Are you CHamoru or Guamanian? Unpacking Guam's Identity Debate

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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2024

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  • @kirkjohnson5524
    @kirkjohnson5524 2 місяці тому +9

    Thank you Edward for this wonderfully informative video. Very helpful. Thank you for your ongoing efforts to produce videos that are so insightful and so needed

  • @LnR4Humanity
    @LnR4Humanity 2 місяці тому +5

    Great stuff
    As an American and ethnically mestizo of Italian, German, and Chamorro heritage I tend to have the opinion that Guamanian is people of Guam, regardless of ethnicity. Terms with the land’s name in it just signify where one lives and/or nationality. Such as American , Mexican, etc , regardless of ethnicities they are American, or Mexican. That’s how I see it

    • @takakuuz2794
      @takakuuz2794 2 місяці тому

      You are 50/50%😂😅😂😅
      not full Islanders😅

  • @ArchaeologyStudio
    @ArchaeologyStudio 2 місяці тому +1

    Wow, yet another informative a d engaging video! :) Keep up the good work!

  • @prankster671
    @prankster671 2 місяці тому +8

    I'm ethnically Filipino, but born and raised in Guam...hence I'm Guamanian

    • @minim6981
      @minim6981 2 місяці тому +1

      you're still Filipino. Chamorros don't become Hawaiian or Filipino when they move to Hawaii and the Philippines

    • @prankster671
      @prankster671 2 місяці тому +1

      @@minim6981 I never said I wasn't.

    • @ginoangeles5260
      @ginoangeles5260 2 місяці тому +3

      @@minim6981it’s like you didn’t watch the video

  • @BajaBlastBoy
    @BajaBlastBoy 2 місяці тому +2

    Si yu’us ma’åse para este infotmåsion. Excellent video as always che’lu. I’ve always called myself Chamorro (now CHamoru) for myself, and Guamanian for my Chinese grandma since she was born and raised on Guam.

  • @thomassaures3134
    @thomassaures3134 2 місяці тому +2

    Eye opener, nice 🤙

  • @martduenas
    @martduenas 2 місяці тому +3

    Guamanian is a constructed term to create boundaries between Our People. They want us to see ourselves as separate from each other not all related and One People. Now used as the hyphenated other for all residents of the Mariana Islands. Diaspora continue to use Guamanian. Great background and analysis che'lu! Guaho CHamoru!

  • @lindagarcia7025
    @lindagarcia7025 2 місяці тому

    In Texas I knew 2 gorgeous brothers in high school (1980s). They were very popular. ❤ They always referred to themselves as Guamanian. They moved back to their beautiful island late 80s.

  • @brandoncfejeran
    @brandoncfejeran 2 місяці тому

    As always, well said, Pulan. Also, throughout the Marianas, as far as our currency is concerned, three clam shells equal one U.S. dollar. I can speak on such matters because I’m Chamorro, Guamanian, AND Saipanese. 😊

  • @Aghunnit
    @Aghunnit 2 місяці тому +2

    I’m samorro

  • @luismanglona9590
    @luismanglona9590 2 місяці тому

    Im chamoru taotao Luta! 🇲🇵🇬🇺 maolek sa' un na' klåru para ayu I titumungu'. Si Yu'us Ma'åsi' Pulan!

  • @vincentsantos8600
    @vincentsantos8600 2 місяці тому +5

    CHamoru 🇬🇺👊🏼

  • @davidcamacho5421
    @davidcamacho5421 2 місяці тому

    I am the Kwizatz Haderach.

  • @fatteebaddee
    @fatteebaddee 2 місяці тому

    Bro making this video is a Guamanian cuz all the Chamoros I know don't look anything like him, especially before Y2K

  • @guamistheplace
    @guamistheplace 2 місяці тому +2

    Yea... Chamorro sounds better🎉😂

  • @RenitaB.B.
    @RenitaB.B. 2 місяці тому

    Guamanian
    Human Being

  • @none-jc3xr
    @none-jc3xr 2 місяці тому +1

    Better not to label people. It causes division among the populace. I believe everyone should be Guamanians but let the Indigenous people keep their identity and culture. The original people should not be forced to abandon their roots.I am from Micronesia. We are Micronesians but we have kept our customs and traditions since eternity. Politics might change but culture must be kept.

  • @darylgee33
    @darylgee33 2 місяці тому

    Chamorro..... Chamorro, and there isn't a being that's a Guamanian. It's just a word. 🤦🏻‍♂️
    The local people on Guam are Chamorro's, nothing else unless they have a different origin or want to be identified with a different pronoun... Lol, by oh means homie...

  • @NubalanceDNAcDc
    @NubalanceDNAcDc 2 місяці тому

    YES Mathur MARYÆNESS ASKNG ...
    AFA E YUN MEYU EJA YAN EJU ?🎉
    FURST RSPNS GETS PAZ TRU T GLDEN BRYDGE..ahe te apåka na Bebe brydgenåu .. 😅munga man dage yu 😅.. #multyDs RDY ..Cu Esta Rdy Åu...TåuTagaLånghetGuajån ??

  • @chewy6487
    @chewy6487 2 місяці тому +6

    One thing I have a problem with Chamorro and Guamanian is that they lost a lot of their culture and now they steal dances from Polynesia and call it their own.

    • @Youdontneedtoknowboy
      @Youdontneedtoknowboy 2 місяці тому +1

      Are you a Chamorro?

    • @Youdontneedtoknowboy
      @Youdontneedtoknowboy 2 місяці тому

      If you’re not then you don’t know shit about our culture. What “dances” did they steal from Polynesia and call their own? 🤡

    • @TinaPassi-d1e
      @TinaPassi-d1e 2 місяці тому +1

      That's Guam not in Saipan😊

    • @doitmyself2557
      @doitmyself2557 2 місяці тому

      shut your crybaby face . They can do whatever they wish.

    • @doitmyself2557
      @doitmyself2557 2 місяці тому +4

      Polynesians think they are Jamaican and Stole reggae music

  • @Pitbull_expert
    @Pitbull_expert 2 місяці тому +1

    A lot of Filipinos in Guam

    • @BoonieDocks
      @BoonieDocks 2 місяці тому +1

      Bout 30%of the population

    • @palmtrees2664
      @palmtrees2664 2 місяці тому

      A lot of whites in the Philippines

  • @gaslitworldf.melissab2897
    @gaslitworldf.melissab2897 2 місяці тому

    So pleased to see you posting more content. We get so little information about your people's history and current events. I'm Black American, descended of West and Central African American slaves. It's not a point of pride, just a point of reality.

    • @takakuuz2794
      @takakuuz2794 2 місяці тому +1

      You are not Islanders.
      You don't know what you talking about

  • @patrickchargualaf4375
    @patrickchargualaf4375 2 місяці тому

    Chamorro is a spanish word. Look up the Chamorro family from nicaragua. I think, as locals, we need to push to be called Guamanians. Its a least a small step towards establishing an identity.

    • @bryanquichocho1280
      @bryanquichocho1280 2 місяці тому

      I believe there is a dish in mexico called chamorro also.

    • @brandoncfejeran
      @brandoncfejeran 2 місяці тому

      @@bryanquichocho1280Hu’u dai. We Chamorros are delicious nai.