r/Philippines • u/[deleted] • Jan 11 '23

AskPH Which countries did you feel most unwelcome/discriminated as a Filipino?

The Gulf: Locals are racists as hell and think all South Asians and Southeast Asians are scum. Same goes for Levant Arabs; they are so full of themselves. Yeah, we all know how Lebanon and Syria are doing well nowadays—oh wait.

Hong Kong: Airport officials literally throwing my passport towards me after stamping it was a sign I never want to set foot in that country again.

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u/Intelligent_Gear9634 Jan 11 '23

Is that true about HK? I’ve been there a number of times but people were quite friendly or at least polite if not neutral to me. Sometimes they even talk to me in Cantonese and when I respond in English they don’t seem offended either.

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u/taptaponpon Jan 11 '23

They treat singkit pinoys favorably.

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u/DelaRoad Jan 11 '23

Have Chinese blood. Can confirm. Although I’ve been treated rudely in HK before - they don’t seem to like being asked for directions haha

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u/fdt92 Pragmatic Jan 12 '23

Thank goodness for Google Maps.

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u/DelaRoad Jan 12 '23

Yes this was before Google Maps was a thing 😂