Tangkilikin ang sariling atin: Presence of colonial mentality among Filipinos today

• Main Author: Adame, Krizel T.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: colonial mentality; Philippine cultural identity; skin-color hierarchy; patronage of foreign culture; emigration; postcolonial theory; social realism
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/conf_shsrescon/2023/arts_cai/2; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/conf_shsrescon/article/1569/viewcontent/VA_ADAME.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Looking at the current situation, the colonial mentality is one of the common social phenomena that is observable among Filipinos. Colonial mentality refers to having a perception that one’s identity is inferior compared to foreign culture and ethnicity. Deemed as a result of a long-term colonial hi...