Fil-Ams Demand Apology for 1909 Igorot Village at Seattle’s AYPE

So its good to know Fil-Ams are demanding the University of Washington and City of Seattle for a public apology for having displayed Filipinos as "dog -eaters"during the 1909 AYPE. A way to go!

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Seattle Fil-Ams Demand Apology for 1909 Igorot Village at Seattle’s Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition

Seattle, WA – Filipino-American community groups in Seattle are launching a campaign seeking a public apology from the University of Washington and City of Seattle for the 1909 Igorot Village during the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition (AYPE). In 1909, Seattle hosted the AYPE with the most popular exhibit being the “Igorrote Village” which displayed a recreated village where Filipinos were made to eat dogs and act out indigenous practices for entertainment. On the centennial of the AYPE, the groups are calling for a public apology for this historic wrong where the racist event created stereotypes of Filipinos. Many Filipino-Americans in Seattle and across the United States continue to be called racial slurs such as “dog-eaters.”