Teri Hatcher insults Filipinos
In the Premiere of Desperate Housewives Teri Hatcher made a remark about Filipinos – doctors/nurses. She was talking to her doctor and then she said:
“Okay, before we go any further, can I check those diplomas? Coz I would just like to make sure they are not from some med school in the Philippines.”
Here are the dialogs from On my way home:
MD: Well, everything seems normal. But, you say you’ve been having irregular periods?
Susan: Yeah, you know, one month off, two months on. That happens, right?
MD: Have you ever experienced night sweats? …. (few other lines here)
MD: How about hot flashes?
Susan: OK, whoa. I’m gonna stop you right there. I’m way too young for that, please refer to your chart.
MD: Susan, I know for a lot of women the word menopause has negative connotations. They hear aging, brittle bones, loss of sexual desire…
Susan: Before you go any further, can I check those diplomas? I would just like to make sure that they’re not from some med school in the Philippines…
To think that there are a lot of Pinoys abroad as doctors and nurses.
Maybe this was brought about by the Nursing scandal. Hmm.. what can our new nurses say about this.
Update: 10/03/07
Update: 10/04/07
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mabuti at lumabas din ang problema na yan!!!!Kasi maraming probema sa doktors at hospitals sa pilipinas…Its the fakts.Ang tatay ko hindi pinapasok sa hospital, pag walang pera eh mamatay nalang sya…And then only people who are from that city will only entertained.
Tapos nakita nila ako at and puti kong asawa tapos nagkandagulo sila!!!
Its too late…..
OK.. let’s think about this for a second.
Terri Hatcher didn’t make the remarks, her character did.
And it was scripted by a slew of liberal writers, in a US city where it’s not politically correct to use the word Mexican anymore.
So here it is re-written: (politically INcorrect)
MD: Susan, I know for a lot of women the word menopause has negative connotations. They hear aging, brittle bones, loss of sexual desire…
Susan: Before you go any further, can I check those diplomas? I would just like to make sure that they’re
not from some Mexican med school…
For a television program produced in Los Angeles, CA
a city with 1,091,686 Mexican populace (and who can count illeagals who simply want a better life for their families too) can you just imagine the firestorm THAT would cause?
The Philippines is the 2nd largest exporter of medical professionals to the USA (India is 1st). If there was a poor track record of Filipino mishaps, that profession would clamp down, stop recruiting in the Phils and would go elsewhere.
It’s a matter of simple economics in business.
Just a thought.
-pinoyHP
it’s not funny…it’s insulting!
Everyone in America has been insulted in some way by American humor- black people, white people, Asians, Latinos, Native Americans, Jews, Muslims… every small minority in America. This is America, and we have the freedom of speech. This includes censorship as well. If we were to censor all dialogue that may offend any ethnic group in America, then we have compromised the bases of our values. When I saw “the part” within the context of the show, I thought it was funny.
choose…excuse my typos.I don’t want you little monkeys jumping on my grammar as if you own the queen’s english.
Why would get offended? As an American I feel I have the right to pick and chose a doctor.I myself would not want a doctor or nurse from the Philippines…SOrry.You are not American.Stop pretending to be some educated Caucasians…because all you are is a bunch of ugly monkeys who are trying to master the english language to use it as a portal to escape you beloved crappy island country.
hi teri…
yuor such a hore…..you insulted our country ..you dont have right to do that…..go here in the philippines….i hope that you have background in medical courses if you dont have
..ewwwwwwwwww your so ignorant..and the writters ..watch out ….remember the golden rule…..
Honestly, I don’t watch Desperate Housewives because I don’t have time. I’ve read all the comments in this site and from the others also. Some people are thinking that Filipinos are overreacting about the issue, and the sad thing is, they are also Filipinos. They are even saying this:
“With what we are doing, we are only showing the whole world who we really are…”
Look guys, I know you’re just trying to be “fair”- if that’s the right word, we surely not want other nationalities to think that “we love our own” also… I understand this. But don’t you think we should be one in facing this insult? How many times did they do this already? Remember Mr. Art Bell? The American writer who ones told us that:
“You are JUST Filipinos!- you are nothing!- Don’t associate yourselves to the Chinese, Japanese, and the Koreans… because you are JUST Filipinos!”
Let’s not give these people a chance to laugh at us (again) because we ourselves are not united. I was really hurt with that line from the Desperate Housewives and I keep on defending my being as a Filipino to my Korean students. But I still don’t feel satisfied. It’s so sad to say that some of my co-teachers in the Korean School here in the Philippines are also hearing insults from our Korean students and they can’t defend themselves because it is not permitted (because they’re customers- and they’re the ones paying). Can you imagine that? they are insulting us in our own country… and I just can’t swallow that… even if it’s not permitted, I still do fight with the people who try to insult my being us a Filipino… Maybe outside the Philippines they can do that, but as long as they’re here… to hell with them…
nobody should insult any race: print ad, tv etc…
terri hatcher has the freedom to eradicate some lines that seems inappropriate for her. Accoding to the pep and some directors it is all up to the actress if she wants to deliver the lines orr not….
hatcher = slut pathetic bitch argh…..putang ina mo!!!!!
nobody should not insult any race: print ad,tv etc….