Before I start, when I refer to "These" Chinese Filipinos, I'm referring to those families whom look down on native Filipinos and would not approve if their sangley child marries the indio
A lot of 'these' Chinese Filipinos, ever since they filled the economic hole that the Americans and the Spanish left, in my opinion, attempted to emulate the status of 'prestige' and 'class' that their "predecesors" per se, had placed onto themselves and imposed onto the eyes of Philippine society. Therefore, through this ideology that these people hold, one way or another, a lot of them believe that they are 'superior' to us native Filipinos and they believe that since the economy of the country is dominated so significantly by the Chinese community that there must be something 'inherent' amongst their 'kind', whether it be biological or what have you.... Unfortunately for them, this does not really apply, as a lot of Filipinos, especially those coming from 'old money', though acknowledging their perseverance and strong work ethic, refer to them as a bunch of nouveau riche individuals and are essentially summed up by the statement 'ang diyos nila pera' (since there are a lot of cases of them using very dirty tactics and practices in business to get what they want)... They are also known as wife beaters and slave drivers since those employed within the household, such as drivers and maids, share horror stories of their time while working for them.... The most horrifying one I have heard is that of a driver whom worked for a Chinese family in General Santos, where he was not allowed to leave the vehicle when they went outside, never allowed to have holidays to see his family, and never allowed to go outside of the family's property when he was at their house (so essentially, if he wasnt driving, he was only within the property grounds).... and he saw the moment that one of the maids got "impregnated" by one of the sons,who a few weeks later, got her kicked out when he found out she was pregnant.
Why do I have this outlook? From a lot of personal experience, with my wife coming from that 'life'.
We met at an Asian Student Association Party for incoming international Students when we were both studying at the University of Auckland. I was studying Medicine and she was studying to be a Nurse and when I approached her and we started talking, we found out we were both Filipino and we really hit it off and we starting dating soon afterwards. She met my family when they visited me in Auckland 6 months afterwards and they really liked her but my parents recognised the possibility that she would be from one of 'those' since she had two red flags... she was self proclaimed third generation Chinese filipino, and both her parents were products of immigrants that were foreign born but Filipino educated.... and eventually, a two years into the relationship, she explained to me the whole situation, the situation where she informed her parents of the relationship and even though I was also studying overseas, like their own child, that if they found out that the relationship was still ongoing, I would never be able to see her again since she was going to get moved to study in Australia..... the situation rooted in what I strongly suspected and dreaded to become into reality...Broke up with her after that since I knew the end result would be me eventually not being able to compete with her family without being a gago and putting out an ultimatum of me vs the family.... Three years go past (0 relationships during that time, since I genuinely felt like Adele and that "the one" definitely 'got away'), was still in Medical School, I get an email from her to meet her for a serious chat and there she layed it on thick, with a letter on the table stating that she has been granted PR in NZ and she wanted to elope with me since there was no longer any reason for her to be scared to "fight"... and so we did, which resulted in me eventually being in good terms with the siblings (it seems like the children of 'these' parents don't share a lot of their own sentiments) but I never got the parents' blessing for our wedding.
So in response to people whom say that the Chinese don't mind, they just want class, I say that the harsh and sad reality is that there are still Chinese families whom have it so fucking hard up their ass that they are superior to native Filipinos, that regardless of prospects and economic background, if he is a Filipino, he is inherently unqualified to by my daughters husband and therefore we will never recognise their children as one of our own.......
TL;DR - Chinese Filipinos want to have the same exclusivity as the Americans and the Spanish did during their respective times. Known as Nouveau riche and dirty players in business; Horror story anecdote of driver who worked for crazy Chinese family; Personal story in regards to me and my Chinay wife who grew up with 'that' ideology somewhat
