Re: heritage
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Re: heritage
2/10/02
I know you're not judging me.But as far as making this a big thing or not, you just need to understand that knowing a language or not knowing a language doesn't mean that they are rejecting one's heritage, if in the case they don't speak the language of their ancestors.In the case of the U.S. like any other country that has immigrants, there will always be a need to assimilate and it depends on the situation, it (the language) will be lost either in a generation or two.Both you and I are a perfect example of that.Your parents speak Cebuano, my paternal grandmother spoke Cebuano also and both of those languages were sacrificed in the following generations in order that they (the descendants) can excel in the environment that they're in.In your case it was Tagalog, in my case it was English.
People who "reject" their heritage is only done (in my opinion) out of naivité, that's it.They don't find it as being important.Here in the U.S. there are so many people, even those of various ethnic backgrounds that will preach to you about the importance of the English language and how important it is to assimilate.To me, that is a colonial mentality that just exists in the present.While orthers like myself do try to keep some traditions, whether there are done intentionally or not, it doesn't matter.What matters is that the culture survives.
As in the case of history w/ Filipinos, i can see why.The education system is like in most part of the U.S., concerned about people assimilating, so English is taught and everything is about westernization or "Americanization".That's find in order to succeed, but is it necessary to sacrifice one's culture, language & history for it?I've got into debates with other Filipinos who stress the importance of English over their own Filipino language.And what happens?Filipino languages are considered "dialects", the government's way of stripping the people's culture.What's worse, is that they teach this in school.Waray, Hiligaynon, Cebuano and many, many others, they're taught that they're "dialects".That's an attempt to strip the people's culture.
Ok, now I was going off on a tangent. *L*But basically you just need to know that people in the U.S. who have Italian last names and can't speak Italian, or Mexicans who are 3rd or 8th generations living in the U.S. and who do not speak Spanish doesn't mean that they're less of their ethnic culture.And again, there IS no excuse for you and I not to learn Cebuano.Nor is there any excuse for others too regardless of what one group of people does.
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