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'amerasians' in the Philippines Fight for Recognition
'amerasians' in the Philippines Fight for Recognition
When Susie Lopez, 43, was a little girl she would run outside her home in Angeles City, near the U.S. Clark Airbase in the Philippines, every time she heard a plane fly by.
"I would say 'bye bye, Dad' because the only thing I knew about my father was my dad was riding a plane," she recalls.
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Published at 2018-03-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, Society
Tags: Amerasians, children
Filipino Amerasians – America's Forgotten Children
Filipino Amerasians – America's Forgotten Children
When the US naval bases in the Philippines closed in 1992, the military left behind thousands of Amerasian children. Since the closings, American presence still exists and -contrary to initial estimate of 52,000 – it is now estimated that there are 250,000 Amerasian children, ranging from newborn to geriatric, abandoned in the Philippines.
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Published at 2018-03-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, Culture, Documentary
Tags: Amerasians, Forgotten