my post on it here.

spread the word. OFWs under assault… this time, by the government.

http://mabinihall.com/index.php/2007/08/29/malu-fernandez-hate-ugly-filipinos/

posted by joselion in peoples asia magazine multiply blog

To: MALU Fernandez.

I am a proud son of an OFW who at one time worked as a nanny here in Canada,she worked her ass off and sacrifice a lot to support us and sponsor us out of the Philippines,she went back to school,finished her studies at the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO as a chemest,and she is the other chemest responsible to make the “Axe ” perfume that you’ve downgraded. Moneywise my mother makes a lot more dollars than you are making and you will be making in pesos,and yet she never and I never heard her maligning her fellow OFW instead she help them and give them funds to go back to school in hopes that they will follow her footsteps,my mother is one of the elite chemest in the pharmaceutical Industries,and yes she still likes to travel in economy class and mingle with the poor stinky AND CHEAP OFW that you just maligned,because she is not a pretentious woman,and she still calls herself a poor OFW,Take note Malu Fernandez my mom drives a ferrari and owns a million dollar mansion,she picks up and drive around her fellow OFW to some Places,and some of her fellow OFWs lives in her million dollar mansion,my question to you is how much money and how smart do you think you are to classify yourself above those cheap and stinky OFWs?.and other than maligning those heroes of the philippine economy,what positive things that you did to help your countrymen and women other than loathing at them for there misfortunes?,and dont forget,keep yourself in shape you look like a pig,yes you are a diva to some oinky swines you probably smell like them too.bye oinky diva

(source: http://farfromneutral.com/exodus/issues/we-have-feelings-too-you-know/#comment-11998 )

Miss Fernandez,

There is a line between being hilariously offensive, and being just offensive, and it’s not a thin one. We know it for what it is, and we know it’s best to keep such thoughts to ourselves or shared only with others of similar disposition. It’s called tact. Other terms, like “good judgment”, “sensitivity”, or “not-having-shit-for-brains” may also be used. It’s a fairly common practice to people not named “DOJ Secretary Raul Gonzales”.

Well, you crossed that line. And judging from your initial article as well as your “apology”, you are aware of that fact. You knew it when you were writing your article, and you definitely know it now. Because some things are better left unsaid. Think it all you like. Snicker about the other 95% amongst your friends all you want. We care even less about what you do than you think. But you shouldn’t have gone and said it.

Because that’s just plain offensive.

Excuse us for not being born with a silver spoon. Excuse us for not being able to afford your “culture”. You see, we actually need to work for a living. What luxuries we have, blood, sweat and tears were spent to acquire. Ours is a culture that was forged in our reality, our situation. We do not aspire to live the lives that are beyond our means, nor wallow in cultures not our own. We like what we like, and we are what we are.

But do not presume for even a second that you are better than us. Do not think for a moment that you know us. And don’t you dare put on airs.

You wear your social status, deserved or otherwise, like a crown, thinking it makes you better, smarter, more entitled. It does not. You confuse — proudly — socioeconomic brackets with intellectual capacity, and many have disabused you of that notion. Here’s some more.

Our lives are also rich and colorful, and we experience the same breadth of emotions as you. Those of us that have the time or the inclination read books heavier than your boobs and thicker than your skin. We enjoy the sublime flavors of isaw, goto and the squid kebabs in Quiapo as much as you would your caviar, saffron-laced paella or whatever it is people like you eat. We appreciate not having to wait too long in line for the MRT with as much enthusiasm as you appreciate not waiting too long for your baggage to be checked in on one of your jet-setting flights. We greet friends and relatives just as warmly as you greet the elites you suck up to.

Just because you are higher than us your the social ladder doesn’t mean you’re better. It means you’re lucky. We do not deserve to be dismissed, least of all publicly. We are proud, and rightfully so. We do not deserve to be humiliated unjustly simply because of what we are. We are thinking breathing creatures not unlike you. We must be respected, and protected, never rejected, as all must be. We are somebody.

Your moment of Zen:

I Am
Somebody
I Am
Somebody
I May Be Poor
But I Am
Somebody
I May Be Young
But I Am
Somebody
I May Be On Welfare
But I Am
Somebody
I May Be Fool
But I Am
Somebody
I May Be Small
But I Am
Somebody
I May Make A Mistake
But I Am
Somebody
My Clothes Are Different
My Face Is Different
My Hair Is Different
But I Am
Somebody
I Am Black
Brown
White
I Speak A Different Language
But I Must Be Respected
Protected
Never Rejected
I Am
God’s Child

Rev. James Brown

http://www.atheista.net/?p=381

And excuse me, the kind of writing Malu Fernandez has is not at all “journalistic.” Otherwise, she should have slashed her wrist right then and there!