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Colonial Mentality Essay

The document discusses how Filipinos lost their traditions and adopted foreign doctrines and culture after colonization by Spain and America. It argues that 113 years after independence, Filipinos are still negatively impacted by colonialism and neo-colonialism. Colonial mentality has led Filipinos to believe foreign products and culture are superior, negatively impacting the economy, culture, and society. Filipinos prefer imported goods and international films over local products and culture. This has detrimental effects, including decreased support for the domestic economy and erosion of cultural traditions like utang na loob.

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Colonial Mentality Essay

The document discusses how Filipinos lost their traditions and adopted foreign doctrines and culture after colonization by Spain and America. It argues that 113 years after independence, Filipinos are still negatively impacted by colonialism and neo-colonialism. Colonial mentality has led Filipinos to believe foreign products and culture are superior, negatively impacting the economy, culture, and society. Filipinos prefer imported goods and international films over local products and culture. This has detrimental effects, including decreased support for the domestic economy and erosion of cultural traditions like utang na loob.

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“Then began a new era for the Filipinos; little by little they lost their old traditions, the

mementos

of their past; they gave up their writing, their songs, their poems, their laws in order to learn by

rote mother doctrines which they did not understand, another morality, another aesthetics different

from those inspired by their climate and their manner of thinking. Then they declined, degrading

themselves in their own eyes; they became ashamed of was their own; they began to admire and

praise whatever was foreign and incomprehensible; their spirit was dismayed and it

surrendered.” These are the words of Jose Rizal were he visualized Filipinos and it seems that

these are pertinent today.

113 years after General Emilio Aguinaldo declared independence, the question remains the same.

Are the Filipinos truly free? We are truly free from the dangers and problems brought by the

Spaniards and American soldier but we capitulate to the indefinite invasion of neo-colonialism.

Neo-colonialism invasion globalization, commercialization in the Philippines. It was our heroes

dream to liberate the Filipinos from any form of foreign slavery, but today because of extreme

poverty Filipinos work to foreign lands and serve the same foreign country who oppressed us

before. Filipinos are still the shadow of colonial past, a past that is comparable to a parasite that

is stuck to the national character. Are we truly okay with this deteriorating of patriotism towards

our own country?

Colonial mentality is one the problems in the Philippines. Colonial mentality is internalized

attitude of a cultural inferiority felt by people as a result of colonialization. It corresponds to the

belief that the cultural values of the colonizer are superior to one’s own. through the years, we can

see its effect on our society, and maybe the colonial history of the Philippines may be the primary
factor to blame. Filipinos barely patronized their own products. Philippine music and culture are

being ignored and underappreciated because of this behavior. Sad but true, every morning we wake

up and do our daily day routine. Filipinos love to listen to hip-hop songs by foreign artist. Filipinos

love to wear Lacoste, Gucci, Nike, and other foreign products. A typical Filipino breakfast which

consists of hotdogs, cereals, and much of these are foreign products. When going to the cinemas,

we patronize international films because our colonial culture made us to believe that local

productions are inferior in all aspects.

Economic Effect

Filipinos perception that imported products are better than the local products that are made it the

Philippines. people prefer to buy things that are imported simply because they are made in other

countries. Without a doubt, The economy will go down because the Filipinos do not want to buy

their own products. It may not totally decrease the economic growth of our country but still it has

a negative effect in our country.

Cultural Effect

Filipinos are known for their hospitality and helpfulness. One famous culture of the Filipinos is

the utang na loob, or debt of gratitude. In which the Filipinos would owe someone who helped

them to overcome their problems. But, because of colonial mentality, It somehow twist the concept

of owing someone. A person with colonial mentality would not want to owe anything from

someone and because of that, it destroys the Filipino’s culture of pakikisama or harmony.

Social Effect
Filipinos bully and discriminate their fellow citizen who cannot speak fluent English. One example

of this is in social media in which when a person posted a caption in English but the grammar is

wrong, people would make fun and discriminate them.

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