Current Events > Piama from Malcolm in the Middle looks filipino to me, not Native American.

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https://www.google.com/search?q=Piama+Tananahaakna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emy_Coligado

They try to pass her off as native american in the show but she just clearly looks filipino and that always bothered me as a kid.
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Are you filipino
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No but they usually work as our maids, servants and cooks so I'm quite familiar with them.
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*Filipina

Unless you think she's a dude.
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Well the actress is Filipino.
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Right? She definitely looks like she is filipino. But Wikipedia doesn't have her information, only that she was born in America

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emy_Coligado
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Coligado is a Filipino name
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Sounds more Spanishian
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The actress is from Filipino descent.

However, Indigenous Filipinos and Native Americans share some features.

And she's supposed to be Inuit, too.
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Oh, I always thought the character was Filipino
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SomeLikeItHoth posted...

*Filipina

Unless you think she's a dude.

who cares, dude. Everyone knows what he meant

But on further checking she really is filipino american according to wikipina! I was right all those years, I knew there was something off about that casting choice I didn't like.
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ALso funny thing she's actually 10 years older than her would-be husband on the show, I find that hilariously appropriate since Francis married someone just as stubborn as his mother.
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You have maids and servants?
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Was she suppose to be Native American or Inuit in the show? I'm pretty sure it was the latter.
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Kitt posted...

Was she suppose to be Native American or Inuit in the show? I'm pretty sure it was the latter.

Inuits aren't native american?
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Yeah probably Inuit or close to the people who live in the colder regions. Who while sharing similar facial features definitely don't look as filipino as her.
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Inuits are Native American
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well considering native americans and east asians share a relatively recent common ancestor this is normal

a lot of native americans have features you'd associate with east asians. the ones that don't usually have a heavy amount of white or black ancestry mixed in so you don't really see it
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I'm reminded of that george carlin native american standup bit.
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wait...she was supposed to be native american?

learn something new
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What were you thinking at the time?
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saspa posted...

Sounds more Spanishian

Well, that's what happens when you're colonized by Spain.
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Heh Good point.
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saspa posted...

No but they usually work as our maids, servants and cooks so I'm quite familiar with them.

This happened.
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ThyCorndog posted...

well considering native americans and east asians share a relatively recent common ancestor this is normal

a lot of native americans have features you'd associate with east asians. the ones that don't usually have a heavy amount of white or black ancestry mixed in so you don't really see it

That's true but some have a distinct look and she distinctly looks filipino. Passing her off as a native american always seemed dishonest.
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