Then and now, an American seems to reside in the heart and mind
of each Filipino of every generation since the United States
conquest and its 48-years occupation of the Philippines. The
American colonization, though much shorter than the 400+ years
Spanish domination of our homeland, has more efficiently, more
effectively and more thoroughly impacted and reconstructed the
(our) native Filipino mindset which made us: - lose memory of
the nationalistic spirit that drove the likes of Andres
Bonifacio, Apolinario Mabini, Artemio Ricarte et al. to fight
first the Spanish colonizer and then the American
interventionist/occupier; - forget American duplicity in our
native forefathers' revolution against Spain, to forget the
subsequently violent and brutal America’s Hidden War against our
forefathers, and thus, - project the American arrival and
occupation as pure benevolence of a special friend and savior.
All these so long-lastingly, thanks to the Americanized
educational system imposed --after executing/hanging or