Introduction to Asian American Studies: Final Zine Project (1) - Matthew Bohamed - Jakob Osland - Deshaun Harvey - Mikey Hawkins

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➢ In 2003 Philippine president Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo encouraged the US businesspeople to hire Filipino workers to fill their employment ➢ American colonizers first come into contact with the Filipinos in 1898 o They considered Filipinos backwards and savage

➢ According to the POEA 1236013 Filipina and Filipino worders were deployed in about 200 countries and territories globally. o These workers joined the already deployed 8,233,172 migrant workers totaling about 10 percent of the total population in the Philippines ➢ A 2008 statistic indicates that 51.6 percent of migrants were men o 48.4 percent were women ➢ ¼ migrants were between 25-29 years old o ⅓ were unskilled workers ➢ In 2008 alone, migrants remitted over $16 billion US dollars through official banking channels ➢ In 2001, there was mass protests against President Joseph Estrada which occurred and

brought down the administration ➢ Colonialism in the Philippines had socio-economic repercussions long after national independence in 1946.