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?)
