You are abslutely right about that teri hatcher remark. I watched the episode online yesterday, & I was absolutely insulted.

there are far more filipino doctors who are a lot better than american med scholl gradates. My aunt was an ob-gyn/pedia in CA - she was the chief-of staff of the hospital she was working for in Delano, CA when she died in a vehicular accident. After her death, they renamed the hospital after her - you can search it out - Dr. Joy A. CArino-Kimpo.

The writer(s) owe us Filipinos an apology for such a blatant and shameless racist remark. I know a lot of people here in the US, myself included, who won’t settle for anything less than the best medical care, and that means Filipino doctors and nurses.

As an American, I must say that this opinion (the remark) isn’t widely held. I’ve always heard mostly positive comments about Filipino medical professionals.

Boo to Skycable!! What will I watch now??? I really hope they change their minds, or else I will have to change my cable provider.

i don’t know if terri hatcher can reject a script or not, but the whole show was irresponsible

Please take some time to read about this petition and sign it. This is a definite insult to all Filipinos in general, and not just MD’s, and something should be done about it:

http://www.petition online.com/ FilABC/petition. html

Thanks for your cooperation. Feel free to send to your friends so we can get full support of the Filipino people.

filipino doctors are one of the best doctors in the world because they can treat patients even without the help of new technologies, as the saying goes they do it “mano-mano” here. by doing everything manually is one the best training they undergo.

Stop commenting and start ACTING. All students and professionals in the medical field, in pinas and everywhere in the world…and all our kababayans, start sending emails to all the people you know and mention this insult.Ask the senate to do something about this! Ban all teri hatcher movies, do not support products she is endorsing, ban her from travelling to Philippines and DEMAND that that desperate show MUST have another episode where the life of the character of that teri woman got SAVED by a ‘full-blooded -Philippine-educated DOCTOR.

I saw the episode on Sunday. I was a bit of a surprise but this one needs to be taken tongue in cheek. The joke is actually on Teri’s character and Harvard University, if you watch the whole episode, the Docotr, who’s supposed to be a Harvard grad failed to diagnose Teri’s character as being pregnant, it’s supposed to be a real simple routine checkup right?

I think Pinoys need to choose their battles wisely (this coming in the heels of the Nursing Board Scandal), I think that is hardly a racist retort. Last season’s Chinese maid character was far worse and portrayed with so much Chinese steriotypes.

It’s desperate houswives people! Desperate Houswives = Desperate Writing!

it was a joke, lighten up guys and gals. its not like she called us a bunch of retards. they make jokes of france, you don’t see the french start up a revolution. in the previous season gaby (eva longoria) and carlos (her husband in the show) were in the middle of a divorce and carlos broke the window to get into the house. gaby called the police and said, “there’s a man breaking into my house. please come armed, i think he’s mexican.” do you hear mexicans cry about it?

It’s very hurtful. The best way to handle our detractors is to prove them wrong, that we are highly qualified through our work. We shouldn’t give away our professionalism and calm…they’re probably hoping to generate some noise from us to get the programme ratings or PR coverage up. Well, let’s not fall for this kind of trap.

so anyway here we are, 13,000 and more of us complaining. does anybody know if the government or DECS or the medical schools in the Philippines are doing anything to protect our pride and race? Or are they all leaving it up to us petitioners? Someone in the petition suggested to stop all the dollar remittances until we get help from the Philippine government.

Indeed the scriptwriter owe us an apology for such a racist remark. Filipino doctors are much better than

Americans. Filipino medical practitioners abroad are well acknowledge by their employers, co-workers and even their patients for the medical care that they receive.

Maybe they based their comments on recent scandal in Nursing exam ( not doctors though still medical field)undermining the credibility of board passers.

watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sqyGdc5H6g

I think I’ve read a familiar comment from a forum at the website and a comedian from an online comedy show. They (americans) has this impression that medical schools in the Philippines are very easy to earn a degree from. Na parang tambakan ng mga kano n hindi makapasa sa universities duon ang Pinas. If they view the Philippine medical education is so substandard, why do they depend on our medical professionals so much?

“Well, on the face, we can look at it as a racial slur. Masyado naman tayong minamalit, considering the number of our medical professionals in the US. The producers or script writers of the show, and ABC television network that carries it, owe us an apology in behalf of our Filipino MD professionals. Likewise, let us appealed to civil society groups and other Filipino organizations in the US to “call the attention” of the show producers, script writers, and Hatcher, to the “racial slur.”

The fact that it is a long tedious journey to earn a medical degree, it is more prejudicial and insulting to ridicule the Philippine medical schools in particular. It would be better for Ms Hatcher to lecture her American counterparts not to choose our medical schools over theirs. The practice of medicine is 80% clinical which makes Filipino doctors at par with the techy savy ist world doctors.

I’m a doctor and I was insulted when I watched the clip. I stopped and became depressed for a moment. Then I remembered how I laughed when an episode of “Frasier” also made insulting remarks about medical graduates from Arruba and Granada. Which leads me to think, when is it okay to laugh at insulting remarks about others and then blow my head off when I myself am insulted?

the line was probably something that teri hatcher just had to say, as it was in the script. if there is someone who needs to hang for the deed, it would be the writers of “Desperate Housewives” Alexandra Cunningham and Marc Cherry. i say we boycott all shows written by them, and let them learn the error of their ways. Cherry should straighten up, gays can’t be Republicans. How in hell did he become both?

Apology or no apology, simplest most effective thing to do against this type of show is to BOYCOTT it. Dont watch the show, and to some extent cancell subscription to channels (for cable) airing th show. And most of all dont patronize the products endorsed in the show. Remember the more we talk about it, the more popular it gets. Just BOYCOTT it.

…ganyan talaga ang magiging image ng mga filipino sa mata ng buong mundo ,,,,kilala ksi tayo sa pagiging corrupt na bansa sa mundo….bakit tayo magagalit sa comment na yun,,,di ba totoo naman?….eh bakit pa eh nagsimula yan sa nursing board exam,,,di ba kumalat yan sa buong america….
eh ang telenovela ng ZTE…di ba ganun din?,,,corruption pa din….at maraming pang iba,,,,,,
,,,,,,,me mga magagaling tayong filipino na doktor sa sa amerika…kwawa naman sila pati sila eh nadadamay…sa mga ganitong komento,,,,,,hindi mababago ang imahen ng mga filipino sa paghingi ng apology sa mga taong sangkot sa kontrobersiya na yan,,dapat siguro unahin natin baguhin ang ating mga sarili,,maging ma disiplina tayo sa ating sariling bansa,,,,sa gobyerno dapat mag simula ang pagbabago,,,,,maawa naman kayo sa mga maliliit na filipino tigilan nyo na yang corruption at sobrang pamumulitika…huwag naman pangsarili nyo lang ang iniisip nyo,,,,maawa naman kayo sa mga mahihirap na filipino,,,
,,,,,,

wow, my comment got deleted. apparently nobody here believes in free speech. we can’t post something that is against what the blog is about.

oops, my bad ^_^

why didn’t my comment come out earlier? i guess script error

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RESEARCH AND INTERVIEWS - is all i can say to the producers, writers, actors and actresses of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, before you write stories and punch lines!!do you base your stories on real life, coz if that’s the case you are very much mistaken about filipinos!! not because one person makes mistake doesn’t mean everybody did it!! ,BUT, what can we expect from tv series like this?
i don’t watch desperate housewives, coz I’M NOT THAT DESPERATE!!

just apologize. you should be educated enough to know that you did something wrong and apologize. what you did was not funny. to make this world a better place, we should know how to respect one another. and it is very unethical to say something like that to a nation who has been serving their country well.

I’ve watched the news on 24 oras.That was not Teri Hatcher’s fault it was the scriptwriter to be blame.But that line was really annoying,as if their country does not need filipino medics? they should apologize!

much ado about nothing. teri hatcher’s character is supposed to be ditzy. eva longoria’s character makes anti-latino remarks and no one’s up in arms. stop being oversensitive.

The writer not only insulted us Filipinos but also showed a highly contemptible and racist face hidden beneath the paper where the script was written that is worth wiping his /her stinking ass. The writer should know better that American doctors are not immaculate and spotless; that quite a number have committed misdiagnosis and mismanagement of cases.

i just wish when that writer or people behind the desperate hoousewives get sick and ran to the hospital all the medical employees on duty are filipinos and let them discover how good filipinos are, also the caring nature of us
that is why our service in medical field are most sought around the world.

Teri Hatcher studied math and engineering at De Anza College in Cupertino, California BUT dropped out after 2 1/2 years to join the TV show “The Love Boat” as a mermaid.

I guess she has not seen a college diploma in her life, that’s why.

well if you analyze the line that Teri said “I would just like to make sure they are not from some med school in the Philippines.” she is not attacking the profesionals itself she is pointing out the quality of the education

well, what can I say, this only shows that Americans are stupid…very stupid

It truly was an insulting and racist line considering that our locally-educated medical professionals are at par with the rest of the world.

What bothers me more is from where, or what prompted the writers single out Philippine med schools.

For DH viewers who know little about the Philippines, Teri Hatcher gave them quite an impression alright — an impression that should challenge us Filipinos to always strive to be the best in our fields despite the odds and despite the discrimination.

I don’t really watch much of this
Desperate Housewives. It is really
desperate.
Well at least most of us have a degree
What about them.
Most americans do not agree with this
“slur” in this particular episode.
My daughter is a nurse. Most of her
patients that she takes care, wish that my daughter is THEIR OWN DAUGHTER.
THat’s how caring we Filipinos are.

I actually wrote an email to ABC about this. I hope they would do something about it. Aside from ABC, I wrote to Access Hollywood and if they find my article interesting enough, which indeed it is, they might air our concerns in the show. Access H is in NBC which is a rival of the other network.

BTW, I copied a portion of your article and included in mine as a quote. I like how you wrote your defense of our med schools =)

http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1905887/posts hey guys this website is full of people leaving ceregatory remerks about pilipinos I thought everybody should know.

deregatory I mean

These American “illiterate desperate housewives” are really desperate illiterates. Imagine how they bacame ignorant in the show that medical profession is not easy to compare to
their body’s gynaecology. She must try
abortionist which Americans are famous for.

The joke is intended to recto and quiapo fake diploma sellers — not to filipino doctors.

People calm down a bit, Teri Hatcher was just delivering her lines the fault lies to the person behind who wrote the script. I was a film maker too. Actors and actresses had to base their lines on the script. Thus, we should search for the culprit. More remorse and grunts would exaggerate the whole situation. By the way it also contributes to the popularity of the show. Please, don’t bark on the wrong tree!

Americans are high and mighty. No one does it any better than Americans. That’s what the joke is all about!!!

this reminds me to what malu fernandez did to filipino overseas filipino workers….

just feeling the offensvie remarks made by “terri hatcher” and the show’s script writer. what a complete disregard for the word “respect”. hollywood people are not the right people to emulate in any ways, their lives are complete garbage. what goes in and out of their mouth are garbage. let’s not waste our energy into glorifying them!

I can say that Teri should have said “NO” if she thinks that the line would insult other race so i think that this more than the writers & directors of the show, Teri is partly to be blamed off.

Let’s just forget about this slur. Who’s Teri Hatcher anyway? whoever she is, she is not important and I don’t want to see her. If you even notice, president Bush is always insulted by these so called hollywood star every single day, and he is the most important person in this country. So…What’s new?

This is the fault of ABC for letting this racial slur to be aired. As for Teri Hatcher, she should be sensible enough to protest this kind of language whether she is just acting or not. For those ABC executives and writers and Teri for that matter, pray that you won’t need hospitalization; unfortunately for you bigots, Filipino medical practioners are found in almost all the hospitals in the US. As much as you hate it, you can’t do anything but rely on these professionals to help you or go find yourself a quack doctor.

in my opinion, i don’t find it derogatory in any way… DH is more of a comical portrayal of how some typical Americanas are. besides, we’ved heard in some shows critisizing mexican’s as drug dealers, black americans as nigger and slaves, arabs as terrorists, and thai’s as prostitutes. however, let this event serve as an eye opener to us Filipinos, especially those who are in power, to strive harder in uplifting the morale of OFW’s through effective implementation of laws in protecting their rights wherever they may be and inherit the benefits that they should get upon retirement.

Funny isn’t it? I was struck by a lightning when I read these remarks. I could remember how difficult it was to pass the exams and the sleepless nights we spent on our duties in the hospitals taking care of our patients. It may not because we are in a developing country, our medical education is lousy. We used the same books that the US med schools are using. We have the same mental capabilities as the Americans or caucasians. I am just sorry for the writers of DH for they are very desperate and ignorant. No wonder why I do not have the urge of watching such silly television series. My disposition is still strong for I know what it takes to be a Filipino doctor. We give all our best for the welfare of our patients.

If anyone is interested in signing a letter to ABC, please go to the following link:

http://www.petitiononline.com/FilABC/petition.html

hmmm…..sobrang nakakainis talaga ung sinabing un ni terri as if, parang may alam siya sa mga pinag aralan ng mga doctors….grrrr…..

Its not a good joke. Teri hatcher shoud apologize in behalf of the show….

Even if Teri Hatcher didn’t get a college diploma she knows what ’s right and wrong and would know the consequence of that dialogue she made in that episode ..

Partly , we are to blame also because of the recently nursing board exams scandal .

But even if this was the reason , I think it’s not proper for her ( Teri ) to deliver that on a national Tv …

American people thinks that way , that they can be superior/ almost perfect in all ways , the greatest nations that can’t be defeated , how come ? did they allow terrorist to ruin my dream city ” 911 thing “

guys lets not blame teri hatcher…she’s an actress not the writer…castigate the scriptwriter and producer for all these stupid line…but im happy that a lot of comments have been posted…meaning those people in hollywood better watch out coz Filipinos worldwide are a force to reckon with.

So what then? What the heck is the apology for? Will that sought remorse from ABC makes the Philippines the great and richest nation in a sudden?

I just can’t imagine if US President George Bush will demand an apology to those individuals from Americans and the rest of the world by calling him names like “lame-duck president” or the president with an IQ below 70. I just can’t imagine what will it be like.

Relax and cheer-up, folks, as ABC was trolling around just to get the desperate ratings. Again, don’t feed the troll.

why are we so sensitive kasi?why dont we evaluate ourselves first that maybe they based it from the past.that contrversial nursing board exam,the PT examinee that was caught in hawaii for holding the past test papers?

I’m a Caucasian wife of a Filipino physician. I have been a long-time watcher of Desperate Housewives but last Sunday night I was aghast when Teri Hatcher made a disparaging remark about Filipino doctors. My husband has over 2,000 patients of all races and nationalities who respect and admire him and his medical knowledge. How is it that a Harvard graduate misdiagnoses a pregnancy calling it menopause?

The Philippines may be a poor country but has produced the most wonderful, hospitable, hardworking, & very well educated people in the world! Does Teri Hatcher even have GED?!!! Well, obviously, she is not a good artist. A competent artist uses good judgement in whatever lines she deliver on the set. She may apologize & say, sorry, im only doing my job, but Teri, the damage has been done to many Filipinos and so is your image as an artist!

Public apologies are not enough. The damage is done, and they’ve got what they wanted, the Pinoy televiewers’ attention.

My fellow Pinoys, don’t get mad, GET EVEN! How? Easy! BOYCOTT this show!

MWA! HA! HA! HA! HA! (a la Dr. Evil)

We, Filipinos, deserve a PUBLIC APOLOGY from TERI HACTER (She’s responsible for going along with the script. She would have been smart by rejecting it at once.), the WRITERS and PRODUCERS of the show ‘Desperate Housewives’ & ABC concerning the racially-discriminatory comment on the episode aired on 30th of September.

We are hurt and insulted by such act.

As a nation, we get mad when some foreign people insulted Filipinos in public or if some insensitive visiting Western movie star, obviously lacking in education, makes unkind generalizations publicly that we are a nation of many cockroaches – to some extent true though that claim may be; or when Tom Hilfiger makes racist statements like he does not want his brand of shirts on Filipinos’ backs (Editor’s note: The supposed Tommy Hilfiger remark is an urban legend that has been circulating on the Internet since 1996. See the Snopes Urband Legends Reference entry at http://www.snopes.com/racial/business/hilfiger.asp). But do you also know that even us Filipinos do the same with other countries?

Take the case of one episode at Channel 7 in “Pinoy Meets World” in Nepal where 2 hosts Ariel and Maverick also insulted Nepali people and make fun of them.
Such coverage has no place in a mass medium like television, which bears with it some social responsibility. Those unkind remarks smack of racism and cultural insensitivity have no place in a public domain like television, indeed no place as a mindset in today’s globalised world which respects each one’s difference. And to think, the show’s hosts were being toured around by Nepalese staff of the Nepal Tourism Board, such unkind cuts within hearing distance of their hosts! How low, crass, and crude have we become?

Reportage is no excuse to make disparaging remarks about other people, other cultures. They should do their research first, read about the countries’s lifeways, its culture and religion, and watch travel and other shows aired by international networks to see if they will ever hear such remarks, so that they will be more civilized, informed, educated in their coverage next time. Otherwise, they have no business holding forth in television or any mass media for that matter.

lighten up. it’s not the news. it’s a fictional comedy-drama cum night time soap opera show.

see Stephen Fry’s UK BBC show QI where he mentioned that wives could be ordered at “amazon.com.philippines.” The panel also mentioned Thailand.

The QI panel also insulted in a very politically incorrect way the Welsh, the stupidity of Americans (in front of American comedian Rich Hall) and the Chinese. They also criticized their country - Britain - for being involved in all the world wars.

p.s. ABC has apologized. let us all cheer.

Filipinos are more intelligent than Americans.

So Pinoys around the world unite!
Just junk or don’t watch “Desperate Housewives”, all shows with Teri Hatcher & by ABC.

Teri’s remark on DH, though insensitive, was blown way out of proportion. We should be more concerned about how to make the Philippines a better place so we don’t have to move overseas. What if the writers of DH wrote these lines?: “Why are so many Filipinos immigrating to the U.S. and other countries? What has happened to the Philippines that forces you to move elsewhere? Why haven’t you done anything about it? If the world heads into an economic depression, where are Filipinos going to move? Will OFW’s still send remittances home? How long have you been an independent country? How long did it take Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore and Vietnam to succeed from the ravages of war? What is chizmiz and istambay? Why do some Filipinos in America despise their own people?

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I used to watch this show out of curiosity, but I stopped watching it after a few episodes. Surely, if Filipino doctors in US are well respected, it doesn’t matter if some not-so-well-informed script writer made false information about filipino doctors. My sister in New York told me that there is one Filipino doctor in Long Island who is higly respected even by Americans. I believe one episode of Desperate Housewives will not easily wipe out that respect.

It is a common knowledge that for a few thousand pesos one can buy a degree in Philippines. I believe that Filipinos should take it easy on this one least of course you want that issue to bomeerang in your face. Just look at the present occupant of the Malacanang Palace. Illegal President equals illegal diploma equals corrupt society equals immorallity. Add to that is the Catholic institutions evil ways.

Filipinos should clean their acts first and clean their own backyard of illegals and do start with Arroyo if you guys want respect from the world if not from your own.

It is so easy for us to re-act to such comedic script when the evidence is their in our face.

I always believe that the Filipinos deserve the kind of government they have for allowing of course such things to happen and for allowing their religion and the media for controlling their minds.

Time to clean our backyard now….

P.S.

Mga Kababayan,

Nag-sorry na daw!

Kaya lang ginamit daw ang speech ni Gloria Arroyo…the infamous “I AM SORRY”.

In fact, they hired Nora Aunor daw in the states to deliver the I am Sorry speech..

Oh di ba pag may “Hello Garci” may ginhawa

This is for DI Bendano!

You’re right, it doesn’t make the Philippines the richest country because remarks like that don’t give money to the country.
You are a very narrrow-minded person. What if Bill Gates apologize to you (for example–he didn’t acknowledge you as the inventor of his new computer hardware), will that make you the richest man in an instant? How naive.!

You gave an example using your president but what the heck?! He is your president and you can say whatever you want to him. That is not racial discrimination. So now, what if I say that Americans are very mediocre people? Aren’t you going to be insulted by that?Do you get my point?

For your information, the Philippines is more advanced when it comes to education. When I transferred from the Philippines, all my subjects were credited even up to the 4th year ones that the US have. So now, almost all the subjects I’m taking are humanities subjects because the lower year major subjects I’ve taken in the Philippines are actually the 4th year subjects in the US.

Yes, they wanted to get their ratings up. It’s in their title—desperate.! What a shame.!

Those desperate housewives no need of medical professional, what they need are Pinoy lovers to have a joyful life. Surely, they will be longing for more.

it’s a reality; filipinos are notoriously known for several tags and names abroad. we can’t blame them; that’s how we are perceived by other nationality. don’t be such an onion-skinned person with this matter; thus, we should be aware that we are being watched not only as person, but as a nation. so please guys, clean up our act and stop revolting as if we are really hurt… are you REALLY hurt? nope.. we are just pretending that we are, trying to hide the real problem deep seated in our society.. and that is corruption to the highest level!

What’s the fuzz is all about the “Desperate Housewives” script folks? I’m a Filipino and to me it was nothing but a plain JOKE period!

Teri or the writer shouldn’t even even need to apologize for something that doesn’t have a value at all. And do you guys think they would? They have more better things to do than waist their time. Arguing is a plain stupidity on our side, if there is someone that needs to apologize, it’s us Filipino, had that Nursing board exam leak not happened, don’t think this kind of joke would even come out right? We Filipinos should learn to move forward and not backward and just watch and enjoy the show! Peace everyone! I really love America!

ABC has serveral racist and ignorant staff. STUPID!

So now the government is demanding an apology against a Hollywood t.v. studio? The gahmen’s efforts are misplaced, banal, shallow and immature. Where is the outrage over OFW’s having their pay withheld, locked-in and sexually abused? Will the gahmen protest loudly, with righteous indignation, to the Middle Eastern countries as they’re doing with ABC? Where is the gahmen’s and the public’s outrage over Smoky Mountain and the filthy Pasig River and Manila Bay?

Psssh. Teri Hatcher is either STUPID or a RACIST.

Stupid - she could’ve easily DECLINED to say the line.

Racist - she didn’t care if she offends.

aside from Teri Hatcher’s racial slur, i’m actually more interested with the issue between SkyCable and Solar. Aside from the slur, I hope the Philippine government would intervene between SkyCable and Solar. SkyCable has the largest subscriber base in the whole of Manila and maybe the whole country. I’m sure many people will fret knowing that their favorite Solar channels are gone come January 1, 2008. I think as consumers and subscribers we have the right to choose what we want to watch because we are paying for their services. Forcing us to watch some shows that are kinda mediocre not only in content but also in signal is unacceptable.
SkyCable’s own channel has a very low signal quality and clarity, its like watching a pirated DVD or moreso like an old VHS tape.

Wow…we Pinoys are so good at criticizing Americans. We write editorials about them in our newspapers and slam them to death. And here we are, all riled up over Teri Hacher’s line to the point that someone suggested suing ABC for $100 million for damages. So what damage was done? I don’t hear people in my workplace talking about it and many of them saw the show.

Our senators refuse to accept ABCs apology - hindi daw enough. And of all people, Miriam Defensor Santiago, who blurted a horrible remark against the Chinese is acting so high and mighty and does not want to accept the apology. And I don’t hear China going all crazy like Pinoys are doing right now.

What was said was horrible and ABC admitted its mistake. Let’s drop it and move on. No one stopped seeing a Pinoy doctor or refused to be served by a Pinoy nurse because of the remark. So what damages are we talking about? Get a life my kababayans. We’re offended, but get over it already!

hi.. i am a journalist. i think before we even post something online or write anything on papers, there’s one important rule, check our details. This article quoted Desperate Housewives episode .. and it was not even the line that Teri Hatcher threw on the episode.

The reality is – It’s a double-edge sword attack on poor Filipinos masterfully crafted by the super-rich corporate America. Let me begin by telling you that ABC is literally controlled by the govt. so if you are expecting any kind of intervention by the govt., or planning of political nioise, you’ll be disappointed.

Even if Desperate Housewives enjoys the top spot rating on last Sunday night shows, it was still a big drop compared to their last year’s ratings. I meant there are still reasons to believe that they will still do something to improve its ratings. If the Filipino nurses issue was shown before Sunday night show, then they achieved what they wanted, to revive their deteriorating rating. If it was shown last Sunday night, then they are yet to enjoy the big surge in ratings as a result of this free publicity, courtesy of the 4,000,000 Fil-Ams and more if you add the Filipinos outside of the U.S. and they did it just in time, when live-plus-7 ratings come out in late October, the most important rating of the year.

The other edge of the sword is when you go to mypetitiononline.com/FilABC to sign the petition protesting the said discriminating show, you‘ll notice the add by google on the top of the page, sells Desperate Housewives DVD, and every once in a while, the ad right next to it changes from Dating Filipinas to Criminal Lawyers etc. They knew exactly what’s going to happen, the marketing genius of evil America at work. We were victimized twice. When I realized this, I felt the vigilante on me is slowly transforming into a pawn. What else can we do? poor we, Filipinos.

IT’S TRUE BY THE WAY, MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES SUCKS BIG TIME. WE HAVE AN INFERIOR AND MEDIOCRE HEALTH SYSTEM. OUR DOCTORS ARE DUMB AND WORST THEY ARE LACKING IN TRAINING. IN THE U.S. THEY HAVE TO UNDERGO SCHOOLING JUST TO GAIN ACCEPTANCE AND MAYBE RESPECT. FILIPINO DOCTORS ARE NOT EVEN AT PAR WITH PHYSICIANS FROM INDIA.

I am a filipino doctor who lives here in the Philippines.I just wanted to say that Filipino doctors are not desperate doctors–This show obviously have no idea how hard it is for a filipino/immigrant doctor to go to the US. 3 tests costing around at least P40,000 each—just for a chance to have a residency training abroad. There is an extra test if you want to practice there.Filipino Doctors do this in an effort to provide better for their families. And to hear such racial slur from a bunch of people who don’t know the amount of work, time and effort that these people do is insensitive. And for this show and others who belittle my fellow Filipino doctors’ effort and outrage at this racism—is insulting.

Whoa, my post has been deleted, wow!!!

just a thought, maybe teri h. is really afflicted by this menopausal syndrome and that is why she acted and spoke that way - silly, stupid and irresponsible-?

Well I’ve had the hots for Teri Hatcher for a long time ever since she was on Superman and a one time James Bond girl.Although I never watch Desperate Housewives because it’s not my kind of show but I did listen to what was said by her. And I have to say I really don’t find anything racist about anything she said. I have lived in America and gone to American schools for most of my life and know what is the difference between a racist remark and not. I’ve been a called worst then what was said on that show, but I learned to be strong and just go on. Do you know the problem forgive me is that Filipinos are to sensitive about things said about themselves whether positive or negative. You know black people have had worst things happen to them then us. But what was said on that show wasn’t anything like nigger or having to see a swastika if you are a Jew. Or Indian person a dot person even women long ago were considered minorities. And I think that we are all hypocrites if we don’t say we never crack a racist joke maybe not in English maybe in Tagalog I know some Filipino’s make fun of other people. Who has never made fun of inchik or arabo be honest. So if you say that Teri Hatcher’s show is racist then what about yourself. I admit I do make fun of other people.But it’s a joke.

The Teri Hatcher line wasn’t meant to be an insult to Filipinos, Filipino doctors, Philippine medical schools, nor to the Philippines. American doctors are suppose to get their degrees in the US. If they aren’t good enough to get into any US medical school, they go abroad to get their medical degrees. She could have said Nicaragua, Haiti or Thailand. That’s all it was. What embarrasses me more is that petition that’s being circulated. Nakakahiya!

Why oh why would Sky Cable not carry the more enjoyable channels. Did the Lopezes have a spat with Wilson Tieng of Solar? If they go through with the removal of these channels I will definitely abandon Sky and get another cable provider. Namputsa naman oo. Ang mahal na nga ng bayad sa Sky aalisin pa ang magagandang channel !!!!!!!!

To one Mr Dennis, for you to consider Filipino physicians as dumb is really sad, considering that just by not passing Human Anatomy is the end of everything for a person with wishful thinking of bec oming a doctor. This is one smart alecky retort coming from a doctor who has served her countrymen with the desire and passion of being of medical service. We doctors deserve some respect, at the least.

The producers, scriptwriters were either just too stupid or too callous to sense that they definitely will offend the Filipinos. Yes they apologized, but they don’t really care..

Like Miriam Defensor-Santiago, these poor people just wants to get some attention.. mga kulang sa pansin!

Anyway, you don’t get roasted unless you’re popular! Sana lang, we just clean up our acts here and abroad, so we get more roastings!

Lesson to learn: Huwag Pikon. Bigyang prioridad ang pangangailangan ng bansa. Huwag pag-aksayahan ang mga bagay na haka-haka chizmiz o JOKE sa puntong eto.. ang buhay ay totoo..

MAGALING ANG PINOY.. alam natin eto at wala akong pakialam sa programang yun.

Was the comment really written in the script or that was just an added comment from Teri?. I tend to believe that the comment was added by Teri - She is not very talented. She is so phoney!!! PLASTIC, I should say. From what I read about her since she starred in Superman, she struck me as a very insecure, narrow human being. She should look for another job - acting is NOT for you Terri. Get a life???

I found an interesting perspective on the subject from another Filipino blog here:

http://asbb-foreignexchange.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-was-going-to-conclude-ten-letters.html

Some food for thought to digest, certainly.

There is an online petition in support of Philippine Medical practitioners in US vs. Despeate Housewives. http://www.petitiononline.com/FilABC/. I am support of this petition because of the fact that my sister is a Nurse working in the US. The funny thing is some bigots or racists got into the website and sort of vented their “anger” towards us and other minorities unknowingly signed the petition in our favor. Ang tanga tanga nila kasi naisahan pa natin sila.

As to the Sky Cable “reprogramming”, sa totoo lang, ayaw nilang masapawan kaya tatangalin nila ang Solar Entertainment - part of it was the partnership of Solar and GMA 7 in the Pacquiao-Barrera fight tomorrow. I am pretty disappointed with them. Maybe we can start the petition online. I like the programs aired by Solar in Cable. Maybe they should put the other programs in channels 9 & 13 or create free tv channels na lang.

The americans want to degrade everything that threatens their supremacy in whatever subject or field of endeavor. That’s why, when there are important discoveries in the 3rd world or developing countries they would try to dismiss and advertise those as hoaxes.

But under the table their big corporations would buy the formulas, license them in the US and repackage them in a different way.

I would’ve laughed if ’twas our politicians who got ridiculed in US television.

nakakahiya man, pero let’s ask ourselves the same question: mayroon bang element of truth ang remark? baka mapahiya lang tayo kung meron nga isa or dalawa or tatlo… na doctor dyan na nagbayad for their med school dilpomas. truth hurts.

how can you expect the foreigners to respect our people when our own kind like Malu Fernandez could get away with whatever she writes on her column in Manila Standard even if it is insulting others specifically the Filipino OFWS in Dubai. Before you look at the side of the fence, clean your garbage in your own backyard first.

Think about this: If all our Filipino superstars be given a dialogue in their movies and television shows insulting the capabilities of American doctors like Teri did in DH, will the American public and government howl in hysterics? Not a whimper, I would guess. Some of us Filipinos (including me) are a proud, over-sensitive, and egoistic lot. So I say, let’s declare war against America for Teri Hatcher’s insulting remark.

The remark in Desperate Housewives is no big deal. There are more pressing problems in our ocuntry than that remark. We could only blame ourselves for it. What can you expect other people will say about us. We have a president who cheat herself and we have the nursing exam scandal. Nakakatawa, nakiride naman ang Malacanan and sila nga ang isa sa dahilan kung bakit ang baba ng tingin sa atin ng ibang tao.

check this one out. read what americans had to say on this issue:
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1905887/posts

it made me sick to my stomach. and felt really sad coz it shows that racial discrimination is still at large in the states.. caucasians vs the minority..

-tiff [RACISM is a refuge for the IGNORANT]

i wonder where the desperate scriptwriter of this show got this disgracing idea about phil doctors? hey you writer pls explain. or better yet, have your decaying brain operated on maybe bugs and bacteria are now slowly eating the few remaining parts of your cerebellum.

Scriptwriter you go to some countries in Europe and see for yourself the condition of their health system, i bet you will say Alleluia praise God for the Filipino doctors.

Now i am not surprised why America has became target of anything and everything because these whites think they are superior - over and above all. Very democratic country where freedom to do anything under the sun is allowed, freedom to insult, discriminate and degrade other races,

Desperate wives - an american junk!

Yes this insult is hard to take. However, this damage is done by our own government starting with the Nurses’ Exam. You see we have a good reputation of honesty, credibility until the Nurse exam scam. It brought down our good, competent people. It is a true crab mentality. Sayang talaga tayo. Siyempre ang mga puti - they want quality. They speak out to demand it. How about us? Do we demand an honest,good government?

Each one is entitled to his own reaction to every issue. I don’t allow ugly comments affect my life. My priorities are above the mundane things on this plant earth. My eyes are focus on Jesus who suffered more insults he didn’t deserve but on the cross he showed an example by asking God to forgive his persecutors for they knew not what they did. I’m a Filipino residing in America. I behave as expected of an educated person to earn the respect of the people around me.

teri hatcher is quite a big star in desperate housewife. They can change some of the lines on the script if they really want to. It just shows that she is insensitive by not noticing that some of the lines that she has been carefully memorizing are racist and completely untrue.

Cool!

I don’t think what teri hatcher did was a joke??It’s an insult!!!Although I’m not FILIPINO DOCTORS still I AM A FILIPINO. What if we did or I did it to you?
what will be your reaction???? still, you will do same things like we did!!hmmm

Its ashame on your part!!!!

desperate nga kayo!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing

angel locsin’s transfer to rival abs-cbn has made herself such a sour LOSER! she used to be pretty but now looks like an old, wasted makati avenue lady of the night! fans who used to adore her thru her tv soaps over gma 7 would rather turn of the TV should they see her rotten face on the screen. rumors have it that she’s a highly paid whore! she even couldn’t act at all! no wonder she’s goin nowhere and a movie where she would star would just BOMB at the box office, not make money at all! too bad for a one-day showing flick featuring has-been personality.

what teri hatcher exactly said was “Let me just check your diploma and make sure it didn’t come from some med school…in the Philippines”

yes,it is clearly demeaning and insulting,yet this can also be our wake-up call to actually improve the quality of education here in our country especially when it comes to medicine. i belong to a family of surgeons and i am currently a medical intern. i know that medical career here is not financially rewarding yet i choose to stay. if we want other countries to respect us, we should start by making something to be respected…if we want to see change, in the way other races look at us, we have to make it ourselves. whining over some silly lines would definitely not suffice, it takes so much more than that.

What Season in Desperate Housewive which Teri Hatcher make some insult to Filipino? Is it the latest Season 5? coz, i have the complete season. and I want to watch it again…Thanks.

wud like to comment bout mark’s degrading and below the belt “dark” remarks about ms. angel locsin, i am not a fan of angel, but i just find the remarks so “bastos” and shameful that that has to come from a Filipino, people like this is what makes me ashame of being a Filipino sometimes. What did the lady have done to you to deserve such scorn? And you are a guy at that? shame on you!