// 113 Years of Philippine Independence//
Celebrated on June 12, 2011.
Weird. I guess the American colonization didn’t happen? And neither did the Japanese invasion in World War II?
Wtf is going on here?
It’s one thing to have our stories rendered invisible in history books in the US, but to completely disregard such important parts of history here in the Philippines is really, really disturbing.
I was smiling while reading this entire post. Yessss! :] Been definitely thinking the same thing.
18 / 06
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jkreg reblogged this from kamoteslice and added:
Yes, I think some people celebrate this for the wrong reasons and forget all of the years of colonization. However, I do...
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kamoteslice reblogged this from fleetingsighs and added:
was smiling while reading this entire post. Yessss! :] Been definitely thinking
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payak said:
si Diosdado nagpalit ng celebration, Originally July 4 din tayu, kasabay ng US.. He have his reason kasi, search na lang.. not sure of the detail kasi.. pero mas gusto ko kung July 4th din, un naman kasi talaga yung totoong araw..
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