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Earlier this year, I began by writing an article with the hopes of educating and appealing to our BakitWhy.com community about the importance of becoming a bone marrow donor. Jennifer Juanes, if you recall, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Because of her mixed ethnic background, she had a slim chance of finding a donor. However, she was successful at finding a match, and a bone marrow transplant was done for her. Jennifer is not the only one who has demonstrated a need for a bone marrow donation. The need does not discriminate between age, sex, or ethnic background. One year old (and yes, I did say ONE year old) Jamison Vincent Abrenica has been recently diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia, and he too will need a bone marrow donation to prolong his life. Unfortunately, the need does not, and will not, stop there.
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“But…I’m not Chinese…” – Dante Basco in The Debut Ok, so maybe that quote won’t make it to the top 100 most memorable movie quotes of all time anytime soon (heck, this is probably the first time it’s ever made it onto any website for...anything), and maybe it’s not an experience that every Pilipino shares, but being mis-Asian-ized by others is quite a typical occurrence for a people whose ethnicity has always been defined (or undefined) by its mixed-ness. If you’re like me and sport a relatively pale complexion, were born to a nanay (mother) that looks like the Pilipino version of China, and hold a large percentage of Chinese blood in your heritage– then you probably know well the confused looks of people who see your face, see your Hispanic last name, yet sadly fail to see that you are, in fact... just Pilipino.
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Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father? Maybe so, but that's a whole differerent galaxy far, far away from the United Federation of Planets. |
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words & images by Edward J. Mallillin The Three Filipino Tenors kicked-off a star-studded night in song. Then, actress/host Tamlyn Tomita welcomed the packed house by speaking in Tagalog. Pilipinos were well-represented last night at the East West Players 43rd Anniversary Visionary Awards Dinner and Silent Auction at the Hilton in Universal City. Since 1965, the EWP has served as "the nation's pre-eminent Asian American theater troupe" (New York Times) and served as one of the most prestigious organizations to showcase the talents of Asian American entertainers. Their annual Visionary Awards salutes many artists who have helped to raise the visibility of the Asian Pacific American community.
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