Why do many Filipinos claim to be Spanish?

[True Believer]

Spanish IQ = close to 100
Filipina IQ = less than 90
It is obvious which side you like to associate with .. Race and IQ

 

[syed putra]

Spanish IQ = close to 100
Filipina IQ = less than 90

It is obvious which side you like to associate with ..

Race and IQ
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A country that defeated US and israel has lower IQ?

 

[True Believer]

A country that defeated US and israel has lower IQ?

Syed, it appears that you are the one with low IQ. The Philippines has never defeated the USA or Israel in a war. The Philippines fought a war of independence against the USA, but was defeated. The Philippines did defeat Israel 57-47 in basketball during the qualifying round of the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki though.

 

[Balls2U]

If they have Spanish blood, why couldn't they qualify for the World Cup?

 

[True Believer]

If they have Spanish blood, why couldn't they qualify for the World Cup?

It is the same with the Anglo Indians or Eurasians in India. Do they look European at all?

 

[True Believer]

This is a Roman Catholic Eurasian man in Malaysia who has to display his ID on the table while eating out during the Fasting Month or risk getting slapped by the Islamic morality police.

 

[myfoot123]

In 1849, the Spanish colonial govt assigned Spanish surnames to all Filipinos for taxation and admin purposes. Therefore, a family name like Fernandez or Martinez indicates historical imposition rather than any Spanish heritage. More than 90% of Filipinos ended up with Spanish surnames, leading many of them to claim that they are descendants of Europeans, even though they were simply assigned by the colonial administrators. In fact, many present day Filipinos identify themselves as having Spanish blood even though only around 3% do have a European ancestor.

Luckily, the british didn't insist the Chinese in Singapore and Hong Kong to change their surname to something else. Spain is a lower class people compared to British and to bear the surnames of Spanish is a humiliation to those being colonised.

 

[True Believer]

Luckily, the british didn't insist the Chinese in Singapore and Hong Kong to change their surname to something else. Spain is a lower class people compared to British and to bear the surnames of Spanish is a humiliation to those being colonised.

Most Filipinos embrace it because they wish to be considered "European". I have heard this so many times from my Filipino colleagues who claim Spanish ancestry owing to their adopted surnames.

 

[True Believer]

Luckily, the british didn't insist the Chinese in Singapore and Hong Kong to change their surname to something else. Spain is a lower class people compared to British and to bear the surnames of Spanish is a humiliation to those being colonised.

Indonesian Chinese were forced to adopt Indonesian surnames to assimilate, but none claimed to be anything else except ethnic Chinese.

 

[True Believer]

Luckily, the british didn't insist the Chinese in Singapore and Hong Kong to change their surname to something else. Spain is a lower class people compared to British and to bear the surnames of Spanish is a humiliation to those being colonised.

S'porean SPGs prefer to retain their husband's Caucasian surname even after a divorce. They think it is cooler to be known as Mrs Smith instead of Ms Lim.