Because negro just means black. Americans do not get offended when we call them puti, right?
we don't really think about racism in the philippines
Nobody:
Me: still reading the subs even tho i'm a filipino and understand tagalog
this world is not just about US, nowadays people just easily get offended for nothing. its not okay say that N word in US, but in PH is a beautiful place to go.
But rappers keep putting N word to their songs and when non black people sing it, they get offended 🤷♀️
The N word is not Negro. Negro was an educated term for black people in the USA.
I feel like the foreign people are the ones who caused this problem .-. I didn't find it racist sigh
I agree
The anglo-americans exactly, they accused everyone of what their ancestors are guilty of.
americans are obnoxious in general
@@user-bg9eq9sg9l it's both, black or white, it doesn't matter, Americans like to superimpose their society everywhere thus they get offended when an island nation which had it's independence just shy of a century has black for a name of one of its provinces.
Black want everyone to know their background n history but they cant be bother to know about others. They are the lousiest ppl in the social media
I love listening to that blond gay guy. :) There's so many educated and open-minded people in this country, both young and old. I hope they multiply and pass on their way of thinking. Hoping for better future for all of us.
my mom only use the word "negro" as a reminder that im exposing too much out in the sun lol "pumasok ka na sa bahay,nanenegro ka na" 🤣🤣😂
I'm half-Black, half-Filipino from the U.S. It's all about intent, and it's very clear my Filipino brothers and sisters are not being racist when they use "negro." Us here in the U.S. need to realize that not all words have the same meaning in other countries.
True. Thanks fpr not being insular like a lot of people there.
Anna .Custis I am from Negros Oriental. A province here in central Philippines. 🙄
bruh they need to learn that there’s alot of languages besides english smh
Negros is a province in the Philippines, they said Hello Negros, means the place. SMH at this.
TRUEEEEEEEEEEEEE :)
Being too sensitive can also be a bad thing.
That’s just Americans in a nutshell
Too many (balat-sibuyas) oversensitive people nowadays if they’re not going to get over it, they will never survive the real world 🗺
It's mostly Americans who are sensitive against racism because they were the ones who owned slaves (including European)
Oh, you mean majority of America? CORRECT.
i dont think ppl were being too sensitive it was a genuine misunderstanding
most foreigners wont know that a province with that name exists
"NEGROS" is the 4th Largest island in the Philippines. It is one of the Richest islands of the Philippines when it comes to Agriculture and tourism. The island produces a bunch of Sweet Sugars.
saying negro to someone here in the philippines is not a big deal but in united state when you say to those african they will get hurt. I don't know why.
In Latin Countries like Brazil,Chile,Mexico and Argentina "Negro" is a very common word.
They should ask the people in Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental and understand the culture in Philippines.
Someone from Negros here, We call ourselves Negrosanon/Negrense. Soooo....
@_Hellnaw_ People skin color in the Philippines has change over the years because of the mixtures of people who has colonized/resided in the country; aetas/ati, malay, spaniards, chinese, americans, japanese and so on..
I'm from Negros occidental and I was honestly sad when I read the comments under sb19's post.
@_Hellnaw_ dude, understand the context
@@notsoobnie4577 My head hurt and seriously facepalmed when I learned and read about it. It made me angry at how people just reacted without even knowing anything.
American: that's racist
Filipino: Tang ina mo pakeh namin
Hahahahah totoo. Sa akin Bacolod at Mount Canlaon ang madating sa aking mind anout sa Negros.
LMFAO TRUE
True! It's not even our issue and the comment by SB19 is not even about them. Anong problema nyo mga Amerikano??? Mahilig kasi makisawsaw tas di naman alam. Gigil much!
Sa ating wika Negro/Negra is simply a black person! Sa mga latino countries same din ang tinawag sa kanila
@@miguelvina7188 true! May Cerveza Negra nga eh or Black Beer. Meron yan sa San Miguel so racist ang mga umiinom nun ganun? Kaloka yan!
I live in the province of Negros Oriental in the Philippines. We did not consider it offensive when they said "Hi Negros!" coz we know they were referring to the island. It's just saying "Hi Philippines!" And yes, ancient pre Spanish times the island was called Buglas but no one uses that term now except in history books.
Same energy as them appropriating the Korean word "naega" or "niga", Lol! It's funny because the Spanish colonizers named the island "Negros" way before the Americans used it as a slur
BTW, stan SB19 💙💙💙
One time, I was playing Call of Duty I told my friend that I saw a character hiding, she asked which one, I said the black guy.
She told me I was racist. I told her, "what should I call him then? Chinese? White? Despite being dark-skinned? Wouldn't that be more offensive?"
Istg.
Lmao
maybe she feel she's so special.
“If you say white or Asian it is okay but if you say black it is not” like this thought is so dumb
@@HKVogue Time will come I'll be referring everyone as "human" or "living being" or "person" just to avoid issues like this.
@@Evangaeli yeah that is true
"Hey world! Don't be too offended."
- Said by an asian country once colonized by Spain, America, and Japan.
We are not even offended though we have all the rights to be but you didn't hear that from me.
Exactly. We have every right to be offended but no, we simply don't care😆 (at least most Pinoys)
@@miyamizumitsuha8307 It's because our parents raised us with belts and scolding so as not to be so onion skinned. hehe
Every culture in human civilization has been colonized brutally one way or another. We all have evolved to know this is wrong, so Uber PC ppl need to stop with the self righteous act. Nothing is ever black and white, the world lives in the gray area.
@@onacanilao If that's the case, then stop being offended all the time. I know civilization has had a history of violence and I don’t care. If not for that we wouldn’t have what we have right now. We wouldn’t be here right now. It is what it is and I have accepted it.
If there’s somebody here being self righteous, it’s you. Thinking being offended for other’s sake makes you a better person.
'Negro' is not deragatory term here in Philippines. But remember similar to other nationalities there are many Filipinos who are racists. Actually just right now, I encounter an article of Filipinos discriminating a Canadian beauty queen because of her color. See. And there are also many Filipinos despise their natural tan color. 😑
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I'm proud of how these people answered the question.
As a black person, I was uncomfortable hearing the word "negro" so much, but I 110% blame the fact that I'm from the United States. I know the tweet was inoffensive (& it doesn't bother me at all) & I hope other people start to realize the fact that the US is not the center of the world LMAO
(EDIT: IDK how to make some of yall understand that I'm not offended by this tweet LMAO. I said I was uncomfortable HEARING it said so many times IN THIS VIDEO. And that's simply because every time I've heard that word it's been USED AGAINST a black person. Yes, its still offensive to say to someone of dark skin. No it's not offensive to say about the populace of a PLACE IN THE WORLD.)
My dad's nickname is Negro because he is dark-skinned. Sometimes they call me Negra(female counterpart of Negro) but I'm not offended by that. If there is no malice added in that particular word then there's nothing wrong. We love our skin and I think there is nothing wrong with it❤ .
Proud Negra here!!!
@@nyanie7924 haha that's exactly how my mom calls my dad, negro or negi.
Exactly!
In Brazil Negro= Black person, while Nigga= American offensive term that almost nobody understand because almost nobody speacks english.
Don't put your offensive context in my language, thanks. A little more and koreans won't be able tô use their pronouns T.T
In the Philippines, we have a place we call "Negros"
Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental., 😊
Me from Oriental
Occidental
Why are they even separated
And it's beautiful 😌👍✨
@@rafaeltiburcio6624 Well, you might as well ask why the following are separated: North and South Korea, North and South Dakota, Virginia and west virginia, North and South Carolina...get my drift?
Why would you want to change a certain word that is part of the Philippines history just not to offend the western world?? Nope!
wtf, this is another episode of americans thinking they are the center of the world.
Watch the video first before commenting
I don't think it's racist it just means black in Spanish. I'm Mexican.
Yeah and Philippine Language has a mixture of Spanish because of Colonization so - abskanabj - I swear some American Snowflakes think that they are the only people in the world
@iKONIC OT7 FOREVER I'm not ignorant and not all american's is like that either!!!
@@SonofDiablo97 then educate your countrymen about the true history of Phil instead of jumping into conclusion. If you feel doubted or not sure of the word try to have a little research so that you guys will know BECAUSE US FILIPINOS WE NEVER DISCRIMINATE NOR HATE OTHER COLORS WE WELCOME YOU ALL. If you will not going to believe then try to visit and you will see the true culture of philippines. Pls educate others. Thank you
In Philippines it is a place.... a Province ( NEGROS ORIENTAL AND NEGROS OCCIDENTAL) the boy group were touring in this province that is why they said "Hello, Negros" just like saying " Helo, New york or Hello, Manila"....
@@ejdjdjxjddjdj9047 In portuguese and spanish: Oriental = eastern, Occidental = western
If America minded it's own business and was not so easily offended on others behalf the world would probably be a better place.
@El Filipino de Cebu Exactly. The Democrat Liberals who hate God.
In the first place, the Americans and protugese started the African slave trading
They should be blamed for their own actions
Hypocrites
@El Filipino de Cebu but American far right is doing worst
Exactly
Greenville Owner Financing i live in a democratic socialism lol..does that mean my entire country hated god now? Lmao
It just means brown. It's never been derogatory.
No moreno means brown right negro is darker brown
Wonderful interview 🌟
To our black brothers in sisters out there, the word “negro” wasn’t meant as a racial slur. It was derived from Spanish, and it simply means a black person. There’s no underlying derogatory meaning to it whatsoever. Similar to how we call the Whites, “puti” or “kano.” Out of ignorance, almost everyone here in the Philippines think that a White person is automatically a White American. Even if you’re British or French, most of the time, they would call you “kano.”
The only derogatory terms that I know Filipinos are using against black people are “ulikba” and “baluga.” These terms are rarely used to describe people of African descent, but they use it to mock our black skinned minorities, the Aetas and Negritos.
@888nex W. yes but thats the problem its not a racial slur, its just a word that identify what ethnicity you are, if negro is racist might as well ban caucasian as it means white. The only reason it became problematic and controversial was because of african slavery. We should all understand context, yes we can all speak negro in the philippines but we should be wary of who we say it to, we can say it jokingly to friends but for a stranger it might be offensive. And thats the point, context matters
888nex W. yeah, a lot of that happens here. Filipinos are actually more of a bully on their own countrymen than other nationalities. If the person you’re referring to is a dark-skinned Filipino with a short stature and kinky hair, he/she is an Aeta/Negrito. They’ve been here for thousands of years, before our Austronesian ancestors settled the archipelago.
@888nex W. it’s because pure filipino is actually black. They’re our ancestors and they really look like blacks from africa. Only smaller in stature. They still exist in different parts of the phils. They have their own lands by ancestry (big portions of mountains) as declared by laws which cannot be taken from them and cannot be sold. We do not discriminate black people because our ancestors are also black.
@888nex W.
It's usually just teasing and mostly done by kids and teenagers. As we all know kids can be bullies. Lol! Once they've matured most Filipinos stop treating people that way. Unless within a close friends or family circle where teasing can sound as insults to outsiders.
kano is a blanket term for foreigner. its not meant to specify only white/ caucasian people
“Hi guys! I’m from N-word Occidental! Nice to meet you!”
Putek cge censor q na lg ung saan ako galing. 😂
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Hahahahaha
hahaha depoga 😆😆😆😆😆
N-word occidental. I’m dead 💀💀💀
Hahaha
Agree that a word is a word used to communicate and describe. The context in which the word was used should be understood first before reacting. We cannot cancel a word just because someone somewhere got offended by it otherwise no can communicate properly.
The hypocrisy of other countries criticising the "racism" at our Nation when they couldn't even fix racism in their own country. I don't mean to start an argument. I'm just saying my opinion on the issue. 👍
Yes, I'm looking for this comment haha sino ba madalas maibalita mga nananakit ng Asians sa America now?
We live on earth not the United States of America.
I don't think it was racist and I'm Black I love the Philippines and the people there
Love you back. 🤗👍
Its a place called negros.
Still, people should know that it's still offensive and should be corrected. I met one black girl back in the philippines and told me so. So whenever I hear someone use the N in a conversation, I correct them and explain to them where that word came from and what's the polite word to use to call them.
The ni-word should be banned.
The ne-word should be allowed
My GF is filipina and her brother has darker skin then the rest of siblings so they call him negro. She isn't racist to her brother. But she isn't calling him the name of a village. She is calling him BLACK.
"A one sided analysis can always lead you to the wrong conclusion."
One thing only for africans..don't be sensitive about the word negŕo..you were born with your skin..don't be ashame of your skin...you yourself is racist..you hate your own color. Life is beautiful and black is beauty