Question

How did Rizal and the other Filipino scholars defend the Filipinos against this labeling from Spain? Why?

Answer 1

Rizal and other  Filipino scholars defend the Filipinos that the nature of the Filipino was not naturally indolent and there were a number of reasons for them to be indolent.

• Spain labelled the Filipino to be indolent.
• As a result, Rizal in his essay, remarked that Filipino were not naturally indolent.
• Various social disorders and climate were the reasons that he explained were the reasons for Filipino becoming indolent.
• He also described that the Filipinos had served in various economic up builds such as agriculture.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

He defends the Filipinos by saying that they are by nature not indolent, because in fact, even before the arrival of Spaniards, Filipinos have been engaged in economic activities such as agriculture and trade. Indolence therefore has more deeply rooted causes such as abuse and discrimination.