Americans recognize out debt to the slaves, the Native Americans and to others we have abused. Somehow we forget our onetime colony .. The Philippines. We also seem empty handed as the Philippines lives n the shadow of Beijing’s version of hegemony.
Catherine Ceniza Choy, professor and chair of Ethnic Studies at Berkeley writes about how America’s guiult ought to be reflected into support for the Philippines after the typhoon:
The heart-breaking devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in the central islands of the Philippine archipelago is deeply felt across the ocean. Although I do not have immediate family in the most affected areas and it has been over a decade since I last visited the Philippines, I am emotionally attached to … More >