Filipinos in Guam

As much as 25-30% of the Guam (WP) population is Filipino.

Racism in Guam

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Racism in Guam centers around the divisions between the indigenous Chamorro people with (largely US-backed) government sanctioned political power, and disenfranchised immigrant Filipinos, with only grassroots activism. There and suspicious activity by right-wing press advocating on behalf of the Filipinos, taking advantage of the hostility between ethnic groups in Guam.

Prominent incidents of racism

Filipino English skills insufficient for transcription subcontract

In 2012, when Assistant Attorney-General Benjamin Abrams of Guam was asked whether he believed that transcription services should be offered to businesses in the Philippines, he had this to say:

“Their English is not good enough,” said Abrams, whose wife is a Filipina. “I don’t think their English is good enough...I don’t like that idea at all... You’re dealing with a Third World country where English is a second language.”

As the Consul General, Mangibin later pointed out, English proficiency test statistics show Filipinos ranked top over Latin America, East Europe and India. Abrams was accused of racism for these disparaging remarks about the English literacy of Filipinos in the Philippines. The Wikipedia:YouTube video left the Filipino community in Guam and others with the impresion that hs comments had relevance to them and his governing capacity. 30% of the Guam population is Filipino. While the Philippine Counsel General condemned the comments as "an act of desperation" and that the "context was distorted",

Filipino suffrage

Guam's constitution contains an artifact of history, a measure of nationalism and tradition (and possibly the chauvinistic aspect of racism) which has been conflated with unadulterated racism by the media. But since the constitution was written before the Filipino population swelled to 30%, it can scarcely have been designed with that population in mind. Perhaps it was designed to marginalize a smaller population, or more likely, it was not designed with the future in mind at all, but the very most recent past. They had, after all, only just ceased to be an imperial landholding. Ostensibly.

In 2012, various media outlets accused the Wikipedia:Government of Guam of racism over its disenfranchisement (WP) of those in Guam who are not Chamorros during a political status referendum. The media framed Guam's objections as a claim of special status, allowing it to discriminate.

External links

• Guam govt official in hot water for criticizing Pinoys' English skills, Jon Lindley Agustin, April 19, 2012
  • Wikipedia:Churnalism clone of above
• The closest anyone is going to get to the YouTube video in question, YouTube censored it by making it private, but this shows a screenshot from the middle of it

Anne, Dolly INQUIRER.net | Latest Philippine News for Filipinos. Globalnation.inquirer.net. URL accessed on 2013-11-04.

Benjamin Abrams LinkedIn: Science Teacher at William M. Davies Career & Technical High School, Providence, Rhode Island Area, Primary/Secondary Education. Student Teacher at William M Davies Career & Technical High School, Teacher at Brown Summer High School, Microbiology Teachers Assistant at U... Educated University of Maryland, Brown University

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Guam Defends Racial Discrimination | National Review Online. Nationalreview.com. URL accessed on 2013-11-04.

Racial Discrimination in Guam Should End. Blog.heritage.org. URL accessed on 2013-11-04.