Sandati » Kanye West http://sandati.com Ay sik-a obpay sa? Choose your battles wisely. Say no to dated arguments. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:10:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Defining ‘Igorot’ on Twitter http://sandati.com/defining-igorot-on-twitter/ http://sandati.com/defining-igorot-on-twitter/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:30:52 +0000 Sandati http://sandati.com/?p=123 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.

RT @donronx bring me an igorot
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

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:

RT @saucyfbaby igorot black
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?)

saucyfbaby igorot black myspace

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