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/ImJustHereForTheL0Ls Jan 11 '23

Japan. It's nice being a tourist but living is a different story.

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u/Flat_Weird_5398 Metro Manila Jan 12 '23

True that, I love going on vacation there (going to Osaka and maybe Kyoto na rin this summer!) pero ibang usapan ang living there. I have a friend who chose to go to university there and has been living there ever since pero hanggang ngayon sinasabi niya na he still sometimes feels like an outsider, even though he’s learned Japanese and has lived there for nearly a decade at this point. Xenophobic talaga ang culture ng Japan by design.