I think it was wrong for the adult and the principal to do that. Luc is Filipino and Filipinos eat with a spoon and fork, instead of a fork and knife. I don’t eat with a fork and spoon, but Filipinos do, so the principal and the adult should respect that. Luc was actually punished for eating like a traditional Filipino does. The principal was being racist. He said to Luc’s mother, “Madame, you are in Canada. Here in Canada you should eat the way Canadians eat.” If I was Luc, I would just ask my mother if I could move to another school. Read the artical: Luc
If someone ever discriminates against me, I don’t know what I will do. As a last resort, and if that person is and was really being a jerk, I might consider publicly humiliating him/her. Almost all my friends are of another ethnic background. I rarely think about the fact that they are different in that way. I don’t need to change at all to stay their friends. Actually, almost all of my caucasion friends live in the mainland U.S., so I live mostly with Asians. I don’t care, but I’m just saying.
16B - Filipino student
May 9th, 2006 · 10 Comments
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1 isaac12sjs // May 9, 2006 at 1:17 pm
Sorry this post is a little late, but I accidentally saved it insted of publishing it.
2 SooJin Park // May 9, 2006 at 1:21 pm
hi Isaac…this is soojin…as you probably already know….I agree with you on the idea that the school and principal in particular were not very mindful of Luc’s feelings. That’s all I have to say…..for now @ least, so bye bye!!!(remember to comment me when you have a chance to!!)
3 Sarah // May 9, 2006 at 1:26 pm
I never really thought of moving to another school, butI guess it will work out. My friends are also from alot of places so I agree in what you say.
4 SooJin Park // May 9, 2006 at 1:33 pm
isaac, i put up pooh and tigger up, because if you look at them closely, they are saying bye bye!!!! goodness….
5 REgina // May 9, 2006 at 1:39 pm
Hey, Isaac!
(or izzy *cough cough*)
just kidding.
I THINK THAT PRINCIPAL should be fired..
he’s such a bad example to other people!
racism.. I don’t think that’s a good thing.
-psst! I need a comment back..
Bye!!!
6 Alvin // May 9, 2006 at 4:23 pm
Hey Isaac,
I totally agree with you becuase Canadian people should know that other cultures are different than thier culture.Isaac…how come you don’t use spoons?!?!Spoons are cool! :p .
-Alvin
7 Uzma // May 9, 2006 at 5:33 pm
Isaac,
Do you think Luc will probably move to another school or out of Canada just because of that incident? I would.
8 Bronwyn G // May 10, 2006 at 12:26 pm
Oh, don’t publicly humiliate anybody! It almost always does more harm than good!
There are lots of things you can do when you are discriminated against. Remember you always have recourse to your government. Do you have anti-discrimination policies in Guam? Could you research them and tell us about them, please?
I’m glad you live mostly with Asians and seem to be comfortable with it. I would like to travel in an Asian country one day. A prime minister of ours said Australia is really part of Asia, which is true geographically. But culturally we are European because of white settlement in 1788 and afterwards. The only people who are not immigrants in Australia are Aboriginals or indigenous Australians.
9 isaac12sjs // May 11, 2006 at 1:13 pm
Bronwyn, I won’t really do that. It just always comes to mind.
Soo Jin, sorry I didn’t see that.
10 Mintae // May 11, 2006 at 1:36 pm
HEY ISAAC~ it’s me~ I totally agree with you~ um… n-e-waiz.. COME COMMENT ON MY SITE TOO~!! lol~