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TITLE: HOW AMERICANIZED IS THE PHILIPPINES? WRITER: JAHN MARIE E. GEONANGA
KEYWORDS: The Treaty of Paris, World War 1, The Spanish-American War, The Commonwealth of the U.S., Philippine Independence, World War 2, Japanese-American War, Americanized, Independent Nation. VISUALS/SOURCES
TEXT (INTRO) In Philippine History, It’s always said that the colonizers were the bad guys, after the United States colonized us back in World War 1 or the Spanish-American War that allowed the Americans to alter everything starting from the Language, to educational system and public transportation, until the world war 2 where the Japanese invasion happened and the battle of Manila of 1945. After these colonizers used the Philippines as a battle ground, finally, in July 4, 1946, the United States declared the Philippines as an Independent Nation. But are we really independent now?
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TEXT (TOPIC) Now, we’re gonna list down the top things which would remind us of our American influence and the things we’ve adopted from the Americans. 1. Free Education – Free education was introduced by the Americans, by sending teachers to establish public schools for the underprivileged youth. 2. The English language – No wonder why Filipinos were really good in English compared to most of the countries in Asia and more non-English speaking countries. That’s why WE CONYO, Oh, the conyo times! 3. Freedom from religion – Our religious freedom were given to us by the Americans, this has allowed diversity in religious and non-religious choices. 4. Clothing – Since being Americanized is being “liberated”, as they are the influencer of liberty and democracy. Clothing has been modernized and starting from Maria Clara dress up to spice girls outfit. 5. Food – Seems like, a total transformation and an
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imbalance for the Asian body structure, to have extra body fats and obesity because of the Fast food giants like McDonald’s, KFC and Burger king. 7. Americanized - We are obsessed with the American culture, from movies, music, art, and fashion, that we almost forgot to bring up our own. Thanks to Cultural sectors that brought back the culture after we’ve been “white washed”, but it seems to be injected to the Filipinos and hard to remove. We are so obsessed that we call everything Americanized as, “sosyal” or “class”.
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TEXT (OUTRO) No matter how diversified our culture and how mixedrace we are, Filipinos are still happy for what we have as a nation. Remember any cultural things that make us American? Just drop it in the comment box.