The Philippines were colonized by the Portuguese and then the Spanish (which is why they have Spanish names), and the Philippines lived under Spanish rule for over 400 years.

After years of fighting Spanish rule, the Philippines declared it’s independence in 1898. But the declaration was not recognized by Spain or the United States because Spain had ceded the Philippine colony to the United States for $20 million after Spain was defeated in the Spanish-American war.

Despite the fact that the Philippine nation wanted to install western-style democracy (with a constitution based on the US constitution), the American powers that be at the time decided they weren’t “ready” for democracy. So we invaded them to put down a rebellion, resulting in one million people dead and wiping hundreds of villages permanently off the map. (In fact, a general famously and nonchalantly said that it might be necessary to kill half the population in order to bring “perfect justice” to the other half. Whatever the hell that means.)

An interesting side note: Magellan, the first man to circumnavigate the globe, was killed by a small Philipinos army in 1521. One of the few times European colonial overlords got what they deserved.

Oh, and having married one, I can attest that Philipino girls are in fact totally hot!

Of all the Asian cultures, Japan and Korea are the countries that are most obsessed with racial and cultural purity and seem to view themselves generally as superior.

The Japanese even considered themselves to be the master race, which is one of the reasons they admired Hitler's similar rhetoric and were allies with Germany during WW II. (That, of course, is a generalization which overlooks the many other reasons for Japanese aggression in WW II, some legitimate, most illegitimate.)

and yes Filipino girls are smoking hot...and why does it not surprise me that AICN talkbacker is married to a Filipino

boys who crossdress are also very popular among Japense tourists in the Philippines.