Racism at its best in Australian NRL
.Commentary By Noel Anjo, Sunday Bulletin PNG’s International Justin Olam scored the first try (penalty try) for Melbourne Storms. Fijian International Suliasi Vunivalu through individual effort intercepted a long pass and ran 80m to score the second try. PNG government and about 90% of NRL followers in PNG supported cheering for Melbourne Storms because Justina […]
The Effects of Colonial Mentality on Filipino-American Mental Health
By Kubo Guest Writers – By Joriene Mercado In a survey of San Diego public high school students, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a striking 45.6% of Filipino-American female adolescents have thought about committing suicide, which was the highest rate among all ethnic groups in this study (Wolf, 1997). Data collected by the Los […]
What Is a Colonized Mind?
England was once so proud of its colonial regime that it boasted, “The sun never sets on the British empire.” Today, colonialism is a bad word. It is fashionable to say we live in a ‘post-colonial’ world. The truth is the world continues to involve relations of domination and exploitation, under new names: “globalization,” for […]