Filipinos, Who Are They? Introduction Southeast Asia is the location of a small country called the Philippines. Formally, Republic of the Philippines, the archipelago consists of roughly 7,100 islands that are located in the southwest Pacific Ocean just Southeast of China. Natives of the country are called Filipinos. The term formerly originated when lowland Christian Spaniards, called indios, began referring to themselves as “Filipinos” (Dolan 76). The ethnic background of a modern day Filipino is as complex …showed first 75 words of 2129 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2129 total…Japanese mixed (Dolan 540). In conclusion, Filipinos are an assemblage of heterogeneous people, a diverse culture with each individual differing from one another, lacking purity. Every other Filipino has ancestors from blended regions of the world, mainly the densely populated and complex vicinity of Southeast Asia. In essence, most Filipinos today have the slightest clue of their ethnic background; these people are part of a confused race, ignorant of their heritage, raped of their true identity.