DID YOU KNOW: The Indolence of the Filipinos
Jose Rizal’s “Sobre la idolencia de los Filipinos” (The Indolence of the Filipinos) was published in La Solidaridad’s July 15 to Sept. 15 issues in 1890.
The essay was divided into five parts and was a response to the Spanish colonial view that Filipinos were lazy.
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Rizal correlated the flaws of his own countrymen to a faulty Spanish colonial system and environment.
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines considers the piece “some of his best work during [the] period.” —Mia Pangilinan, Inquirer Research intern
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