![]() ![]() David describes methods of measuring CM using questions and self-appraisal by Filipinos that reveal the extent of CM in their thinking and beliefs, and then proposes a therapeutic program that combines study of native Filipino (= pre-Spanish) culture with knowledge of the damage done to Filipino culture by Spain and the US. David correlates CM with high rates of depression among Filipinos, lower socioeconomic status, and self-destructive behaviors. CM is pervasive among Filipinos, both in the Philippines and among Fil-Ams. David’s thesis is that Filipinos have a psychological condition that he calls “colonial mentality” (CM).ĬM is an internalized self-perception that all things “American”, “Western”, and “white”, are better than all things “Filipino”, “Asian”, or “brown”. The origins of this phenomenon are the subject of Eric John Ramos David’s Brown Skin White Minds.īrown Skin White Minds is a study of Filipino psychology. ![]() In California you’ll Filipino spas that offer the same products, and many Filipino women go to these clinics to get lighter skin.įilipinos are fascinated with mestizos and mestizas (persons of mixed race). This attitude is true of Filipinos all over the world. They associate darkness with negative stereotypes that black is ugly. ![]() They also make fun of people who cannot speak standard English: they call it “carabao” English (a water buffalo). They adore children of mixed race, especially from a Caucasian father. Filipinos don’t like getting too much sun, and they don’t like their flat, pinched noses. ![]()
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