Culture
This term is another word for Filipino or relates to the Philippines in nature.
What is Pinoy?
Also called “dime jigs”, this was a form of entertainment for farm workers, where they would spend 10 cents to dance with, typically Caucasian, women. (PBS KVIE)
What is a taxi dance?
As the “home to the largest community of Filipinas/os outside the Philippines before World War II”, this district was known for being a refuge for immigrants and filled with Filipino-run businesses. (Mabalon pg. 73)
What is Little Manila?
This city was referred to as “El Dorado” because “the area provided work year-round, with pruning in the wintertime, asparagus in the spring, and tomatoes and grapes in the summer and fall. (Mabalon pg. 74)
What is Stockton?
A title given to mixed-race Filipinos, due to interracial marriages that were deemed “illegal” by many states. Filipino women were discouraged from immigrating, as “migrant farm working was not conducive to family life”. (PBS KVIE)
What is Mestizo?
Used as fundraisers by the fraternal organizations for the community, votes were sold a dollar each to crown this beauty queen. (PBS KVIE)
The most successful farm labor union known today, it was composed of Mexicans and Filipinos who fought for better wages. (PBS KVIE)
What are the United Farm Workers?
The building of this structure began in 1967, but ran out of money in the 1970’s. Its construction destroyed Little Manila. (PBS KVIE)
What is a freeway?
From the late 19th century onwards, this part of the city included Japantown, Chinatown, as well as Little Manila. (PBS KVIE)
What is the Oriental Quarter?
Occurring from 1899 to 1902, America used this war to seize control of the Philippines from nationalists, growing bloodier than the Spanish-American War that preceded it. Over 200,000 Filipinos died in the conflict.
What is the Philippine-American War?
Coming from the Ilocano word for “older brother”, this term refers to the first wave of Filipino immigrants that came to America and worked as farm laborers. Most of them were young bachelors.
What is Manong?
Responsible for starting many Filipino labor unions across the Pacific Northwest, this man is also known as a collaborator with Cesar Chavez, convincing him to go on strike alongside the Filipinos.
Who is Larry Itliong?
Opened in 1972 in response to displacement due to urban redevelopment, this is the nation’s first Filipino-American planned and inspired affordable housing project. (PBS KVIE)
What is the Filipino Center/Plaza?
In the 1950s, this was a title middle-class whites gave to a dozen city blocks, which included neighborhoods belonging to poorer people of color. A more accurate description would be “single laborers’ zones”. (Mabalon pg. 76)
What is Skid Row?
Also known as the Filipino Exclusion Act of 1934, this Act of Congress set a ten-year transition period for the full independence of the Philippines, set an annual quota of 50 immigrants, reclassified Filipinos as “aliens”, and denied them naturalization rights.
What is the Tydings-McDuffie Act?
A Filipino phrase that translates to a “debt of the heart”, this value expresses gratitude for the sacrifices of a previous generation and promises to continue the legacy they left behind.
What is Utang Na Loob?
Filipinos became synonymous with this type of work, plagued by high winds, hot weather, and dusty working conditions. (PBS KVIE)
What is asparagus cutting?
A Stockton leader who pursued justice for the Filipino community, speaking out against racism, businesses taking advantage of Filipinos, and unfair labor practices against farm workers.
Who is Claro Candelario?
This word was used by elitist whites to push for urban redevelopment into the 1970’s. A common argument was that “blocks of hotels, bars, and small businesses were ‘a cancer-like growth’ that needed to be swept clean”, with law enforcement unable to reduce the amount of crime. (Mabalon pg. 78)
What is clearance?
An attempt by the US government to deport Filipinos, this 1935 program offered a “one-way ticket” back to the Philippines, without any chance of returning. (PBS KVIE)
What is the Repatriation Act?