I was following online commentaries about Kanye’s outburst during the Video Music Awards (VMA) when I came to a post about angry twits blaming his race for what he did. The Nigger bomb attacks gave me a thought: How about checking how twitterers use the word ‘Igorot’ in their twits?
The first thing I caught was Febbeh‘s. Here are the others.
Ron Cruz
Manila, Philippines
Twitter account: @donronX
Doesn’t his request remind you of Candy Panglinan’s ‘Hindi po ako Igorot, tao po ako’ remark? Do lowland Filipino’s really equate ‘Igorot’ with ‘statue/wood carving’ and put them on the same level as ube jam and other pasalubong? In college, I was asked by an org mate to bring him back an Igorot. Could he have really meant a wood carving? I have no idea.
RT annaojers igorot black
Joanna Ordonez
18 years old
Kentucky, USA
Myspace Account: Anna OJ
Apparently, she was asking about the Negrito, but Nicole shows her misconception by twitting back:
Nicole
21 years old
California, USA
Myspace Account: saucy|eff.|baby
What do you expect, she can’t even spell ‘indigenous’ correctly. (Am I a grammar/spelling Nazi?)
Tags: Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Twitter, whitewash
black? dark? haha! just shows that they don’t really know Igorots. Try coming to our place sometime, you’ll be ashamed of yourself. Naku! i am not bragging or anything but really, people have a very different and may i say INCORRECT perception on us (I am a HUNDRED percent igorota, btw). Anyway, as a personal observation and i take every credit this comment may impose: “people bad-mouthing and criticizing us especially on how we look like are wla sa kalingkingan ng kagandahan/kaguwapuhan ng IGOROT. try comparing yourself to an Igorot first before saying anything.. hehe, am not angry…
BTW, I find it incredibly creepy that you’re printscreening & collecting information about my sister & I.
We have nothing against igorots. We’re Filipino. You trying to portray us in a negative light is disgusting.