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#Inktober2021Day21 FUZZY
This one for #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth called for @dantebasco as Rufio in Hook! I think of him as a pioneer of Asian-American representation in entertainment. Seeing him as Rufio was the first time I ever saw a Fil-Am actor in a film. (🧵👇)
#inktober2021day18 MOON
Lea Salonga: first Asian woman to win a Tony award and be inducted into Disney’s Hall of Fame as a Disney Legend. Best known for her roles as the singing voices of Mulan and Aladdin’s Jasmine.
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#inktober2021day16 COMPASS
The US tends to reach out to the Philippines to fill its hospital shortages. The 1st wave of Filipino nursing immigrants came via the Exchange Visitor Program post WWII. The 2nd wave… (🧵👇)
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#inktober2021day15 HELMET
Featuring Michele Bumgarner today for #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth! She’s the first Filipina-American racing driver, the first female to win the Rock Island Grand Prix (2008), and has won many other major championships.
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#inktober2021day13 ROOF
St. Malo, Louisiana in 1700s: the first known settlement of Filipinos in the continental US, a “floating” fishing village est. by those escaped from Manila Galleons.
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#Inktober2021Day4 KNOT
The first generation of Filipino immigrant farm workers arrived in the US in the early 1900s. We call them the Manongs.
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#Inktober2021Day1 VESSEL
The Manila galleon transported the first Filipinos to the current-day continental US in 1587.
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It’s a lovely #inktober2021day6. Here’s ✨SPIRIT✨
Kept it super simple today!
#Inktober2021Day5 RAVEN
Edgar Allan Poe… classic 👌🏼
(If you’re following me for my #fahm posts, don’t worry, I’ll have a lot more of those this month! Just not today 🤷🏻♀️)