Are you flip or Pinoy?
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007A British colleague asked me whether Filipinos are called flips. His roomie is a Filipina and told him so but he was sceptical.
I know flip originated from America. Wikipedia says some Filipinos avoid the term and “prefer to be simply called Filipino or Pinoy/Pinay instead”. I am one of those “some Filipinos”.
Am I being narrow-minded? My being revolts at the thought of responding when called flip by anyone. Perhaps because I’m not from America, I don’t fully understand the value of turning this negative term into positive. But I do understand why blacks would call each other negro but would be offended if non-blacks do the same.
Perhaps because I grew up in my native soil I just refuse any non-Filipino label. I’m not flip. I’m not a flip. I’m Pinoy. More specifically, I’m Pinay.
How about you? Flip ka ba?
