User:RayneVanDunem/African-Americans in the Philippines

The African-American presence in the Philippines dates back to the 24th Infantry Regiment, an all-black regiment of the U.S. Army who were sent to the Philippines to help suppress Filipino nationalist insurgents during the Philippine-American War. However, while the regiment helped in suppressing the nationalists, several members, including Capt. David Fagen, defected to the nationalists' side. Their defections were likely the result of differential treatment by American occupational forces toward black soldiers, as well as common American forces derogatory treatment and views of the Filipino occupational resistance, who were frequently referred to as "niggers" and "gugus".

The African-American presence in the Philippines increased with the settlement of African-American soldiers during and after World War II and the Cold War.

Famous African-American Filipinos

 * Whitney Tyson, comedian