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Editor’s Note: This article was written in 2011 and reflects the opionions of the author at that time.

Profile of the Filipino Race

The Filipino race is well known to be a conglomeration of varying ethnicities and cultures, as they inhabit an archipelago of 7,107 islands.

Although generally referred to as Filipinos, some are alluded to as Filipino-American, Filipino-Spanish, Filipino-Japanese, Filipino-Muslim or Filipino-Chinese. The distinctive groups take their roots from ancestors who, at some point in time in the annals of Philippine history, prevailed upon and influenced the predominantly Filipino-Malay race.

The most notable of these groups are those that are of Chinese descent, as their contributions are largely the business institutions that have provided livelihoods to generations of Filipinos.

Although their critics contend that political affiliations and/or connections have contri