tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post7555963892401759724..comments2023-08-10T18:06:06.024+10:00Comments on Philippines Phil: Back to Africa; Learning my "Americanness"PhilippinesPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-22757924832320296332008-03-12T23:59:00.000+11:002008-03-12T23:59:00.000+11:00God help me Hope; I LOVE being flattered. Feel fre...God help me Hope; I LOVE being flattered. Feel free to do it whenever you like!PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-68751069076243992542008-03-12T15:43:00.000+11:002008-03-12T15:43:00.000+11:00Phil--you outdid yourself brother. What a great pi...Phil--you outdid yourself brother. What a great piece. Feel free to deviate from your intended topic again tomorrow. The last one was really good, too. ONe of us needs to link these to the other blog. Good, good writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-16958237594210785902008-03-12T12:19:00.000+11:002008-03-12T12:19:00.000+11:00The Americos were always vastly outnumbered by the...The Americos were always vastly outnumbered by the indigenous tribesmen that they ruled over. In effect, they had made slaves of the people already living there, at least governmentally(?), economically and socially. They had power and kept it to themselves ruthlessly. That all changed in 1980, when MSgt Doe led a coup, where many of the Americos were slaughtered in a bloodbath of retribution. PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-46024433743548733802008-03-12T02:55:00.000+11:002008-03-12T02:55:00.000+11:00Phil:I find myself concurring with your many obser...Phil:<BR/><BR/>I find myself concurring with your many observations on racial relations with natives of Africa compared with African-Americans, though I would not generalize either ways.<BR/><BR/>I, too, have interacted with immigrant Africans from Liberia, Ethiopia, and Nigeria at work, and missing among them are some of the attitudes that probably hamper smoother race relations among different Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-76973099702766167602008-03-10T18:46:00.000+11:002008-03-10T18:46:00.000+11:00Yah Kat, looks like I'll be talking about Liberia ...Yah Kat, looks like I'll be talking about Liberia for another post or two... <BR/><BR/>The one i want to tell is tragic anyway. Its certainly not a feel good post. Maybe thats why I'm so easily led away from telling it?<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I enabled comment moderation after getting a really foul comment from some egghead. I hope folks don't mind too much.PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-3604320433122505612008-03-10T13:23:00.000+11:002008-03-10T13:23:00.000+11:00lol, i love watching u totally digress off topic.E...lol, i love watching u totally digress off topic.<BR/><BR/>Either wayyou tell a good story. so what do i care if it's not the one you intended to write?KAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03090582170365523716noreply@blogger.com