Richard Juan reacted to this video of Derek Ramsay
Celebrity Ellen Adarna shared a video of her husband Derek Ramsay showing “patriotism” and this received a comment from Filipino-Chinese model-host Richard Juan.
Just recently, Ellen shared on her Instagram Story what her husband did after seeing their neighbor’s Chinese sign. In the video, Derek put a Philippine flag on their veranda, then, the Chinese sign outside their neighbor’s house was shown also.
The former actress captioned her post with “I like the view #proudpinoy Patriotic.” However, a netizen has translated the Chinese characters which are mainly a message wishing everyone prosperity.
This did not sit well with Richard Juan as well. In his series of Twitter posts, based on the article in PEP, the Fil-Chinese model that this is an “unwelcoming action” for Chinoys like him.
“The sad truth is, despite HUNDREDS OF YEARS of history in the Philippines, it’s the unwelcoming actions like this that makes us Chinoys feel like we STILL don’t belong here [crying emoji],” Richard wrote in his tweet.
Apparently, this received negative reactions from other netizens. Richard said that he appreciates the expressing of opinions and he acknowledges that he has privileges but he pointed out that there are Chinoys who are not as privileged as him.
“I hear yall and I’m sorry for using the wrong words. I acknowledge that Im one of the few privileged but its a fact that many Chinoys who spent most their lives here sometimes feel that they dont truly belong. Eg my WWII vet grandpa who til this day still gets called intsik beho,” he wrote in his follow-up tweet.
For him, it was a healthy discussion that netizens express their thoughts regarding this matter. Richard Juan said that he wanted to end this discussion with a point he wants to stress and leave to the people.
“Just because some Chinoys may not have Filipino blood does not mean we are not Pinoy; Chinoys are Pinoys,” the model-host said.
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