http://publicshaming.tumblr.com/post/75447787843/speak-english-racist-revolt-as-coca-cola-airs
So embarrassed, disgusted, and every other gross feeling after reading those tweets. Absolutely ashamed to know I live in the same country as these people.
It's sad you know. I was watching the game with my dad, and he was walking out of the room to take a bathroom break and all of the sudden a girl was singing the song in tagalog for a line. He stopped and ran back and was excited like wow!
My dad came here from the Philippines in '75, and in addition to having a small Filipino flag on his dashboard, he has Red White and Blue USA on his truck. After 9/11 he put like 100 "Power of Pride" stickers on his cars and his children's. He told me the struggle to come here, how he prayed night and day that one day he could be able to come here. When he came here, the first thing he did was kiss the ground and thank god for being able to live here. He said he'd never move back to the Philippines even after being homesick and that America was his home. He'd paid his taxes worked for years. He's exactly what the American Dream is, albeit excluding the mansion and luxury cars.
When he saw that commercial, he was happy for two reasons. To hear his first language, and to know that an American company like Coca Cola expressed how he felt about being a proud American immigrant.
So embarrassed, disgusted, and every other gross feeling after reading those tweets. Absolutely ashamed to know I live in the same country as these people.
It's sad you know. I was watching the game with my dad, and he was walking out of the room to take a bathroom break and all of the sudden a girl was singing the song in tagalog for a line. He stopped and ran back and was excited like wow!
My dad came here from the Philippines in '75, and in addition to having a small Filipino flag on his dashboard, he has Red White and Blue USA on his truck. After 9/11 he put like 100 "Power of Pride" stickers on his cars and his children's. He told me the struggle to come here, how he prayed night and day that one day he could be able to come here. When he came here, the first thing he did was kiss the ground and thank god for being able to live here. He said he'd never move back to the Philippines even after being homesick and that America was his home. He'd paid his taxes worked for years. He's exactly what the American Dream is, albeit excluding the mansion and luxury cars.
When he saw that commercial, he was happy for two reasons. To hear his first language, and to know that an American company like Coca Cola expressed how he felt about being a proud American immigrant.
