Comments by "xXxSkyViperxXx" (@xXxSkyViperxXx) on "Is ‘Negro’ a Racist Word in the Philippines? [Street Interview] | ASIAN BOSS" video.

  1.  @jon-unicorn-doxxer  its because in cebu, they mostly only speak cebuano and english. its only in filipino class at school where they are exposed with tagalog. even their history/social studies class is in english. many cebuanos arent familiar with terms like sibika or hekasi....
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  2.  @jon-unicorn-doxxer  i dont know with them. im from qc, but yeah the local tv shows and teleseryes are in tagalog so they understand it enough in hearing but in practice, when they start speaking, they dont get as much practice in actually speaking since they are used to their own provincial languages as their casual language and english for formal/professional language. at least, thats what i understand from my cebuano friend. they also seem to have this idea or rumor implanted with them or heard from the people they grew up with there in cebu that manila is supposed to be this very sosyal rich snobby people place. they seem to usually have that sort of assumption prejudice. my cebuano friend says that hes not used to speaking straight tagalog continously when he first arrived in metro manila so he feels that he struggles with it, but I think they are alright with tagalog and are probably just overly self-conscious about some sort of slight accent and slight grammar mistakes they might make but i dont think its noticeable enough for them to be self-conscious about. he says when he first studied tagalog in school, he thought we speak so formally in manila like in textbooks, but you know in our country everyone is always casual from batanes to sulu. i personally cant even distinguish the supposed accent differences they complain so much that people supposedly make fun of them about. i think its probably because i grew up hearing these accents around metro manila too so i think its fairly normal. to them though, they feel singled out. perhaps, all this is a result of them being more isolated on their island that they have to get on a ship before they meet other fellow countrymen. it would be great in the future if our country built magnificent long bridges to connect the big major islands or even a highspeed railway to connect them. maybe then, the rumors they brewed up can more easily be dispelled. sadly, those big projects need multibillion funds to accomplish that our government and economy is not ready for yet. maybe in a few decades, we will see.
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  3. i must note though for other filipinos out there, you dont have to be dark skinned nor any color skinned to be filipino.... contrary to what that girl said at 7:14
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  4.  @johnmelescoto7337  yes, those who come to metro manila, either from cebu, cdo, davao, dumaguete, bohol, western leyte, butuan, they usually all are alright with tagalog, but if you ask them, many of them feel self-conscious and think maybe theyre getting it wrong even though they are alright with it and we would not notice any mistakes. they are just often self-conscious so some would use english more, because according to some, they would die if they spoke only tagalog all day. The ones from Mindanao like cdo, davao, butuan or western leyte tho are more accepting of tagalog as something more normal. In cebu tho, they usually use cebuano bisaya more everyday.
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