Con una población estimada de 30,000 personas (a fines de la década del 90), la comunidad Filipino Americana forma el mayor grupo de Asiáticos Americanos en el área de Seattle. Comenzando con el primer residente filipino de quien se tiene conocimiento, en 1883, olas de inmigrantes filipinos arribaron en relación dinámica con la situación de las Filipinas (su paso de la colonia a la independencia). A menudo sufrieron discriminación y padecimientos, como lo describe el poeta y escritor filipino Carlos Bulosan (1911?- 1956). Los filipinos han contribuido a las artes, los negocios y el liderazgo político del área. En 1979 Delores Sibonga (nac. 1931) pasó a ser el primer miembro del Concejo de la Ciudad de Seattle con antepasados filipinos. El Presidente Bill Clinton nombró a Bob Santos (nac. 1934) como representante regional del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los EE.UU. En 1992, Velma Veloria ganó las elecciones para la Legislatura del Estado de Washington desde el 11º Distrito de Seattle, lo cual la convirtió en el funcionario electo de mayor rango en el país en ese momento con antepasados filipinos.
Filipino Americanos en Seattle
- By Cynthia Mejia-Giudici
- Posted 12/03/1998
- HistoryLink.org Essay 409
Sources:
Ursula Barboza, "Filipinos in Seattle" in the 11th Anniversary Special Program of the Northwest Asian Weekly (Seattle, 1994); Carlos Bulosan, America is in the Heart: A Personal History (Seattle: University of Washington Press, [1943] 1973); Fred Cordova, Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans: A Pictorial Essay 1763-circa 1963 (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1983); "Filipinos in the Pacific Northwest," 1952-l982 Commemorative Yearbook (Filipino American Intercommunity Council of the Pacific Northwest, 1982); Hyung-chan Kim and Cynthia C. Mejia, The Filipinos in America 1898-1974: A Chronology and Fact Book (Dobbs Ferry NY: Oceana Publications, Inc. 1976); Gail Nomura, "Washington's Asian/Pacific American Communities," in Peoples of Washington: Perspectives on Cultural Diversity ed. by Sid White and S.E. Solberg (Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1989); Symbol of Filipino Identity: Glimpses of "Pinoy Life in the Pacific Northwest ed. by Diony Corsilles (Seattle: Magiting Corp., 1983); Edward and Elizabeth Burke, Seattle’s Other History: Our Asian American Heritage (Seattle: Profanity Hill Press, 1979); Ruth Pelz, The Washington Story: A History of Our State (Seattle: Seattle Public Schools, 1988); Fred Cordova, “Pista Sa Nayon 1993: A Commentary,” Pista Review: Official 1993 Seafair Pista Sa Nayon Program (Seattle: Pista Sa Nayon, 1993); “Anti-Filipino Feeling Flares Up in Raids,” Auburn Globe Republican, Auburn, Washington, May 8, 1930; Chuck Taylor, “Seattle Times Wins Two Pulitzer Prizes,” The Seattle Times, April 7, 1997; E.V. Vic Bacho, "History of the Filipino Community of Seattle," in Pamana: Half-a-Century of Filipino Community Life in the Emerald City (Seattle: Filipino Community of Seattle, Inc., 1986?), 13-68; Fred Cordova, "The Community in Seattle," in Pamana II (Seattle: Filipino Community of Seattle, Inc., n.d.), 14-21; C.N. Rigor, "President's Past: The Marks That They Leave," in Pamana: Half-a-Century of Filipino Community Life in the Emerald City (Seattle: Filipino Community of Seattle, Inc., 1986?), 69-123. Note: This essay was expanded on September 7, 2010.
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