"'May lahi'", my husband uttered with disdain. How he hated that term because it seems to suggest that Filipino is not a race. Worse, that it's beneath every other "race" in the world and that it needs to be "mixed" with other races to breed "worthy" or "classier" individuals. I told him that I'd like to retort to the next person who uses that term, "No, we're all askals." My husband replied that that was actually correct. "Askals are mongrels. Mixed breeds," he explained. That's when I realized how that would make our football team, the Azkals, all "askals" literally!
(Did the team name themselves "Azkals" with this in mind or did they mean something else?)
(Did the team name themselves "Azkals" with this in mind or did they mean something else?)
