Journal 3 Daly City

The article talks about how Daly City was a culture with many Filipino communities. Filipinos were thought to be betraying the nation by going to America to make money for themselves and not supporting the nation. However contributing to Philippine programs back in the nation was seen as a home service. Their independence is seen by the cars and homes that they possessed. Some showed a lot of material success. Most are being employed in the service industry and are usually underpaid. I think my mom goes through this same thing. She is not Filipino; she is Chinese. She usually has to work the late night shifts at the hotel she works at and sometimes even by herself. It seems really unfair to her because English isn't even her first language so she will sometimes not immediately know how to help a customer. And it doesn't help that her manager is always watching her to catch her mistakes so they can fire her. It feels like there's some racism going on. I know my mom is able to handle a lot, but the conditions she has to go through seem unfair. The reading talked a lot about the Filipino community differences in Daly City and its history. It showed some of the conflicts in that culture, and it showed that there was that struggle in the community.