PHILIPPINES WANTS APOLOGY FROM HOUSEWIVES

Posted Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 at 7:12 am
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The Philippine government is asking for an apology from ABC and ‘Desperate Housewives’ for a racial slur against Filipino medics.

Teri Hatcher’s character asked about the person attending to her during a medical consultation, saying, “Can I check those diplomas because I want to make sure that they’re not from some med school in the Philippines.”

According to government officials, it’s a racial slur to Filipino professionals.

Will T.Hatch and Co. apologize? Well, that simply depends on the Filipino demographic marketshare.

Stay tuned!

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14 Comments to “PHILIPPINES WANTS APOLOGY FROM HOUSEWIVES”

  1. Maximum Big Surprise
    Posted: Oct 3rd, 2007 at 7:37 am
    1

    Who still watches this piece of shit show??
  2. whatever
    Posted: Oct 3rd, 2007 at 7:48 am
    2

    Perhaps the Phillipines Government should deal with the immense poverty, human rights violations etc etc … in their country before worrying about a fictitous t.v show … idiots!
  3. CaliGirlinGA
    Posted: Oct 3rd, 2007 at 8:28 am
    3

    I watched that and thought she said the Caribbeans…oh, well…either way, I laughed when she said it…sorry. Not!
  4. blake
    Posted: Oct 3rd, 2007 at 9:00 am
    4

    I agree with Whatever, I think they have MUCH more important things to focus on! LOL What’s next? A boycott?
  5. Agustina
    Posted: Oct 3rd, 2007 at 10:28 am
    5

    I agree with Whatever too. I have other things to worry about.
  6. Alla
    Posted: Oct 3rd, 2007 at 12:25 pm
    6

    what did they expect? yeah, whatever is right. and it is a third world country, so… shut up and clean up a bit then maybe peope will take you seriuosly. but i doubt that… especially after seeing what they do in prisons :D
  7. Empress Scorpio
    Posted: Oct 3rd, 2007 at 12:48 pm
    7

    Why the hell do people ask for apologies? That makes no sense whatsoever to me. Do people really want an apology that someone gives merely to shut you the eff up?
  8. Stephi
    Posted: Oct 3rd, 2007 at 4:45 pm
    8

    I can kind of see it from both sides here I guess. There are definately very highly educated doctors in the Phillipines but I don’t think that the show was directing it at them at all. It’s a widely known fact that there are places where you can obtain dodgy medical licenses…and a lot of those places are located in South East Asia and the Phillipines area. They should have phrased it a bit differently and tried not to mention any specific country or region at all but I think the Phillipines doctors are overreating a little bit. And Britney mentioned them in their new song so that should make up for it lol.
  9. Siria
    Posted: Oct 3rd, 2007 at 6:21 pm
    9

    Filipino nurses and doctors are being recruited to work in America/UK.
  10. sigh
    Posted: Oct 3rd, 2007 at 6:56 pm
    10

    was still a dodgy line though. don’t know why the writers would put that in the script
  11. yay
    Posted: Oct 4th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
    11

    whatever is crack whore in-bred from west virginia.
  12. mel
    Posted: Oct 4th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
    12

    I do think the comment is a bit racist. I agree with whoever asked “who is still watching this show?”
  13. Kimberley
    Posted: Oct 5th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
    13

    Of course its racist. The show is crap and I hope it gets cancelled next season.
  14. Ben Brillantes
    Posted: Oct 6th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
    14

    I found an interesting perspective on the subject from another Filipino blog here:

    http://asbb-foreignexchange.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-was-going-to-conclude-ten-letters.html

    Some food for thought to digest, certainly.
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