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Stop the hate even- if you’re just joking: 2 foreigners protest racism against Filipinos

Comments  on “It was a joke, UP student Arvin Labrador tells angry netizens on BBC comic quip on Pinoy children”
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From malcolm conlan, July 9, 2013 at 5:43 am
“I am a British man married to a filipina and we have two filipino children. I fully understood the context of the show and also understood the reasons behind the segment of the show ‘Unlikely lines a cosmetics company would say’
“I would not call myself a ‘Netizen’ and did not intend to make this into a bigger issue, I am upset and offended by some of the threats towards Katherine over this. However I organised a protest outside the BBC in London a couple of weeks ago and have also organised a further protest on Friday July 12th, again outside the BBC. I also organised a petition which to date has nearly 1,300 signatures.
“My reasons for doing all of this are simple, for far too long Filipinos have been used as a butt of jokes from Victoria Wood in the 90′s, Harry and Paul a few years back, the Lara Bohinc incident (google all of the above and add the words ‘filipino’ and you can read about them).
“Katherine Ryan did not have to refer to ‘filipino children’ at all, it simply was not funny, why refer to any nationality, I believe she would find any nationality would have also reacted badly. Hopefully you won’t accuse me of being a ‘Netizen’ or some Pinoy with a grudge, I am neither, as I said, I am a 100% British guy who just cannot accept any filipino being used as a joke, the use of any nationality in a negative or derogatory way could be described as racist, I will not rest until both Katherine Ryan and indeed the BBC apologise unreservedly.”
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From Pete Snaith, July 9, 2013 at 7:43 am
“I have been to the Philippines 15 times, several of my closest friends are Filipino. They are some of the most kind people I have met, I also have many Transsexual friends from the Philippines and still in the Philippines, and see a lot of discrimination towards them too. They are people too, that have real feelings like anyone else. So please try to be tolerant of all Filipinos! Equality for all humans!!”
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UP student cautions news orgs against advancing causes, “advocacies”; giving charity

Written by Pseudonym #1
“On “Media reloaded”: rappler.com/thought-leaders/vitug-media-reloaded
“Maritess Vitug’s article featured in Rappler struck me not just because I rarely come across articles on journalism and media in popular news sites, but because its contents echo some points raised in my Comm 110 ethics class. Vitug was invited to the global media forum, with the theme “Future of Growth Economic Values and the Media”, by the Friedrich Neumann Foundation for Freedom in Bonn, Germany. From the forum, Vitug “picked up four strands”, namely:
“Journalists’ work has become more important in this digital, complex world.
“News organizations are no longer just limited to reporting the news.
“Media should be part of the dialogue on values in business and economic growth.
“Economically free societies do not necessarily nurture free media.”
“For this media watch, I would like to comment on the example she gave under the second point on how news organizations are no longer restricted to just reporting the news. She mentioned how BBC has an NGO, BBC Media Watch, which is “funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation”. This aims to help in disseminating information to those who’d like to be trained under their “Mobile Academy”. Somehow, Vitug’s sentiments matched mine. She said “the BBC global brand may be tarnished if the project fails or if there’s wrongdoing.” Also, I can infer that maybe (if any in the future) if bad news of Bill Gates may surface, BBC may defend or protect him since he is a project benefactor. BBC may indeed lose public trust and weaken the credibility of their news. Under the code of ethics, this is under “advocating causes”. Being a whole company involved in this organization, BBC must nurture it but at the same time focus on the news without the bias from their other involvements. While reading the article, I felt like it seems like a risk on the part of BBC to take action in these things. Then again, in the Philippines, the huge networks do have their own foundations (i.e. ABS-CBN Foundation, etc.) which cater to their many advocacies (like Bantay Bata, Bantay Kalikasan, etc.). Truly, journalists and news organizations aren’t only there to deliver the news, but also act on causes, hopefully, as much as possible, without compromising the news.” Posted by Pseudonym #1