Is the title of the article supposed to be the alleged statement? Am asking 'coz it's kinda vague. The article has 6 paragraphs and a lot of bla bla bla but I can't find the alleged discriminatory statement or even any story as to why or what made that Candy (I don't know her and I don't care who she is) make that alleged statement.

Will somebody please post what really happened and what statement or statements were said and how or why it was said? We need to know everything that happened before we start crucifying somebody. And if it's true then SM should also be liable.

oh boi

does she mean we igoys are not human? ..

Siguro kelangan muna nating malaman kung ano talaga pinagmulan...unang una alam nyang nasa teritoryo sya ng mga igorot, bakit sya magsasalita ng ganun?

shishunrud wrote:

You are all taking it too sensitively. It's only a joke, kunana garud! And everyone knows Candy is a comedianne. What gives?  We are proud of our race as Igorots but we should also stop being TOO SENSITIVE!

Hey. It's not a question of sensitivity. It's a matter of pride and honor. Even the great Romulo was censured because of a comment he made that was seen as derogatory to the Igorots. Whether that Candy is a comedian, a politician or just some mammal in the street does not give her the right to belittle us Igorots. What's the name of that COMEDIAN on the Seinfeld show again? His career took a nosedive after a blunder that was similar to Candy's. Now he's a comedian too but he found out the hard way that there are some "jokes" you just don't make in public. You still think that it's a sensitivity thing?

hmmmmp...

iti amin nga artista nga na am ammok, ni candy pangilinan ti katabtabbedan.

Langdetan wrote:

mukhangpaa wrote:

iti amin nga artista nga na am ammok, ni candy pangilinan ti katabtabbedan.

"katabtabbedan"? Kayat mu a sauwen tabbed amin a artista a naamammum?

wen ya

Langdetan wrote:

Ayeh, py nya a klase a artista dagita naamamum gamin aya? Baka han nga Igorot dagita? Ta dagijy naamamuk nga Igorot nga artista ket nalalaing da ya, hehehe...

ukis, sino sino dagita ta padasek am ammowen man

... basta ti ammok "DON'T MESS WITH IGOROTS"... no way!

basta ako, Jonica 4ever.

I am a proud Sabangan-Trinidad boy. baka no makasabat ko ni Candy, LP isuna . kano ya

Last edited by shyboy (05-12-2009 01:53:50)

reposting from FACEBOOK (a letter sent by Atty. Yangot to Candy Pangilinan)

Candy, I am a poet and human rights lawyer who happens to be indigenous. In particular, I am a member of the Kankanaey ethnolinguistic group. Kankanaeys are Igorots.

I am currently in Australia attending a training on indigenous peoples rights. Yesterday, I learned that when you had a concert in Baguio, you shouted twice: "Tao po ako, hindi po ako Igorot." This incident was discussed with the participants in the training because I brought it out. Australian aborigines recall the time they were not considered humans and were downgraded by the Australian government to the level of "part of the flora and fauna." How you treated us right in our territory smacks of shamelessness and outright ignorance of who Igorots are. You are as bad as the Australian government which, by the way, had the humility to apologize to the aborigines in 2009.

You can claim that you were joking. Twice, you were joking? Real artists use performance art to inspire noble emotions, not hatred for or discrimination against a particular ethnic group. Since you call yourself an artist, you should know that you have a social responsibility which demands that you should not promote ethnic bias.

It is a good thing that you are not so popular because your very prejudicial statement would have influenced the minds of millions of people. The fact of your stature in the entertainment industry does not however mitigate the vileness of your statement.

I hope that like the Australian government, you will have the humility to apologize on national television to the indigenous peoples whose collective identity you slurred with your careless statement.

Cheryl L. Daytec-Yangot
Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines Awardee