Why Sayaka Akimoto's Half-Filipino Heritage is NOT A Source of Pinoy Pride!

So I'd like to bring back the same topic of former AKB48 member Sayaka Akimoto who is well-known to be bi-racial- her father is Japanese, her mother is Filipino. Some Japanese actors and actresses are of dual heritage like Takeshi Kaneshiro is half-Chinese. She also had issues with her dual heritage which she is now proud of. But I'd also like to state why Sayaka Akimoto's half-Filipino heritage is never a source of Pinoy pride.

Now I thought about it these statements made by Sayaka Akimoto (source):

I kept thinking 'What am I?' for 7 and a half years while I was spending time together with all these other idols like Mayuyu and Yuko. But I am able to stay active and have work because of my shoulder width that's bigger than anyone else's in AKB, and my muscles. I cherished these traits as these define who I really am.

Now I am proud when I say that I'm half-Filipino, and I hope that I can give give a helping hand to everyone else who are half-bred and is in the same situation as I was, and people who have no confidence.

Notice the words that were highlighted which said, "I hope that I can give a helping hand to everyone else who are half-bred..." which she is proud of BOTH her Japanese and Filipino heritage. Sayaka Akimoto has gotten over her inferiority complex and proud of her DUAL heritage. I mean, sometimes dual heritage can be a very good thing. I mean, some great people are of dual heritage. For instance, Takeshi Kaneshiro's mastery of both Mandarin and Nihonggo gives him an advantage in both Japan and Hong Kong cinema. Ann Makosinski the genius teenager is half-Canadian, half-Filipino. However I refuse to commend any of their achievements based on heritage. Their achievements are theirs alone.

Japan had a history of racism itself in the past. Not all Japanese were willing to move away from the traits that their former country had, which was Imperial Japan. Not all Japanese were willing to move from being Imperial Japanese to Modern Japanese. In short, they refused to migrate to Modern Japan even after Imperial Japan was extinct. I've even read how Hong Kong actor Takeshi Kaneshiro mentioned that he was also mocked for his half-Chinese heritage in the past. Some Japanese actors were also half-Filipino, half-American, half-Chinese, etc. but today, they are now widely accepted in Modern Japan as the Japan that conquered much of Asia before during World War II is now dead.

However many Pinoys (based on MY OBSERVATION ANYWAY!) do have this highly unusual obsession of "racial purity" like the Chinese had in the past with their obsession of "Not one foreign blood must befall the holy blood of Pinoys". Being Chinese by blood, I experienced being mocked for my Chinese heritage, told to go back to China (as if I was even born there or I was an illegal alien) because I didn't adhere to the poor values of the Pinoys. I also had a half-Spanish friend who frequently got picked on because she was well.. only half-Filipino as if Imperial Spain had not died years ago. I remembered the statement of "The Philippines is only for those of pure Pinoy blood." for those arrogant peers which is BS through and through... while they hypocritically enjoy Jollibee because of its patriotic tagline that says, "At Home Sa Filipino, Ang Sarap Sa Jollibee" which in English means "At Home with the Filipino, It's so Delicious at Jollibee", never mind the owner is Chinese by blood.

Then steps in the hypocrisy anyway. Somebody who is at least half-Filipino makes it big, they say, "PINOYS ARE DA BEST!" which they may conveniently have double standard. The double standard here is that they say, "Not one drop of foreign blood must enter into our holy race of Pinoys." then say, "It was the Pinoy blood that made them great!" For one, remember that people are people. Stupid and smart people exist in every race. A smart Filipino is not smart because he or she is Filipino, she is smart because she is smart.

Also one must remember that her achievements are in the name of the Japanese people, not the Filipino people and she is NOT a "kabayan" (countryman) of the Pinoy pridists. She is the countrymen of Japanese, she is a Japanese citizen. A Filipino living abroad is a countryman of the country he or she is living in. For the Pinoy pridists, their only "kabayan" are those of Pinoy blood which is stupid. I mean, when Jollibee went to Hong Kong, the achievement of CEO Tony Tancaktiong is not done in the name of the Chinese people but done in the name of the FILIPINO people, even if he is Chinese by blood.

As said, achievements belong to the achievers alone. There's nothing wrong if the Filipino people applaud Filipino achievers but to use it as a source of Pinoy pride or riding on their achievements is just wrong. Sayaka Akimoto is no exception to the rule either.