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SANGLEY
ILUSTRADO
MESTIZO
INTSIK
SOJOURNER
TSINOY
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SANGLEY
(pronounced
sang-lai).
From the
Hokkien term 常
來. They were
the merchants,
laborers and
artisans of
the Spanish
period. Think
of them as the
first OCWs (overseas
Chinese workers)
who hoped to earn
enough money to
provide for their
families back home. |
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MESTIZO. They
are they children
of intermarriage
between the Chinese
and the Filipino.
Theirs is the life
of the middle class
- with land to till
and opportunities
to trade. From
their ranks rose the
ILUSTRADO. |
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ILUSTRADO. The
enlightened one. They
are the mestizos who
had the privilege of
education - in Manila
and in Europe.
They absorbed
European liberal
ideas and among
them was born the
strong desire for
freedom from Spanish
colonizers. |
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INTSIK & INTSIK BEJO.
Regardless of its origin, these
terms are hurtful to the
Chinese in the Philippines.They
were often used to degrade
and discriminate against them.
Nowadays, even if people do
not mean to insult, the terms
still ring dissonantly in the ears
of the TSINOY. |
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SOJOURNER , HUA QIAO (華僑) - They are the
overseas Chinese workers came to the Philippines
to earn a living. With their families waiting for
them back home, they worked extremely hard in
this foreign land. The country was kind to them,
providing them with opportunities to prosper
and attain their dreams. The Sangley considered
himself a Huaqiao. |
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TSINOY. Tsinong Pinoy, or Chinese Filipino (華人or 華裔) -
where the noun is Filipino and the modifier, Chinese. In
heart and mind, the Tsinoys are Filipinos who look back
to their ancestral origins. He is a unique hybrid of two
cultures, two traditions, two peoples. |
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