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[Thewilyfilipino.com] The Wily Filipino: That Discussion on Skin Whiteners.: In an attempt to jumpstart a discussion I started but never got to participate in, I'm reposting the responses to a former post. I am not entirely sure that pursuing the origins of ideas regarding the aesthetic valuation of skin color in the Philippines would lead to a definitive answer;

 [Radioopensource.org] Open Source » Blog Archive » Is God in Our Genes?: Part of this new creed is a paranoid preaching that claims that all Greek Orthodox Christians are secretly in league and plotting to recreate the Byzantine Empire in America - and therefore I preach that all unrepentant Greeks must be attacked, in hopes of either killing them off or forcing them out of the country from fear for their lives.

[Cultureby.com] This Blog Sits at the: Anthropology of Contemporary Culture: And there are someinteresting moments that illuminate the state of our aestheticcategories as when Radman talks about a chip tune version of oye comova as being really funny and really good (or words to that effect). Iam pretty sure this is a aesthetic judgment (and its mixing ofadmiration and contempt) that did not exist even 20 years ago.Discovering it will be a future historian’s notion of a compellingthesis opportunity.

 [1up.com] Alejandro Quan-Madrid's 1UP Blog: Just Plain Loco: Furthermore, one could also equate the "invasion" of the Moja and the fleeing of the LocoRoco's to Black slaves being brought to America and the very common practice of today of white flight; but we're not even going to go there.

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