This is very wrong.
Has anyone researched who these "Taiwanese Aborigines", indigenous Indonesians, Malays, and Pacific Islanders were??
In today's terms, those people are called, "
Negritos" (Negroes). They are pictured as "small black people who Spanish and European sailors labeled as "pygmy-like". Descendents of these people also settled Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and countries starting from Madagascar up to the Hawaiian Islands. (
Negrito - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )
In terms of language and personality, Filipinos are most closest to Indonesians and Polynesians. They are in fact, Pacific Islanders.
Geographically, the Philippines may be located in the area we call Asia, but there is very little that can be associated with the culture being "Asian." Cultural anthropologist take in everything when classifying a who and what a people are. Religion, food, language, and ethnic background top the list.
1.) Filipinos are largely Catholic... not Buddhist or Taoist, or Hindus or Sikhs.
2.) Filipinos commonly have Spanish and Mexican last names.
3.) Their diets combine all the influences of their past like the Mexican diet
4.) Cultural mannerisms and aggressiveness speak more to Pacific Island traits rather than "Asian" personalities.
If you went to Africa today and saw three older black men sitting and talking, all with the same skin tone and similar features, you'd most likely say, "all three of these men are 'African.'" But that is not how THEY see it… and the way they see culture is far older. One will tell you that he is a Muslim. (And his cultural morays, language, religion, history, dress, and diet reflect that.) The other will tell you he is a Moor (and his background reflects that.) The next will tell you he is a Jew, and his name, history, religion, cultural beliefs, and family history reflect that too. A fourth man may later join him and he will tell you, “I am African” because his tribal history, diet, language, religion and traditions make it so.
That is why Filipinos are not, "Asian" even though most LOOK like it to the Westernized eye.
In the final analysis, Filipinos are human beings.
There is only one "race" of humans... otherwise we couldn't procreate with each other. (Elephants and tigers do not have babies together.)
In order to set this silly issue to rest, visit:
"The Journey of Man" (both a documentary film and a book) created by esteemed geneticist,
Dr. Spensor Wells. Dr. Wells took DNA samples of people from all over the planet and traced genetic markers backwards to discover where man started from and the routes "man" took to people the world. (Ironically, it wasn't even a "man" who is the oldest human being found. It was a woman... which answers the question, "which came first... the chicken or the egg?"
(The egg had to be parented ... so... everyone has to say, "hi" tomorrow to all of our one, African mother.)
In that study, he answers how people who are in the Phillipines, got there.
Oh ... and guess what?
Many educated Japanese even consider themselves to be Pacific Islanders. "We're a mixture" many Japanese have told me. So relax and be happy and proud of being who you are.