Racism and Resistance among the Filipino Diaspora

Aquino, Kristine

doi:10.4324/9781315201306

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“…The criticisms on Amanda's video reflect the stigma against Filipino women in an interracial relationship. This point echoes a cohort of studies that have unraveled discrimination towards Filipino women married to Caucasian men (Aquino, 2018;Constable, 2003;Espinosa, 2017;Lauser, 2008). In this research, we noticed that Amanda was also referred to as 'Inday' in several comments.…”

Section: Defensivesupporting

confidence: 79%

“…Further, she is assumed to capitalize on affective, reproductive and sexual labor to access a stable future for herself and her left-behind loved ones in the Philippines. While media's sensationalist representations (Saroca, 2006) might highlight the victimization of brokered Asian wives as the subject of 'sexual exploitation' and 'forced labour', we will follow the stance taken by earlier works (Constable, 2003;Aquino, 2018;Espinosa, 2017) that examined the agentic aspects as well as postcolonial dimensions of Filipinas who seek to partner with foreign white men. Placing the analysis within a broader socio-historical analytical frame, for example, Constable (2003) argues that the 'cultural logic of desire' underpins Filipinas' preference for white male spouses.…”

Section: Marriage Migration Transnational Mobilities and Migrant 'Smentioning

confidence: 99%

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'Hey, I like ur videos. Super relate!' Locating sisterhood in a postcolonial intimate public on YouTube

Cabalquinto¹,

Soriano²

2020

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This paper re-examines YouTube as a site of feminine, networked, and intimate sociality among Filipino women online. We unpack this by identifying how commenters on YouTube engage with the performativity of an intimate relationship between a Filipina and her foreign husband on YouTube. Extending Mina Roces’ concept of ‘local sisterhood’ in the digital context, we coin the term ‘online sisterhood’ to articulate the diverse ways through which Filipino women engage with interracial intimacies in the realm online communication. By conducting a thematic analysis of comments on a popular YouTube channel of a Filipina married to a Caucasian man, we uncover the dimensions of an unfolding online sisterhood as aspirational, relatable, regulatory, and defensive modalities. We argue that these frames are informed by gendered, racialized, and even class-based aspirations and contestations tied to Philippine postcolonial history and society. Ultimately, as a site for feminine sociality and intimacy, YouTube also becomes a site for constructing, reinforcing as well as countering the stereotypical representations of Filipino women in a networked and postcolonial space.

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Section: Defensivesupporting

confidence: 79%

Section: Marriage Migration Transnational Mobilities and Migrant 'Smentioning

confidence: 99%

'Hey, I like ur videos. Super relate!' Locating sisterhood in a postcolonial intimate public on YouTube

Cabalquinto¹,

Soriano²

2020

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“…In Australia, the influx of Filipino marriage migrants increased during the relaxation of the White Australia Policy (Espinosa, 2017). Filipino women have since become susceptible to discrimination and 'cultural othering' in physical spaces (Aquino, 2018;Espinosa, 2017;Roces, 2003) or through the media as prominently reflected in the representation of a Filipina in Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Laforteza, 2006). Ultimately, the stigma of mail-order brides has become synonymous to non-white (Bonifacio, 2009;Roces, 2003).…”

Section: School Of Communication and Creative Arts Deakin Universitymentioning

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Performing (In)justice: The Contentious Politics of Digitally Mediated Visuals

Lewis

Berents

Myles

et al. 2019

SPIR

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This panel considers sociopolitical contentions as being increasingly visually mediated and brings together a transdisciplinary group of researchers to reflect on the complex ways digitally mediated visuals construct, sustain and perform (in)justice. To do this, panelists reflect on the many forms and political textures digitally mediated visuals can assume (online and offline), and considers the specific role of digital affordances and platform politics in sustaining these practices. Panelists address key questions: 1) how do digitally mediated visuals enact forms of (in)justice?; 2) what potentials or limitations do digitally mediated visuals generate for scholars wishing to understand broader sociopolitical contentions?; and 3) what conceptual and methodological tools should (Internet) scholars employ to study the contentious politics of digitally mediated visuals (and with what ethical implications)? Drawing from media and communication, international relations, cultural studies and discourse theory, panelists address a variety of sociopolitical topics across platforms (WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter) and territories, including: US black justice movements, sexual racism in Latin America and Southeast Asia, conflicts over representations of death in the Middle East, and transnational movements for trans rights activism. Panelists engage with Internet research to investigate the contentious politics of digitally mediated visuals by drawing on several perspectives to challenge hegemonic conceptions, Western biases and dominant discourses. They also mobilize qualitative or hybrid methods to track the trajectories of digitally mediated visuals to understand their biographies and sociopolitical productiveness in the context of their emergence, methods particularly interesting for Internet studies considering ongoing critiques against big data approaches.

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“…In addition to these are socio-psychological burdens that may take precedence over disaster risk awareness. For example, Filipino migrants in Australia have had to constantly contend with everyday racism (Aquino, 2018). Trafficking is also a significant concern (Tigno, 2012;Lyneham and Richards, 2014;David et al, 2000) as is violence against Filipino women (e.g.…”

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Reviewing the place of migrants in disasters: a personal perspective

Torres

2021

DPM

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PurposeThe paper aims to call attention to issues that may be missing or taken for granted in discourses on migrants and disasters by applying the author’s viewpoint to reflect on gaps and potentials for disaster risk reduction.Design/methodology/approachThe author discusses key issues based on reflective engagement with selected secondary documentation in the form of grey and scholarly literature. Personal perspectives are engaged to develop arguments on intersections that are relevant to the migrant situation in different frameworks in disaster studies.FindingsWhile migrants are considered significant stakeholders in key global agreements on disaster and migration, encounters with disaster literature from a more localised level reveal how references to the migrant sector can be omitted or racialised. This gap can be filled by searching for documentation of migrant strengths and vulnerabilities. However, further reflection demonstrates how adopting broader perspectives can reveal these strengths and vulnerabilities as part of more appropriate and sustainable disaster risk reduction strategies. The paper also shows how such reflections can be led by insights from migrants themselves, not as subjects to be managed but as agents of their own change.Originality/valueThe paper is distinctive because it shows aspects of migrant strengths and disadvantages from a personal viewpoint. It amplifies less-heard perspectives on a conceptual level as well as in actual practice.

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Racism and Resistance among the Filipino Diaspora

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'Hey, I like ur videos. Super relate!' Locating sisterhood in a postcolonial intimate public on YouTube

'Hey, I like ur videos. Super relate!' Locating sisterhood in a postcolonial intimate public on YouTube

Performing (In)justice: The Contentious Politics of Digitally Mediated Visuals

Reviewing the place of migrants in disasters: a personal perspective

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