i too am filipino, and its disheartening to find people who do not know anything about your culture and automatically label you as something you are not. i've had friends who thought i was latino because of my spanish looking name. i have big eyes and pretty fair skin. when announcing that i was filipino (cause you know AzN pride and all...), i was met with, "what i thought you were Mexican! i still consider filipinos not as asians tho...more of a pseudo latino kind of people." They did put forth their ignorance however when i told them i generally consider myself asian.

Yes, the people of the philippines islands are asian.

i thought it was known as asian.

Filipinos ARE asian! Sure, the Philippines is an island in the Pacific, but so is Japan. Are they pacific islanders too? No. They're ASIANS.

Indonesians and Filipinos are properly termed Asian, since their island groups are considered part of the Asian continent, but not the Melanesians, Micronesians, and Polynesians of the central and southern Pacific, who are now often referred to collectively as Pacific Islanders.

I've argued with my friends about this. This bugs the hell out of me.

i am, too, filipino.

FILIPINOS ORIGINATED FROM SPAIN. Spain is part of Europe (although that doesnt either neccesarily make us European, either). Our culture emerged from both Pacific Islanders and Spaniards.


India is located in Asia, do we call them Asian? I don't know about you guys, but I dont. It doesn't matter, Asian or Pacific Islanders. But I consider us pacific islanders. We are too isolated from mainland Asia rather than Japan being closer to asia after i thought about it ><

exactly! well said!

I consider them asian.

I consider myself both as well and yes I am filipino, asian, pacific islander ...I don't see why it has to be one or the other to some people..but I guess thats their view.

Filipinos did not come from Spain. When Magellan landed in Cebu, there were already natives there.

haha tru
if were frm asia were asian....

Umm, I don't see how this is a debatable subject. The Phillipines are in Asia, and if you are from Asia means you're Asian. A lot of people don't see that Asians aren't just from China, Japan, Korea, or Vietnam.

exactly. people just want to be different & say that they're pacific islanders. i consider myself to be asian, though

Hawaii is a pacific island...and thay are pacifik islanders...u onli say your american if u wanna sound cool unless u really are part american 2

ok first off that was confusing and secondly Hawaii is part of the usa its a seperated state, and if your phillipean(sorry dont know how to spell) then ur asian just like if ur puerto rican ur latin or hispanic same thing! i think....

Phillipines is in Asia. People from Asia are called Asians.

uh... no.

Hawaiians are Pacific Islanders, which is a term used to describe an ethnic group or those of certain heritage, however they are also American by nationality. Meaning, it has nothing to do with sounding "cool" to say Hawaiians are American because by law, they are Americans. Usually applications ask for race or ethnic group and so Hawaiians may want to mark "Pacific Islander".

Note: NATIONALITY =/= (is not equal to) ETHINIC GROUP.

Anyway, there is nothing to debate about in this topic. Filipinos are Asian. Unless someone has anything else to say that hasn't been said about the topic, this thread is going to stay closed.