Why Shay Mitchell Won't Admit She's HALF Filipino

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[@tonykeo7009]

She will acknowledge her Filipino side when its convenient for her career.

[@steevieg]

Exactly. She's saving that for when times get hard, when she becomes irrelevant.

[@bitokay147]

Yup I see this with black and lighter skinned black celebs as well lol

[@corycianangel6321]

I think that’s what got her the role as Alexandra Trese in the Trese anime.

[@thediner8929]

Yes. That’s what I notice about halfies.

[@se_amable001]

what career?

[@thuanchau7042]

the level of disrespect she laid on her mom by not acknowledging her Filipino heritage is beyond shameful.

[@gt6252pc]

@@Youyouhssssjjjnnhbb-xj7yl Imagine how hard her mom had it going around town with everyone confused about whether or not she was the wife or the maid/baby sitter girlfriend that the husband was cheating on his white wife with.😀

[@Literallyandfiguratively]

I had a classmate in the Philippines who had more pride in her Chinese heritage than her Filipino side. He was looking to go back to mother China. 🤔

[@ricarellan]

@@gt6252pcI’ve sometimes heard Filipinos inside Filipino grocery stores or restaurants making jokes in Tagalog or giving the side eye and smirking when they see a Filipina with a white man claiming they’re a “green card wife” or “they’re both desperate” 😬🤣

[@MsMariano74]

I'm tired of talking cause the kids don't know better. Just saying. ✌️❤️😊 Happy 4th of July friends!!?!🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇

[@Drownedinblood]

Her mom probably taught her to do this shit. Dont feel bad for her.

[@notanotherlou]

You don't want the wrath of the Filipino online community, they are brutal in the comment section.

[@Edgar_Ramirez471]

The unknown country just below our country knows that.

[@leonilopatubo3526]

​@@Edgar_Ramirez471it is unknown to you, we understand if people don't want to study their geography and are not able or don't have the means to go out from their countries.

[@Edgar_Ramirez471]

@@leonilopatubo3526 people around the world only knows Southeast Asian countries like Philippines🇵🇭Thailand🇹🇭Vietnam🇻🇳Malaysia🇲🇾Singapore🇸🇬other than that the other countries(especially below the Philippines) are unknown

[@wanawana222]

you cant blame her coz kapampangan people has attitude 😂

[@healingseeker896]

This happen in 2017 or 2018 she does not know how powerful filipino in social media..filipino fans or followers are wild... good and bad lol they will treat like God but once you disrespect the lumpia your our lol

[@angelstarlosbanos4112]

She is not a lost to the Filipinos.. we've got Beautiful women here, who made the Philippines proud of..we also acknowledged and support Foreigners who are proud to be Filipinos😊.

[@blessileto3700]

we don’t care! atleast we know we shouldn’t support anything about her

[@normavalero4835]

we don't care..

[@titoaguilar791]

We dont care she is a garbage..

[@mayching4201]

Shay mitchell who??!! Who is she anyway? I don't give a damn if she denied she's of Filipino blood.. who cares! 🙄

[@cordelyeran7206]

Agree..

[@remnantvee1146]

Bruno Mars is proud of acknowledging his roots

[@IamproudAtin13]

Hailee Steinfield has a small Filipino Descent percentage yet she likes to talk about being how she is so proud to be a Filipino as if she is actually Full Filipino. Shay Take notes.

[@hannah60000]

Interesting, I’m not Filipino, but I would side eye someone who was 1/8 (sometimes 1/4) my cultural ethnic background and was not just mentioning it, but trying to “represent” the group. My instinct is to tell them to “chill” - we love you big that part up, but you don’t represent the group. That’s just me though!

[@beetafly2]

Hailey passes as full white therefore she claims diversity for inclusion. Shay looks Filipino passing therefore she doesn't want to claim it bc she wants white privilege. Make sense?

[@IamproudAtin13]

@@beetafly2 nah it depends to where you live and environment you grew up with. Hailey grew up in an environment where diversity is accepted and embraced by society while Shay was born and raised in a place where racism was so common and where asians were being bullied all the time.

[@Muhammad-HarDick]

​@@beetafly2dude hailee visited the Philippines many times and she knows about her filipino roots.

[@ricarellan]

Former Miss Universe/Miss USA R’Bonney Gabriel who’s half-Filipino and damn proud of it ❤🇵🇭

[@cristiano7ronaldoTHEGOAT]

Syempre ginagatasan nya. Alam nya mahilig sa beauty contest mga pinoy.

[@gracejonesgj3368]

​@@cristiano7ronaldoTHEGOATwag ganun napaka simpleng babae si R'bonney she"s been here for 2 mos.just to know more of her roots.Respect!

[@Joeythebunny]

More respect for R'Bonney she speak tagalog as well. And Bonney she is damn very proud as Filipino. Salute Bon Bon!

[@malou1969]

Yes and I think she is in Phil.takibg vacation with her parents.

[@ck-bs2ms]

@@malou1969she is since before miss universe Philippines last May and until now… she went to Us for a short trip and will be back to the Philippines

[@patreezzy]

Shoutout to Saweetie, HER, Jordan Clarkson, Camryn Bynum, Hailee Steinfeld, and all others who embraced or at least acknowledged your Filipino heritage regardless of percentage.

[@malou1969]

Yes add Bruno Mars ,Olivia Rodrigo ,Batista and many more.

[@eris5189]

Vanessa hudgens din ata

[@patreezzy]

@@malou1969 shotzi blackheart, TJ Perkins, Kayden carter, Jo Koy, P Lo, we got plenty willing to carry the flag for our culture. Whether shay doesn’t don’t matter honestly

[@gladys8060]

Don't forget Nicole Scherzinger pussycatdolls icon!

[@ld872]

Also Jalen Green from the Houston Rockets (NBA) and apl.de.ap from the Black Eyed Peas 🎶 .

[@meemac4709]

Lea Salonga did not denounce her Philippine citizenship even after she was offered citizenship by the US Government after winning a Tony Awards.

[@Sirin2099]

Hilarious because Lea Salonga is her auntie.

[@meemac4709]

@@Sirin2099 precisely.

[@diamonddogs6037]

She one of those people. Every culture has them..

[@evildisaster8149]

She is the Buang in the family!

[@faith9224]

Yup 😂

[@disontago5729]

If her mother did a dna ancestry and find the real truth she would prolly unalive herself

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

shempul disgres op da pamily?

[@jalaaaah]

we honestly need to stop expecting half-blood children to be the face of minorities. a mixed child’s experience is not the same as a mono-racial child’s and we shouldn’t expect them to uphold our values.

[@hyungjom9450]

The majority of Filipino people didn't even know her.. like the hell we care

[@Yanglee-q9j]

True

[@ermalyngabriel3346]

Exactly

[@EliwKabukulan]

Who is she?

[@DestinyAwaits19]

Nobody wants to be Asian, or associated with asian genes.

[@maryannpena5736]

TRUE I DONT KNOW HER IM FILIPINO

[@kitcab3527]

It is because she hates herself and very insecure. Being a Filipino is a blessing to the world. The kindness, the hard working attitude and generous heart are not found so easily in the world until you meet a filipino. Her mother must be ashamed of her background that her daughter is not strong enough to accept who they are.

[@Nikitateagurl_77]

The plastikan, corruption, crab mentality, tsismosa, only nice to foreigners but not to their fellow filipinos... etc etc

[@saltandpeppers8788]

💯

[@itsofficial.Heisenberg]

I agree with shay being wrong with this. but it is not true that filipinos are blessing in the world(Maybe majoriy of filipino nurses are kind) But there are many reasons to be embarassed as a Filipino If you're in the Philippines u know that being a filipino is truly embarassing. Majority of Filipinos are toxic and stvpid. Voting for corrupt politicians like villar/bbm over and over again. Using "catholic faith" as a reason not to approved divorce or pro choice in the Philippines. Not all filipinos are catholic fyi but politicians are afraid to upset the catholic church and used that as a reason not to approved better laws. (and stvpid filipinos keeps on voting for these stvpid corrupt politicians) Philippines has toxic beauty standards and no financial literacy like having kids as a retirement plan filipinos only shows hospitality to white foreign people but are racist to their own kind (dark skinned filipinos) i see no problem with people being embarassed to be a filipino BUT I DO ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE with SHAY because she only acknowledged she's filipina when it was convenient (like getting the voice over for the filipino anime "trese") if she is really embassed of being a filipino I would support her because everyone has their reason. (BUT she should not have ever acknowledged and profitted from her filipino roots) that is whats wrong with her.

[@aiel1740]

She realized filipinos are the dirty indians of southeast asia

[@gerricabanayan1194]

It all starts in the home, that’s how she was educated, not comfortable in their own skin.

[@LeslieCabuling]

You should follow the example of Enrique Iglesia admitted his Mom is partly Filipina blood 🩸, as a guest of one Mexican TV Talk Shows. 🇵🇭😍👍

[@runmylarun]

I remember he even wore a shirt that said Cebu on an interview at MTV or TRL back in the day😊

[@tomvillar7446]

Im a filipino and proud being one. i have no prob with her denying her heritage.it's her call and it's her prob. I love my country. God bless us all filipinos all over the world.

[@sukanya662]

don't make filipino mad.

[@AD-nu4ef]

She will only admit it whenever it's convenient for her.

[@Nickh949]

Maybe you should ask yourself why that is if your Filipino.

[@AD-nu4ef]

@@Nickh949 Maybe NOT. Why would I ask myself that? I am not afraid to admit I am.

[@dr.herminiakishida8572]

We don’t need her admission😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@skyhart9926]

@@Nickh949there is nothing wrong with embracing your heritage.

[@MGutube-xyz]

​@@dr.herminiakishida8572exactly. Who is she anyway?

[@jovanessavf164]

It's fine. Most Filipinos don't know who she is anyway. LOL To each his (or her) own.

[@LyraEpstein-e8b]

True that lmfao😂😂😂

[@LyraEpstein-e8b]

I've lived in the US for more than half my life and who the fruit is this mediocre okay looking individual??

[@cupcake2024]

Agree I never heard of her name just now😊

[@jasminmarcos5222]

Hu yo? Never heard of her up to this time. We don't care about her either 🤪

[@mariasalonga4780]

Very true no one knows her

[@raechellesy8065]

She just voiced a Filipino character in the Netflix anime “Trese” based on a Filipino comic book. She acknowledged that time that she was Filipino and she was excited doing the voice of that character. That Netflix anime was just released during the pandemic, 2021, just 3yrs ago.🙄 Don’t know why she’s now downgrading her being a Filipino.🙄

[@mYsTiCaLiEs]

That video was 2014 when she said she’s half spanish 😂

[@raechellesy8065]

@@mYsTiCaLiEs so that video circulating now was from way back 2014? Why was it even unearthed now? People can change in 10yrs or even in as short as just 1yr. If that is the case, then that viral video is misleading.

[@marvinsulzer8258]

Cuz it benefited her to be Filipino to do that role. That’s why she admitted it then and only then. She must realize there is no hiding it cause she is definitely Asian passing. She doesn’t even look that mixed. Why not embrace that side of her?

[@drisshansfreetime453]

​​@@mYsTiCaLiEs That video was 2014??? I thought it was for her new show on HBO MAX

[@se_amable001]

That's what hypocrites do. Consistency is not in their vocabulary.

[@lifewithbellavisitacion4609]

R’bonney Gabriel is so proud to be half-filipino.We love her!❤

[@maalat]

Her mom looks Filipino - basically Malay with some mix from generations ago, of Spanish and East Asian but basically Malay - austronesian, meaning people from south islands. Our language is Austronesian. We are ocean travelers - from the south to the north (Taiwan, perhaps southern coast of China) to the west toward Southeast Asia - South of Vietnam, south of Thailand, Cambodia… to the eastern Pacific Islands. We seem to be the best ocean navigators to be able to do that. Trace the movement through the language. When my family visited Hawaii, it felt like home meeting the natives. I taught Samoan students and we realized we shared the same words as we counted in Samoan! Celebrate, not hide.

[@Kalamolng]

Well there ALOT of Filipino-American actors that heveamently deny their Filipino heritage like Lou Diamond Philips and Tia Carrera. It was until they weren't famous that they went on admit it. But u gotta hand it to Rob Schneider because NOBODY asked him for his Filipino heritage and just casually announced it hehe.

[@sprikitik9719]

Not only that he always brought his Filipino Mama on almost all his movies.

[@ck-bs2ms]

I think before Shay Mitchell said that she is Spanish there is another interview/video that she said she is Filipino… that is disrespectful

[@sprikitik9719]

@@ck-bs2ms she said she was Filipino because she came to the Philippines for a movie event and after that she was paid to dub for Trese a Filipino myth anime based on Filipino culture. She’s Filipino when it’s convenient to her. She got paid so she is a Filipino.

[@darrenkey207]

When did Lou Diamond Phillips deny his ethnicity? Sure he played some Mexican and Native American roles, but did he ever flat out deny being Filipino?

[@DerekLaugann]

yup. BRUNO MARS never tells anybody he is Asian or Hispanic to still convince the public he is BLACK

[@sleepymofo]

For any Filipinos/Filipinas looking for positive representation in the entertainment industry, just don't look towards those like Shay Mitchell. Look towards those who are proud to be.

[@the-G-Man2022]

Prime example of self-hate right there. Sad and pathetic to deny your roots. I am proud to be Filipino!

[@albertlim2252]

@@the-G-Man2022 Or maybe she's trying to hide that she's a " sex tourist baby".

[@corycianangel6321]

It's hard to see who does that at times when Pinoybaiting is rampant, regardless of having Filipino blood or not.

[@lenchenes]

I don't look.. any of them. Why would i ? After all they're just rich celebrities who don't really care about us.... peasants 😂😅

[@jitsubulls]

, how about will feel of her mom😢

[@alroberts193]

I think Mitchell is ashamed for being part Filipino. We all know how Asian American actors are being treated in Hollywood. She's really not a known actress anyway.

[@shairaabshire]

Yup, they made Dante Basco act as a latino for almost 2 decades. He was denied every time he asked if he could be a Filipino character.

[@ivd4154]

I believe the media pushes only Filipinos of a certain look to the forefront so that the mass public believes these representations are a true and majority portrayal of Filipinos. From the media I have seen, these portrayals are of effeminate males or unattractive males, namely a character named Mateo on Superstore, and a character named Reggie in a vampire sci-fi show who also played Spiderman's best friend. There is a character in new Star Wars but this man is Chinese (Filipino). Presence is one thing, but image is another issue. I really think people lie and start adding in other races to blunt the negative impact it is of being Filipino.

[@FLipSide5254]

She hides them before so it's pretty much expected and yes, she's not known actress since only her famous roles was in pretty little liars.

[@nomahomecook999]

we don't care if she denies being filipino. who is she, anyway! it's her mother we care about who she disrespects/hurt/insults & humiliates.

[@victoriarenberg5861]

They don’t search or read about the history of the Philippines. Its only 2 percent of Filipino has a Spanish blood, Am Filipino but most of time they thought that am from South America, Even in the Philippines they talk English to me, but i said am Filipino , Where ever i go am Proud to say am Filipino. My children is half Norwegian and my grandchildren is 25 percent of Filipino blood, i speak Tagalog with them , 2 of my children is fluent in Tagalog they can write and read to, i also speak tagalog to my grandchildren. I want them to know where they roots come from. My children love the Pilipino foods and they know my culture,and they used my surname even my grandchildren used them too, And we used to celebrate 🎉 the Philippines 🇵🇭 Independence day here 🇳🇴 Proudly Filipino in Europe.🍀

[@BonaKim-hd8ec]

Puhlease. I’m a Korean Canadian female from Mississauga, Ontario. My Korean parents would have never identified with their Japanese colonizers. Btw, Enrique Iglesias is on the record half Spanish and half Filipino. His mom is a former beauty queen/model. Shay has unresolved racial identity issues and is white washing herself for more perceived marketability. Her mom looks very Filipina. Shay should embrace both sides of her cultural identity. It’s 2024 not 1954.

[@random-fish]

@@BonaKim-hd8ec Enrique's mom is very famous in Spain and Enrique and his siblings embrace that side! I've seen him speak of it and wear Filipino pride t shirts! He and Nicole Scherzinger also worked together and she has Filipino ancestry too.

[@ACM0512]

Sandra Park is Korean but lived in the Philippines. She is proud of that part and speaks tagalog on air. Some people never knew the joy of your culture until you experience it.

[@Madinaash]

I’m a Pakistani Canadian female from Mississauga too girl 👀

[@Blakecute8Cort]

I think Enrique Iglesias is almost pure Spanish. Her mother grew up in the Philippines but she is Spanish....

[@random-fish]

@@Blakecute8Cort She has a lot of Spanish blood but not at all pure Spanish. She has had plastic surgery that makes her look more white, certainly. Her early marriage pictures with Julio Iglesias, she looks much more traditionally filipino. Julio Jr looks very filipino to me and Enrique, the most Spanish. Personally, I think Julio Jr sings much better than Enrique but I feel they never developed him bc he was much more Asian looking and less marketable. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@emb5091]

The problem is that she HAS repped her Filipino side before, which is why it feels like she has turned on her Filipino side. Thats the only reason I even knew she was one of us. If she had NEVER claimed it before, or had kept it secret, THEN there wouldnt have been a feeling of betrayal and no one would care.

[@tonybasilio7003]

She may have filipino roots but she is in no way filipino. No love lost there.

[@Don_40]

So racist and bigoted that some halfsies stray away from their heritage to get accepted by the dominate culture

[@allanis_the_great]

her mom is filipino how can she be no way filipino?

[@ROYAL_REBEL]

Half-Filipino.

[@b3blueblue]

Hap Pilipino 🤣

[@mrscitrine3592]

@@allanis_the_greatmaybe her mom has never taught her to be proud of it. There are parents like that

[@gerrysantos856]

Vanessa and Bruno are very proud to be part filipino they dont have any problem being one. They have coming back here in the philippines

[@Pegasus_QS179]

This will make you go crazy. There’s a Hollywood actor named Reggie Lee, who played Singaporean pirate in “Pirates of the Carribean at World’s End”, who’s actually Filipino, his real name is Reggie Valdez. lol.

[@jerseydevs2000]

I'm Fil-Am. Both of my parents are from the Philippines. I did a commercial DNA test that showed I am 60% Filipino, 30% Chinese, and 1% Iberian/Spanish. Am I using that as an excuse to bandwagon Spain at Euro 2024? Yes. But do I consider myself "Spanish"? Nah. Not even close.

[@ShimaUta86]

😂 I respect that. At least you’re not bandwagon France at Euro 2024

[@dfernandez3482]

Not at all? Not even 1%? 🤔🙂

[@jerseydevs2000]

@dfernandez3482 I'm barely genetically Spanish, and I'm culturally American (and slightly Filipino). I appreciate and respect the culture of Spain, but it's not part of my personal identity.

[@random-fish]

🤣🤣🤣

[@albertlim2252]

Are you a "sex tourist baby", majority of mixed pinoys are "sex tourist baby", specially in Angeles city and Manila.

[@Nurse_Izzy]

Her mom is a full blooded filipina not even a hint of spanish. The only time she was a spanish is when she did her spanish character as Emily in Pretty Little Liars. Now it seems she’s a pretty little liar about her real ethnic background. 😂

[@mashiela7189]

😅😅

[@marieannnodnor5998]

Hahaha liar2x caught on fire 🔥 🤭😅😂

[@Sunshinejglvlogs]

You're right. She doesn't look like Spanish. She's annoying. We filipinos don't need her, she needs the filipino viewers to be popular! Why support her? 😂

[@DiamondFlame45]

I am Mexican but I sure as hell know that I am not Spanish lol I speak Spanish but that’s it! I am proud of my Mexican heritage! It’s insane that I used to be ashamed of it back when I was a kid! I hope my Asian brothers and sisters take pride of their heritage because even in the US, they will never see us as American even if we are born here! That’s why I don’t bother or care about their validation! Glad that the younger generations of Asian Americans are taking pride in their heritage because I am seeing it!

[@jorgeortiz4485]

Funny part is even mexicans who are by blood mostly of Spanish descent....do not call themselves Spanish. Im a Salvadoran-American, and I've visited Spain. To the Spaniards, if you are born and raised there to Moroccan, Ukrainian, or Senegalese parents, you are considered more Spanish than a Mexican who is 90% Spanish in DNA. Though they do feel more affinity for Mexicans than someone straight from Morocco or Senegal for example.

[@anibalhyrulesantihero7021]

As a Guatemalan, I agree. I feel the exact same way. 🇬🇹

[@jaimeflor4181]

That’s awesome! I’ve always felt a natural camaraderie w/ my Indigenous and Mexican friends. My friend Jose, who I have a lot in common with, we used to talk about colonialism and precolonial history a lot. Partly because we both listened to the band Rage Against the Machine & Zack De La Rocha’s lyrics addressed a lot of these things.

[@Yolk421]

I’m half Guatemalan and half Salvadoran and I took a dna test, which confirm I am mostly Spanish. Latinos are mostly mestizo which is mixed of indigenous and European.

[@ziiiim]

Asians and Pacific islanders😂

[@vickyhernandez5230]

like us my grand father from my mother from pangasinan philippines.but were grown up here in batangas city.im so proud to tell every body that my lolo is from pangasinan

[@GinangBinibiniAle-ni9dz]

I’m not surprised. I remember very well in the early 90s, when Tia Carerre was the main guest on Jay Leno’s late night show. She had become very popular after she starred in the big hit “Wayne’s World”.. She was asked by Leno about her ethnicity. I remember so well, her response was that she’s of French, Irish descent and a couple more European races and… Chinese! My mouth dropped. Fast forward to about a decade later when her Hollywood popularity was waning, she graced the cover for a US based Filipino magazine. Would be seen regularly in Filipino social functions. And most recently, was cast in Jokoy’s movie, as a Filipino auntie . Now she’s Filipino 😂

[@Livealittle888]

Dude, I was born in California. Both my parents are straight from the Philippines. I don't understand or speak Filipino. I can barely do the Fililpino accent. BUT I AM FILIPINO AND PROUD OF IT! It truly is self-loathing and disrespectful to her mom. Super sad. Maybe she needs major therapy.

[@alistairt7544]

@@Livealittle888 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@MaximSupernov]

Her mom probably is like her claiming to be Spanish and taught her this mentality.

[@miguelguinto5343]

You’re welcome home here!! Come and stay in the Philippines if you’re proud to be Pinoy!!!!

[@siosongenardmichael1817]

NO You are Technically US CITIZENS

[@mgclef]

@@MaximSupernov yeah more or less

[@alistairt7544]

Some people be living their whole lives in denial or are just lacking the education. And the amount of Filipinos that really believe they have even a drop of Spanish blood in them, just cause they have Spanish names is staggering. Most Filipinos don't have Spanish, or any European, blood. Only a very very small portion of the population have Euro ancestry. The Spanish surnames came from the Spaniards forcing Filipinos to adapt Spanish surnames after we were forced to convert to and baptized into Catholicism. It was also for census so they can easily tax the population since they will in turn have written record of every citizen under their empire and easier to control and tax. Either they didn't learn from history classes or have completely forgotten, that the Spaniards kept a distance from the natives and for the most part, only inter-married with fellow Spaniards, and very few native elites, which were usually the native pre-colonial nobility and royalty. They even stayed behind fortified walls in Spanish-only settlements, like walled city of Intramuros in Manila, to keep away from the natives. That's why if you look at the map of Manila, right outside the walled-city of Intramuros is Binondo, on the other side of the river, cause they also kept away from other races like the Chinese traders and settlers that resided in Binondo, which is also the oldest Chinatown in the world. The most common mixture in the Philippines are Filipinos mixed with Chinese/having Chinese heritage(including myself) as there was more intermingling between the natives and Chinese traders and settlers. The Euro mixed Filipinos today are mostly more of a recent thing like children of Filipinos who immigrated to western countries like the US, Australia, UK, Canada, etc, in the last 2-3 generations, this century.

[@sayyanhmuong737]

The facts be proud of who you are she sounds like a Twinkie to me or a banana

[@dfernandez3482]

Then why are there Filipinos with full beards? 🤔🙂

[@jr3753]

@@dfernandez3482because austronesians can grow beards

[@jaimeflor4181]

True… it’s odd, because if you know our history, then you know that Spanish Filipino’s aren’t super common. I definitely have Chinese ancestry though & according to my grandfather, we had a Chinese surname before adopting the surname “Flor.” Educating myself about our history & Asian history in general, helped me gain a more accurate big picture understanding of myself and the region.

[@chix25]

@@alistairt7544 that is true. Or those who went to provinces lived in big houses. If you’re Filipino and you're family do not have a big ancestral house and acres of properties. You do not have Spanish blood, but even those whose ancestors were Spanish don't look European at anymore. After the 4th generation genetics starts to disappear. My mom got the last ounce of her Spanish DNA. Only her. None of her siblings and definitely none of her kids.

[@czar7507]

My daughter is eurasian the only Filipino on her when you look at her is her eyes cause she got it from me, but she's white since birth but every where she goes she proud of being half Filipino, and most people get shocked when they know.. It depends on how you raised your kids and it's up to them to decide when the time comes..

[@midknight23]

Your right, maybe just maybe he got that "not being proud as a filipino" from her mom...

[@nediedemit805]

My daughter who is half filipina and half austrian tells me often that life is unfair that she doesnt look like a filipina. She is so proud of her filipino heritage and she wants to be recognized to be a filipina. 😂

[@Griemmy]

But i know you want her to be half white bcuz you think half whites are superior. U can make her an artista in the philippines. More chance of success if you are half in the philippines.

[@ennuieffect]

Dave Bautista has always been proud of his Filipino roots. Maybe it’s because he’s Gen X, but the guy never used his roots as a gimmick in the WWE, but with the huge flag of the Philippines tattoo on his shoulder, he never hid it either.

[@manuelsteele7755]

As a Native American, this is nothing new. I am Apache from Arizona. The colonization of Spain led to the Spanish "Casta" or caste system based on degree of Spanish blood quantum and skin complexion. The hierarchy was as follows from top to bottom: peninsulares (Spaniard born in Spain), criollos (Spaniard born in the colonies), castizo (light-skinned, mostly-Spanish but partially indigenous or African), mestizo (darker, mixed-blooded citizen), Indios or West African. I did construction labor in between engineering projects when I was young. I met a bigoted Mexican American from Albuquerque, NM who made racist jokes about indigenous people. I told him "I thought most Mexicans are part Native American?" Then he responded with a deep, loud, angry tone - "Yeah, but most of them don't want to admit it!!!!!" He quickly befriended light-skinned immigrants from Mexico. They were essentially modern castizos and kept making racist jokes about Native Americans with a rude demeanor that day. The castizos were up front about their racism. So, you have a woman trying to obscure her identity with the Spanish proclamation. It's happened many times in the colonization by Spain in Mexico and the Southwestern USA. To be fair, there are many Mexican Americans who don't agree with it and are progressive. East LA has many nice Mexican Americans openly proud of their indigenous ancestry. It was highlighted in the film "La Bamba". But it would be naive to assume the clusters of racist castizos aren't out there. That woman sounds like a castiza of the Spanish "Casta" which has been around since the 1500s.

[@ishie19.78]

I like the cast system you mention… cos Philippines definitely have that… specially mestizo… light skin filipino probably mix… mostly preferred.

[@gzh619]

People like to deny part of their roots until they see that neglected side making them money. All of a sudden they start representing their culture. They start speaking the language, eating the food, wearing the clothes, ect.

[@invisibleadversary]

David probably hit the nail on the head. She's 37. When and where she was growing up, it wasn't at all cool to be Asian but it was very cool to be Hispanic. If she was in her early 20's now, she'd probably be leaning into the Asian side. It's lame but that's what it is. The other possible reason is that her mother doesn't like identifying as Filipino and that self-hatred got passed down.

[@jeffdaman6969]

This right here. She’s embarrassed to be Asian.

[@jaimeflor4181]

For FilAm’s and Hapa Asian individuals from generation X and older millennials, that was definitely more common. Still, I’m 45 and I grew out of that mindset by learning about my history. I guess some people fear change & feel uncomfortable w/ addressing these things. It’s sad really… My sister’s best friend in the 90’s, she was mostly Filipino and 1/4 Mexican, but she’d call herself Hawaiian. I always cringed when she told that to people.

[@ytuseracct]

I agree with this, it's a cliche hapa struggle/identity crisis of her generation

[@Edgar_Ramirez471]

*The Philippines🇵🇭✝️ is the most diverse country in Southeast Asia we have Austronesian, Chinese, Europeans, Native Americans, Indians, Arabs, Africans, etc while other countries have ethnic groups from tribes Philippines have ethnic groups from around the world and we're proud about it*

[@nenabunena]

Very little NA, arab, African, and Indian ancestry here but out of those 4, Indian would have the largest percentage but marginal, even Spanish is only 2% of the population

[@nenabunena]

You forgot the australoids, the negritos

[@loretasevilla9233]

My grandfather from mother side spanish-surname: espan̈ol My grandmother from father side chinese: episioco Im Pilipino ❤❤❤❤

[@AkilezNewEngland]

I'm 1/4 Filipino, Spaniard, Chinese and Greek. Proud to be Filipino!❤❤❤

[@Hey-Women-iam-bear-choose-me]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@pacman4ever143]

Wow thats great your like our favorite Halo halo!!!😊

[@Moss_piglets]

I'm 1/4 pinay, Spanish, German-irish and Finnish here. I'm so glad my great grandparents never allowed their children to forget their Filipino heritage despite leaving the country after WWII. Lola never forgot to teach us her culture and language.

[@EskayaAnatonesian]

Me too, Filipino-Spaniard-Chinese Descendant... 😂✌️... And proud 💪

[@shift6441]

@@AkilezNewEngland my father side is pure Portuguese but I never raved about it. What for? I am proud to be my mother’s daughter and she is Filipino, so I am Filipino. On top of that people always wanted more explanation whenever I mentioned the Portuguese side. So, I drop the Portuguese and just say that I am Filipino, period! Funny thing is, I speak three languages. English, Portuguese and a little Filipino. Well, mix English and Filipino. Just drop all this mixing and be proud of both sides. And don’t deny either one.

[@JohnSmith-fi4vk]

This is funny to me because I'm black and my wife is from the Philippines and I make it a point to have my kids represent both sides and be proud of they are... Adobo chicken one week fried chicken the next 🤷🏿‍♂️🇵🇭✊🏿

[@ResidualSelfImage]

Shay Mitchell by saying she is Spanish from the Philippines is saying she is descendant of the European Spanish Colonial upper class. ... she sounds like a snob/ The Filippino community has nothing to offer her so she's gaslighting them.

[@cosmicgalaxystudio1539]

So true.

[@skyhart9926]

Shame Mitchell

[@larryjones4760]

Her mom doesn't look like descendant of spanish nobles either 😂

[@Jeycuasi]

As someone looking from the outside, i can still see a lot of asians trying to be white or just date white. Thankfully i think this is slowly starting to change. I just want my asian brothers and sisters to be proud of who they are.

[@fordhouse8b]

I want the likelihood of an Asian-American dating another Asian American to be exactly the same as the proportion of the US population that is Asian. Which is to say, there are more potential White mates than Asian mates in the US, more potential Black mates than Asian ones, and more potential Hispanic ones, so in a country where nobody discriminates based on race, they would naturally end up dating the races/ethnicities that are most common in the US. About 71% of the US population is white, so statistically 71% of Asian-Americans, Latinos, blacks, etc ‘should’ end up dating and marrying white people. Just like 7% of Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics ‘should’ end up with Asian mates, because that is the percentage of the potential dating pool that is Asian. Like the fictional Senator Bulworth said, "Everybody gotta keep fucking each other until we're all the same color."

[@exalkalibor924]

When you enter usa you have to start adopting either blck or whte American lifestyle to fit in that you can survive in america. Last samurai - we shouldn't forget who we are or where we came from.

[@bmona7550]

@@exalkalibor924 Not all, I barely have white or black friends. Mostly have always been friends with immigrants regardless of where they come from. Cliques really aren’t my thing. Must have helped since I grew up in NY. I feel sorry for Asians who grew up outside big cities sometimes. That internalized racism messes them up.

[@zhc2200]

Exactly. It's so second-hand embarrassing to realize we have these self-hating morons among us.

[@Joan-jr8qs]

​@P.90.603 It's about money and thinking that the closer to white, the better!

[@ppalmesmd]

Who cares if she doesn't acknowledge her Filipino roots? She is nothing to us and we don't like to share her ignorance.

[@jilianemorales2074]

I’m Filipino and have bigger eyes. In NYC where I live, I always get mistaken for latino but I always emphasize I’m Filipino and I’m Asian. Sometimes, I get offended for being mistaken for latino. I don’t ever want to be identified as Latina, ever. I’m Asian and proud to be Filipino. My daughter is part Filipino, part Colombian and Puerto Rican and if you ask her what she is, she’ll say she’s Filipino.😂

[@bennyc9265]

Ummm… her mom looks pretty darn Pinay to me.

[@jellyrolly]

I wonder if her mum gave her a whoopin’ after the Spanish mumbo jumbo 🤡

[@skyhart9926]

@@bs4427she is a pretty little liar. Shame Mitchell.

[@demean2798]

Put a sombrero on her and she be from Mehico sapeaking de Sapanish. So she Spanish, more adobo and balut for me, yey!😅

[@sophmore90]

Did 2 DNA tests. Thought there was some Spanish blood. 0% Spanish. 100% Filipino. I think the next largest ethnicity I got was like 0.02% Chinese. Does that mean that my Filipino bloodline goes back thousands of years on the island and not a single Spaniard commingled with any of my ancestors? Maybe I'm Filipino royalty? Maybe Lapu Lapu was my great great great great grandfather? That would be awesome!!!!

[@mko0lpmko0lp]

The Spaniards apparently did not want to taint there blood by mixing with the indigenous people of the philippines. A 2021 study by PNAS found there is only 2% Spanish DNA in the philippines. And most of these 2% have low %'s of Spanish DNA.

[@bmona7550]

Being a colonial nobility who get to keep their land, last name and genes just by converting to Catholicism sounds cooler than someone who got taken advantage of by a Spanish friar..

[@dcmjE]

That would be cool to know! Eeey! Grats. ❤

[@IslandStoo]

100% Filipino equals Austronesian who came thousands of years ago from Madagascar

[@pepinglavarez9176]

Autronesian was thought to originate from Taiwan right?

[@ShimaUta86]

No need to be aShaymed of your Filipino roots

[@moelester925]

Nope it's 100% justified, fck being Filipino.

[@IslandStoo]

Underrated😂

[@Architelle88]

Bruno Mars who is half Puerto Rican and half Filipino. He is very proud of being filipino, even flexing it!

[@ROYAL_REBEL]

I'm Malaysian. The British colonized Malaysia for more than a hundred years. We Malaysians don't call ourselves half-British. The colonizers, then, didn't marry the locals. A few did, but most didn't, just like the people from European countries that colonized Asian, African, and South American countries. I'm surprised that Filipinos are in denial of their ancestry. I've met many who've said they are half-Spanish, although they don't look Caucasian and look like the majority of us in Southeast Asia.

[@ulyssis]

I am Chinese living in Switzerland raising two kids, I brought them to China for every summer vocation, and bring them to Kungfu training and Dragon boating. They can't hide how pride and cool they are being Chinese among the Swiss/German children in school.

[@BeautifulDreamerK]

I’m fil-am and my in laws are Filipino (FIL) and Samoan(MIL). The self hatred is real. They preferred my husband married a white girl so they could have half white grandkids because that somehow means they’re more classy, even though they have the WORST manners and act very low class. Their daughter married white and kiss A to son in law’s white parents. Pretty sure they won’t love our brown kids when we have them one day. It’s okay. I’m lucky there’s other family who love us.

[@jilianemorales2074]

That is sad.😢

[@ivd4154]

The game is too late for your in-laws to change, but you'll raise your kids with love and acceptance. Your future kids don't need those kinds of people teaching them to hate themselves.

[@gerricabanayan1194]

Their loss!😢

[@prismdiamondlight]

I am Mexican and my husband is mexican American his parents are mexican they act like your in laws they prefer their white in laws and sadly they dislike our children that are full Mexican and they go crazy for their white grandchildren they make distingsions and treat them diffrently. They also make little comments on the color of my children skin and facial features. I stopped talking to my in laws and have zero contact they do not have to like me or love me but they do not get to do that to my children that are their family. Funny how it is similar to your in laws it must be the colorism that the Spaniards ingrained in us.

[@BeautifulDreamerK]

@@prismdiamondlight oh it’s definitely that Spaniard influence. Funny you mention that because our family has more “mestizo” features and you would think my family would be against husband’s family. Nope, other way around . That is very low class mindset. I’m sorry to hear that about the in laws. You’re such an awesome mama bear, protecting your kids from that prejudice. We should be proud of our beautiful cultures. I heard that when my in laws hang out with the white families, they absolutely hate the food because they eat things like shepherds pie 😂 we get to eat empanadas! You are all better off ❤️

[@jcreed09]

Shay got that from Mother, generation of Filipinos who are deluded themselves that they are Spanish- majority of Filipinos have no Spanish or European blood. The current generation of Filipinos have weaned themselves off this delusion and are proud to be Asian.

[@beastmood6635]

There are maybe filipinos that are mixed with other ethnicity in the philippines but they are proud of their filipino heritage. If those half filipinos born outside the philippines and don't proud of their filipino heritage, then we should let them. It's their choice in life. Most filipinos are proud of what their true heritage. Some may claim spanish ancestry but most of us don't claim our colonizers blood.

[@jcreed09]

@@beastmood6635 Yes, it's generational for the most part and of course the delusional BS they impart to their children like Shay's mom. For the majority of Filipinos, especially today's youth are influenced by the dynamism of Asia- South Korea, Japan, PRC, Taiwan, ASEAN. Spain means nothing to them, might as well be Mars.

[@Ms.MD7]

Exactly this. This is so common with many Filipinos always emphasizing the "Spanish" part 😂

[@vicfortela]

majority of filipinos on the average as per national geographic genographic, 2008, have spanish genes of 5%...but as you go up the social ladder you encounter more spanish and other eurasians from 10 to up to 50% spanisg genes and others

[@vicfortela]

show me your source

[@NechelleP]

I don't really understand why she said that. She's been saying she's half filipino in her other interviews.

[@reese-qd9cj]

"people will use the identity that is most beneficial to them as long as they can visually pass" So true. There is this Maori actor in hollywood, originally from New Zealand, that now mainly plays Mexican gangster characters. The guy looks the part. He was in Training Day. Looks the part but he's not Mexican. But hey, it's hard being an actor out there who am I to judge.

[@christopherthomas-price4789]

I noticed the Latino and Spanish/Hispanic terms are used interchangeably, but they are different things.

[@jorgeortiz4485]

Yep, I'm a first-generation American, my parents are Salvadoran/Guatemalan. I've had to tell Filipino friends of mine before "we're not Spanish" when they introduce me as their Spanish friend. Im from the West Coast, and here Latinos are not called Spanish by other Latinos. That is a very East Coast US thing. None of the Salvadorans, Mexicans, Cubans I grew up with ever said "I'm Spanish" as their main identifier. The only people who still do this are some East Coast folk who move here or Filipinos.

[@greendragonspirit1646]

She can thank her filipino side , because she will never age 😤!

[@jeremiahm_8626]

*nor look as good! 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@ytuseracct]

Same thoughts as well, that tan skin she tried to hide is what white people in Hollywood want, like she's delulu, she looks great because she's mixed

[@krisjaynav]

I was so confused growing up Filipino American. As a youngster I used to do tinikling for my local church and high school. When I went to college I met many fil-ams throughout those years and learned much more about the Spanish colonization. It starts to stir up these feelings towards colonizers. I moved to the Philippines a couple of years ago and started learning more about family history. I discovered that the part of my life spent loathing Spanish rule was indeed part of my lineage; through humbling research new revelation of my great grandfather unearthed stories of him owned land, had servants, and discriminatory type of fellow...not really a Moreno movement type of guy. Our DNA is passed down through both half from our mothers and half from our fathers, but our inheritance is never really 50/50. These inherited characteristics are so deeply connected to us, as is our names and traditions. while identifying with the names of our fathers it becomes difficult to determine at what point we are no longer part of my grandparents heritage. How many generations in the states are still Filipino before they become American? It's hard to convey a long tumultuous history when someone asks me where I'm from, and the way of quicker easier labels: Filipino, American, and/or Spanish can amplify some bits while it mutes the parts of rich family story. Look, as for Shay: she's media trained, she's rehearsed, and I'm willing to wager there's a certain amount of effort put into specific optics with her management. I'll just say, we often identify with the places our love is invested. Mabuhay

[@rmloratricl1080]

Why are Filipinos upset about this actress denying her "half-Filipino" ancestry? She does not want to be known with that kind of blood affinity, then what's the big deal??? Whatever her reason is that's her prerogative, right, decision and that's that! Why do I care? This is the USA, you are free to do your thing!

[@AntiwarObserver]

That only makes sense it was purely a individual characteristic. She could have chosen not disclosed any of it but instead selective and in denial of it. This is pointing towards shame and disgrace of her ancestry. How did you miss this concept? has colorblindness made everyone so ignorant these days?

[@nicklubrino2606]

An estimate of 50,000 Spanish families immigrated to the Philippines 400 years ago. They formed the upper class in Philippine society, and they only intermarried among other Spaniards like Enrique Iglesias’ mother. So, if you’re a Spanish Filipino, that means that you belong to the upper class. This is why Filipinos brag that they have Spanish blood.

[@thegagz]

The Filipino council would like to trade Shay Mitchell for Cameron Diaz. Who says no?

[@AngryKittens]

Today I found out, Cameron Diaz is actually Latina. I mean, with her last name, I dunno why I never made the connection.

[@very-good-very-fair]

Few people know about this, because Cameron Diaz looks like a white woman. I didn't know she was half-Latina either. There is a fine line in how others perceive you, sometimes it is enough to be a little lighter and you are already considered white. or a little darker and you will be considered black!

[@AngryKittens]

@@very-good-very-fair Reminds me of James Willems from Funhaus (RIP) who's also Latino. It used to be a running joke how they ticked the diversity boxes depending on who's hosting.

[@PinoyZo1]

I honestly never even heard of her

[@sayyanhmuong737]

Colorism and colonialism messed them up and ain’t no Vanessa Hudgens is half Filipino or Hailee Steinfeld is one as well and knew that it depends how to I know Olivia Rodrigo is half as well. They say she’s half. I think she mention it no shame Mitchell is half Filipino shake my head

[@ytuseracct]

Shay is Half, but Irish Scottish on her dad side. Not Spanish.

[@dinaashford-more1172]

Natalie Coughlin, a12 time Olympic medalist is proud to have Filipino blood as well.

[@leomarlonestrada5954]

My Grandfather on my Father side is Pure Spanish. He Married a Filipina so my Dad is Half Spanish. My Grandfather on my Mother Side is a Sangley (Chinese/Spanish/Filipino Mestizo). He Married a Filipina/Chinese. So my Mother is Filipina/Chinese Spanish decent. So Me? I am 100% Filipino. But I was born in Haifa Israel. Does that make me Israeli? Weirdly enough, I grew up Speaking English and broken Spanish.

[@IamproudAtin13]

Just because Spain colonized Philippines don't assume that all Filipinos are partly spanish descent. Shay Mithell's Mother is literally Filipino and looks so Full Filipino. The same as Vanessa Hudgens saying her mom's dad is spanish doesn't mean she's HALF SPANISH, she literally looks more filipino and her mom literally is a short woman, brown skin and flat nose. Hailee Steinfeild and Nicole Scherzinger, Bruno Mars and other Filipino Descent Artists has always been proud to be Filipinos Nicole might not know how to speak Tagalog Fluent but she has been repping her Filipino heritage even before the Pinoy-baiting was a thing. Vanessa and Shay are hispanic passing and that is a huge insult since Spain is a colonizer to the Philippines.

[@kdupe88]

I’m 35 French,German,Irish and Thai when I was a kid being Asian definitely wasn’t cool lol. I used to lean a lot more into my white side because getting made fun of for all the Asian stereotypes was very real lol!!

[@sthao1733]

I hope you kept that same energy now and not try to say you're Thai or recognize your Thai side because it's cool to do.

[@carlosgustavo7355]

Was your mother a thai prostitute?

[@famicommike9014]

Check out some of Hans Why videos and he explains how Asian men have been destroyed by the media, some other Asian women and and bad Asian American actors like Bobby Lee, Ken Jeong and even Uncle Roger. I'm Filipino, Italian and German and just turned 37 and I can relate too man! Back then they were hostile to any Asian man just like after 9/11 the media instantly demonized anyone looking remotely Middle Eastern. Stay strong man, our time to rise up is now and starts now! 👊👍💪

[@dr.herminiakishida8572]

True. Hate crime, racism😂😂

[@a.skywalker4882]

Dude, i'm Thai/Chinese and I grew up in The Netherlands. Here people did not care and growing up I had no problems being Asian. Maybe the problem is you.

[@korra999c7]

I can’t speak for Shay, but for some hapas I knew, it was a status thing and making themselves appear more special than the other asians who were not mixed.

[@sayyanhmuong737]

That’s what I call a main character syndrome

[@kindofbluenyc]

Asians reject dark-skinned Asians all the time (Look at K-pop). Asian culture promotes the whities version of Asians. Maybe she felt unloved in the Asian community for having darker skin.

[@Savini.Jason_vh-rjh]

​@@kindofbluenycexactly

[@JT-yj3tr]

Or when Alec Baldwin’s wife “Hilária”, said her family was Spanish, but ppl found out she had no Spanish blood at all, and was of English descend only, which made her boring somehow in her own view, but saying her family was Spanish from Mallorca made her exotic. Cultural appropriation.

[@PaulVonLoren]

Huh… if she is half, she would be different from them on default, no need to doing this…

[@taravamos]

I'm Proud to be a Filipino..PINOY AKO...PILIPINAS ANG BAYAN Ko....no matter how my bloodline came from..mix blood with Spaniards, British, Chinese,Malay..etc...who cares...all I know I am a FILIPINO and I AM PROUD TO BE A FILIPINO ....and when I will get my second chance of life again that GOD will ask me to be..I will still choose to be a FILIPINO. She is lost..not our LOST as Filipinos...Entiende señor/senoritas 😅

[@mandojoaquin1953]

Gracia's, Muy Bien

[@mariemac3728]

Even Benny blancos step mom is Filipino and he’s proud of it

[@patientv]

I get the annoyance. Im half black/half white and it kills me when mixed people deny their blackness... And I dont know why anyone would deny being Filipino, every Filipino person I have met in my life is exceedling hardworking, smart, super funny, insanely talented, your culture is amazeballs❤... Maybe I should start saying Im half black/half Filipino???... I need some of that extra credit...😉 j/k .

[@Bu-22]

Several reasons, like colorism, and discrimination based on socioeconomic standing, but there is such a thing as colonial mentality. As mentioned, Philippines was a colony of Spain for a long period of time (also America for a shorter period). The “Mestizos” or mixed race (although only a small portion of the population) were given more rights, privileges and opportunities over the indigenous people, who were considered lower class citizens. That is why there would be these Filipinos who would lean into being of Spanish heritage, since that would imply they came from a “higher class” in society if you will.

[@josephimperatrice5552]

Which half African American people are denying their Blackness? If anything it's the total opposite half African Americans often deny their Whiteness and identify with their Black side only.

[@Savini.Jason_vh-rjh]

Full Asians discriminate against half blk Azns. See how they treat them in comparison to half wyt ones in countries like Korea, China(&hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore etc) and Japan. They r not so innocent themselves

[@patientv]

@@Bu-22 Thanks @Bu-22 for the clarification.. I was being ironic in my statement, since the exact same thing happened with Black people in America... I get it, perhaps I could have found a better way to explain my love of your culture..

[@MiniM69]

This is doing the same thing that Shay did though, including identifying with your stereotypes win cultural acceptance. Love the skin you’re in!

[@catbernstein8628]

If she is half Irish, and from very Northern European Ontario, perhaps the main identification she has sought to make is simply as some sort of European. Sometimes you guys focus on broad categories like white, black, Asian but within the “white” world, the narrower categories of Nordic, or Mediterranean or just plain European certainly meant something to her parents generation. Love your channel. The most intelligent dialogue on YT.

[@timdog2714]

Who cares? She obviously wants to claim she is Spanish because she wants to be more relatable to White people. It's kind of like how Rob Schneider has some Filipino in him, but since he looks White and has a Jewish last name, he was considered more a leading man in movies. If he looked more Filipino and had a Filipino last name, he wouldn't even be given a chance. If Keanu Reeves didn't look more like a White man and knowing is ethnic background, he wouldn't be given much of a chance either. Being known as Asian in Hollywood gets you automatically type casted, just ask Ken Jeong or John Cho, racism against Asians is always going to exist is Hollywood and the media.

[@texassoju2082]

so your solution is to uncle tom it and hope for the best ? got it yup who cares...

[@directedbydon]

But at least Rob put Filipino easter-eggs in his movies, like bibinka and stuff.

[@sprikitik9719]

But Rob never denied he’s Filipino and he always included his Filipina mom to his movies

[@Bearedd]

Who cares right? As long as they’re catering to the white man?

[@Scout555]

You care if you have a spine 😂😂😂

[@johnmaynardapostol2]

FUN FACT: There are at least 12 million Overseas Filipinos today. Nearly 4½ million are in the United States.

[@magmamadreako]

i understand her.she just prevent to be bullied by americans or other racism..she just dont want to explain and elaborate who she really is .let them leave alone....we dont need her anyway.

[@OnilMarteNavarroza]

There is that clip that she said she's half Filipino. So she actually acknowledged that she is half Filipino that's why people were upset by her sudden change of tunes.

[@Porcelynnn]

Exactly. We been knew she’s half Filipino lol. The erasure is ridiculous

[@random-fish]

I think you guys are partly correct that it's generational... and extremely colonial! Back in the day, the mestizos would lean into their Spanish side very heavy and her mom does look like she has Spanish ancestry... but not purely. And if Pilita Corrales, an old mestizo filipino singer from back in the day, who visually looks more white than Shay, can say she's Filipino, then Shay can say it too! But yes, she prob doesn't feel it... but how much can she feel _Spanish?_ Bruno Mars doesn't say he's filipino but he grew up in Hawaii and never denied his mom or his filipino relatives when he went back. I'm sure he knows what it's about. Thing is he doesn't really say what he is racially, he doesn't say he's something _else._

[@jaimeflor4181]

I have family members that believe we have Spanish ancestry, but DNA tests say otherwise. As someone w/ a sociology background that dislikes colonialism & genocide, I never understood the appeal of staying in denial. In reality, I’m a mix of Austronesian, East & Central Asian and 1/4 Polynesian. “Asian Pacific Islander” is actually pretty accurate for me.

[@Ryuker16]

I used to live in Philippines..... They are just flexing over other pinoy. Basically anybody from outside the Philippines was considered richer.

[@kenw.4539]

If I was a lawyer/advocate for those "self-hating" people who deny their heritage, a more charitable view is these people are weak and terribly hurt by the racism of those in the majority, usually white, European people. The natural tendency is to minimize the psychological pain by cutting off the source of it and pretend you are something else or part of the "acceptable" majority. With that said, it's a bad situation in my opinion, not only because you are being disrespectful towards your own people, but you also look weak to your oppressors/bullies and encourage more racism towards you. The substantial increase in hate crimes towards anyone who looks Chinese during Covid is an example of this. Many people in the US still disrepect Chinese-Americans because they think we are weak and don't fight back and thus encourage contempt and violence. I've been accused of being an "Asian supremist" by a white friend because I used to speak glowingly of how East Asia was vastly superior to the West for most of human history. However, growing up in a sea of white people as a kid, I can sympathize with people like Shay Mitchell.

[@phatsmurf575]

As a Filipina, we don't claim her.

[@rainbowcolorslyn8002]

I’m British-Filipino who lives in London and always proud of my culture at work! Not much pinoys given the opportunity in a management post in the UK mostly dominated by……???? Pinoys have exceptional talents and very competitive! What’s wrong with being Filipino? Hypocrites, you’re not welcome in my country!

[@DjangoHTine]

When I was in the Marine Corps I heard Filipinos being called tropical messicans😂(it was banter). People like her are nothing new. They’ll claim their ethnicity when it suits/benefits them.

[@forthesnowflakes7691]

💯

[@jasonsan6708]

They want to be anything but Asian lol

[@Savini.Jason_vh-rjh]

​@@jasonsan6708not all of them pass as Azn. There's those that do and those that don't really 100%

[@BadIdeaRight5]

Hahaha 🤷‍♂️,they colonize them now they cant brushed them off

[@demondog2007]

Filipinos/Fil-Ams in the U.S. Marine Corps are even rare compared to the other branches.

[@Vancouverallday]

Ppl need to know that Hispanic or Latin ppl are not the ppl that colonized Philippines!! It's Spain that did that....like Spain also colonized Latin America

[@Coco-xq7zh]

That’s true but mexico also governed our country for a while

[@4everArtista]

Spaniards ARE Hispanics.

[@koragray4794]

Actually, Saweetie is 31, while H.E.R. is 27, also here my two cents: I'm think it's probably more like a generational thing, because, you have to keep it mind that some people who are probably ashamed to be proud who they are regardless they hapa or mixed-race. Not only that is because they don't want to pick a side as well nor is cause of some mixed people more around that side of their family (doesn't matter if it's mom or dad's side).

[@romeoETmike]

Filipinos claim they are Spanish even though they ate not. They were given Spanish names but has little or no Spanish blood. You can tell if you have Spanish blood if you have Spanish and Mexican features. Very few people in Pampanga where her mother is from have Spanish blood. The real place in the Philippines with a lot of Spanish blood is Visayas region and Zamboanga due to Mexican-Acapulco trade, The Spanish soldiers, Mexican soldiers and merchants were married to Filipinas. The reason why there are a lot of beautiful mestizas in Visayas. Having a Spanish name doesn't mean you have Spanish background.

[@maryj4876]

Spanish in your dreams. 😂 I'm Filipino, I'm not Spanish.

[@cleolauren8670]

Actors Dave Bautista and Lou Diamond Phillips are both half Filipino and their acknowledgment of their heritage is all I need. 😁

[@MoralHazard-g1e]

Lou once claimed he was one-sixth indigenous American on the Tonight Show, which is biologically impossible.

[@BadIdeaRight5]

The fact is here in the philippines the only people i here claiming they have blood of spainsh is actually the fil- chi😂,probley because they have lighter skin ,but those who have tan skin specially the morenos even if they look close to spanish tan skin and have spanish name they never say they are spanish 😂

[@bryanfong1023]

Im chinese Panamanian, and I can see this in my country. Most people even if they obviously have black and indigenous features will reject their blackness or indigenousness in favor of their european side, even if they dont look nothing alike. You can also see it in the kids of American solders who married Panamanian women reject their Panamanian side in favor of their american side. In fact they seem to be the most pro american and panamanian hating than if there parents were both americans. It has to do with hypergammy and self hate. Basically the kids were raised to think that their mother side was inferior and their dad side is superior. Thats why is common for half chinese people to make fun of chinese people and look us down.

[@marianne3802]

That's very sad that they're raised to think their mom is inferior and their dad is superior. It doesn't sound like a loving relationship at all.

[@bryanfong1023]

@@marianne3802 yes, is not coincidence that eliot rodgers had such a big racist views against asian despite his mother being asian. He clearly had inferiority complex and hated his asian side.

[@StephanieStarfall]

Listen , I’m half white of Irish descent on my father’s side. My mother’s side is mostly Mexican but also some Venezuelan and Comanche Indian. But even though I’m half white I don’t claim white. I was raised by my maternal grandmother with a rich Mexican culture, it’s how I was raised. So when people ask me what I am I just say Mexican American. I don’t really know much about my other cultures.

[@norainocentes2175]

We don’t care what she wanted to be,I’m a Filipino , I’m joyful and proud of it and my Pres.that I knew was DU30.

[@truthseeker8139]

Her mom chose this path.

[@dfernandez3482]

Damn 😂

[@ricarellan]

🎯💯 call it what it is

[@10Shun]

BINGO. It comes down to parenting, really..

[@genxfob]

💯

[@ant-man9018]

Hit the nail right in the head.

[@chariethe]

For a long time my family argued that we had spanish blood until I took a 23andme dna test. If my dna is to be believed, we are filipino af, chinese and indian! 😍 And also the family members who insisted on this back in the day have been quiet since then

[@beastmood6635]

Well, there are other filipinos that have actual spanish dna but most are of austronesian stock

[@chariethe]

@@beastmood6635 for sure, but my family (one aunt in particular) insisted to death that we have spanish blood because her source is : trust me, bro 🤣

[@Hey-Women-iam-bear-choose-me]

​@@beastmood6635 as she said only 2 percentage

[@enzob.7394]

Ngl her mom actually does look pretty mestiza. I’m guessing she might actual be one of the Filipinos with significant or recent Spanish ancestry. Nevertheless, it doesn’t make sense for her to just mask her “Filipino-ness” by overwriting it as Spanish. Especially considering the fact she VA for the show Trese, a Filipino-made comic that got animated by Netflix. I’m sure her Filipino heritage is partly why she landed that role. Culture vulture type shit.

[@Jprager]

Her mom looks so native Filipino with her skin tone and features? I don’t see any Spanish characteristics at all, she looks SE Asian

[@Literallyandfiguratively]

It's just the Spanish/Germanic heritage haters among Us Filipinos and Asiatics who make a big deal about us looking more mestizo or Eurasian😂😂😂

[@Jprager]

@@enzob.7394 her mom looks very southeast Asian. I don’t see any Hispanic/spanish characteristics

[@Jprager]

@@Literallyandfiguratively she looks Austronesian, don’t see any Iberian phenotypes or traits

[@corycianangel6321]

@@Jprager In the Philippines, simply having fair skin automatically means having foreign blood most of the time. Even if you're full Filipino and you have fair skin, people will immediately assume you half-foreign.

[@charriecalalang537]

finally got everyone talking about her.

[@bananabong8928]

My mother is 1/4 chinese but I don't identify as chinese because I'm clearly Filipino. I just have small eyes and fair skin but still FILIPINO.