PinoyBuilt — Stories of Filipino America

USA • September 2026. The Miseducation of the Filipino: Why Renato Constantino's Essay Still Speaks to Every Fil-Am. renato constantino, miseducation of the filipino, filipino american history month, fahm 2026, colonial mentality, decolonization, thomasites, american colonial education philippines, english medium of instruction, philippine history, fil-am identity, tagalog, 9/30. Decolonization • FAHM 2026 The Miseducation of the Filipino: Why Renato Constantino's Essay Still Speaks to Every Fil-Am Written in 1959 and printed in 1966, Constantino's essay argued that American colonial schools were built to win Filipino minds, not free them. As Filipino American History Month begins, it is the reading list's first assignment. PinoyBuilt illustration — a primer, a ship, and the thread between them. Not an archival photograph. On June 8, 1966, the Weekly Graphic in Manila printed an essay that its author had written seven yea...

Mason, Ohio • August 2026. Alex Eala Falls to Amanda Anisimova at the Cincinnati Open — the Diaspora Watch Parties Went On Anyway. alex eala cincinnati open, amanda anisimova, wta rankings, alex eala us open 2026, filipino diaspora tennis, vallejo filipino community, alex eala world no 20. TENNIS • CINCINNATI, OHIO • AUGUST 2026 Alex Eala Falls to Amanda Anisimova in Cincinnati — the Watch Parties Went On Anyway A three-set loss in Ohio snapped Alex Eala's five-match win streak over top-10 players. From Vallejo to London, the diaspora gathered like it was a Manny Pacquiao fight night — because for the Philippines' highest-ranked tennis player ever, it basically was. PinoyBuilt original illustration. My sister and my brother-in-law texted me separately, within minutes of each other, with the same invitation: come watch Alex Eala's match. I had already re-subscribed to Tennis Channel weeks ago just to follow he...

Filipino-American Diaspora • August 2026. Colonial Mentality Has a Score: The Filipino-American Scholars Who Turned Our Shame Into Evidence. colonial mentality, colonial mentality scale, EJR David, Leny Mendoza Strobel, Kevin Nadal, Yen Le Espiritu, Patricia Espiritu Halagao, Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, decolonization, Filipino American psychology, kapwa, loob, ethnic studies, AB 101, heritage language loss, Pinayism, Pinoy Teach, Filipino American identity. Decolonization • August 2026 Colonial Mentality Has a Score: The Filipino-American Scholars Who Turned Our Shame Into Evidence Six researchers built the field that explains why a Fil-Am kid stops speaking Tagalog, why the skin-whitening aisle keeps growing, and why a bookcase in Marikina may have been the best decolonizing curriculum I ever had. Filipino-American decolonization has an academic literature — and most of us were never handed the syllabus. (Illustration: PinoyBuilt) In S...