Racism & Immigration

MAPS 602 – Contemporary Issue

Chelzedeck T. Olais

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 Introduction

It is often said that legal prohibitions on racist

behaviour cannot eliminate the attitudes that
underlie such behaviour.

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 (https://www.rappler.com/thought-leaders/97514-racism-philippines)
(https://opinion.inquirer.net/110703/filipinos-and-racism)

Racism in the
Filipinos and
Philippines: Does
Racism- Gideon
it matter?
Lasco
Vicente L. Rafael

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Zarghuna Kargar, Dear Zari, Hidden stories from
women of Afghanistan
(Kargar 2011;37)

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Forms of Intentional ,
Racism Explicit
Discrimination

Subtle,
Biological Unconscious,
Racism Automatic
Discrimination
Forms of
Discrimination

Statistical
Religious
Discrimination
Racism
and Profiling

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Legitimacy & Racism

Plato

Asian

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 https://theconversation.com/gay-
korea-homophobia-sparked-by-seoul-
coronavirus-cluster-driven-by-
protestant-right-138491

“Gay Korea: homophobia

sparked by Seoul
coronavirus cluster driven
by Protestant right.”

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The Politics of Fear: What Right – Wing Populist Discourses Mean
– Ruth Woodak

(Hudy, Sears , &

(Kahneman, 2003) (Woodak 2015)
Levy 2013; 3).

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 Educational
Attainment

Divergent Employment
Fortunes & Income

Racial &
Ethnic
Inequality
Gender Health

Residential Political
Segregation Power

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 What is thing called Race?

 Race is a false  Race is a political  The concept of race was

classification of people construction. A political created as a
that is not based on any construction is classification of human
real or accurate something created by beings with the purpose
biological or scientific people; that is not a of giving power to white
truth. In other words, natural development; is people and to legitimize
the distinction we make constructed or created the dominance of white
between races, has for a political purpose. people over non-white
nothing to do with people.
scientific truth.

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Racism & Immigration

MAPS 602 – Contemporary Issue

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 Part 2

Immigration, Policies, & Covid -19

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 Introduction
“The liberty of abode and of changing the same
within the limits prescribe by law shall not be
impaired except upon lawful order of the court.
Neither shall the right to travel be impaired
except in the interest of national security, public
safety, or public health , as may be provide by
law.”

- Article 3:6, P.C.

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Foreignpolicy.com/2020/20/10/wuhan-china-philippines-tsinoy-
filipinos-turn-on-duterte-as-coronavirus-fears-spread/

Filipinos Turn on Duterte as Coronavirus Fears

Spread – Nick Aspinwall

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 Timeline of Travel Ban
January 31
 Duterte issued an order to
temporarily stop the entry of all
visitors from China’s Hubei
province. Where Wuhan-
epicenter of the novel
coronavirus is located. Hubei
was locked down since Jan. 24
 Cnnphilippines.com
2020 February 05
 ban on the entry of travelers
from the People’s Republic of
China and its Special
Administrative Regions due to
the Novel Corona virus
 All foreign nationals who have
been to China, Hong Kong and
Macau and Taiwan in the last 14
days prior to the arrival to the
Philippines
 Transiting passengers from
China, Hong Kong and Macau
and Taiwan.
 Filipinos who will travel out of
the country going to China,
Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
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 the Bureau of Immigration has
issued an expansion of the travel
restrictions in line with the
directive of President Rodrigo
Duterte and the recommendation
from the Inter-Agency Task Force
for the Management of Emerging
Infectious Disease .
 Passengers coming from Iran and
Italy within the last 14 day
(transiting passengers are also
included)
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 Timeline of Travel Ban
 As a response to the COVID-19
outbreak, the Philippine
government has placed the
entire Luzon (including Metro
Manila) in enhanced community
quarantine (ECQ) and issued
advisories restricting the travels
from and to the Philippines.1
Additionally, Philippine
immigration and tax authorities
have suspended some of their
functions and extended certain
deadlines
24 March 2020
 President Rodrigo Duterte  RA 11479 – Anti – Terror Law
signed into law Republic Act No.
11469, otherwise known as the
Bayanihan to Heal as One Act
(Bayanihan Act), which
authorizes the President to
exercise certain powers, for a
limited time and subject to
certain conditions, to implement
the policies pursuant to the
declaration of a state of national
emergency over the entire
Philippines due to the
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic.
 Emergency powers, The law
grants the President the power
to adopt temporary emergency
measures to respond to the
crisis brought about by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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Philippine Immigration Act of 2009
 Chapter 4 – Exclusions
 Section 77. Exclusion Grounds. - The following classes of foreign nationals
shall not be allowed entry and shall be excluded from the Philippines:

(a) Health Related Grounds

1. Those who are found to be suffering !from a communicable, dangerous

or contagious disease;

2. Those who are found to be suffering from mental disorder or associated

behavior that may pose threat to persons or danger to property;

3. Those who are found to be suffering from addiction to prohibited or

regulated substance;

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Philippine Immigration Act of 2009
 Section 118. Fine for Bringing Undocumented Foreigner, or Foreigner
Afflicted with Communicable or Contagious Disease, or Suffering from
Mental Disorder.

– The pilot, master, agent, owner or consignee of the vessel arriving at a

port in the Philippines from a place outside thereof bringing on board
an undocumented .foreigner shall be fined One Hundred Thousand
pesos (PlO0,OOO.OO) for each foreigner..

– If the foreigner is afflicted with a communicable or contagious disease

or is suffering from mental disorder, the fine shall be not less than Two
Hundred Thousand pesos (P200,OOO.OO) but not more than Three
Hundred Thousand pesos (P 300,000.00) for each foreigner.

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 Pandemic & Prejudiced
(D’Anieri, 2012; 413) (Wodak, 2015; 50). (Wodak, 2015; 97).

 Health whether  Covid -19 (originated in  Prejudiced in the form

domestic or China) has painted a of anti-Semitism is still
international issue is a negative picture of much present today as
public goods issue. certain groups as it was before, only that
disease carriers, thus this time around, the
the xenophobia, then label has been
the persecution. remodeled and tailor to
Racism/discrimination/e fit a marginalized group.
xclusion manifest itself For instance the terms
discursively: ‘ Islamophobia and
homophobia have more
or less replaced anti-
Semitism.

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