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Originally Posted by frink85
on topic: ive had this discussion a lot with a friend lately (who's not filipino) and he thinks it's cause we don't have a signature dish like pho, sushi, orange chicken, curry, korean bbq etc. to draw in a crowd. I think it's that plus filipinos are relatively new (1970's-80's) in large numbers to the country and we're not mainstream yet. The article i posted said it better.
Filipinos are the actually the second largest Asian group in the United States but are sometimes called the "quiet minority". For me, I think its the lack of media coverage that only focuses on Chinese and Japanese as the only Asian groups in America.
Even if Filipinos had a signature dish whether it be chicken adobo, dinuguan, pancit it lacks the media hype and people have prejudices towards it due to its appearance and or taste and people calling going "ewww" and "nasty". Peoples prejudices towards something (like food), especially when they are the majority have a great impact on those in the minority because it affects the perceptions of it.