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    A New Wrinkle in The Art of Thieving

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    Shaira Aveli Merl Fabro
    This caricature depicts the exploitation of Filipino farmers through land grabbing and unfair business practices. Specifically, it shows a large man taking advantage of farmers' lack of awareness of land titling to illegally transfer land titles to himself and seize their property. Additionally, stories from ancestors describe how early Christian settlers negotiated purchases of large tracts of land from Maguindanaon people in exchange for goods worth much less than the land, and then prevented the Maguindanaon from reclaiming the land. Further, the caricature represents modern issues where farmers invest heavily in cultivating crops but do not earn a sufficient profit when selling, and the price of rice in markets is too high for farmers to afford to buy their own products

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    A New Wrinkle in The Art of Thieving

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    This caricature depicts the exploitation of Filipino farmers through land grabbing and unfair business practices. Specifically, it shows a large man taking advantage of farmers' lack of awareness of land titling to illegally transfer land titles to himself and seize their property. Additionally, stories from ancestors describe how early Christian settlers negotiated purchases of large tracts of land from Maguindanaon people in exchange for goods worth much less than the land, and then prevented the Maguindanaon from reclaiming the land. Further, the caricature represents modern issues where farmers invest heavily in cultivating crops but do not earn a sufficient profit when selling, and the price of rice in markets is too high for farmers to afford to buy their own products

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    This caricature depicts the exploitation of Filipino farmers through land grabbing and unfair business practices. Specifically, it shows a large man taking advantage of farmers' lack of awareness of land titling to illegally transfer land titles to himself and seize their property. Additionally, stories from ancestors describe how early Christian settlers negotiated purchases of large tracts of land from Maguindanaon people in exchange for goods worth much less than the land, and then prevented the Maguindanaon from reclaiming the land. Further, the caricature represents modern issues where farmers invest heavily in cultivating crops but do not earn a sufficient profit when selling, and the price of rice in markets is too high for farmers to afford to buy their own products

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    A New Wrinkle in The Art of Thieving

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    Shaira Aveli Merl Fabro
    This caricature depicts the exploitation of Filipino farmers through land grabbing and unfair business practices. Specifically, it shows a large man taking advantage of farmers' lack of awareness of land titling to illegally transfer land titles to himself and seize their property. Additionally, stories from ancestors describe how early Christian settlers negotiated purchases of large tracts of land from Maguindanaon people in exchange for goods worth much less than the land, and then prevented the Maguindanaon from reclaiming the land. Further, the caricature represents modern issues where farmers invest heavily in cultivating crops but do not earn a sufficient profit when selling, and the price of rice in markets is too high for farmers to afford to buy their own products

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    A NEW WRINKLE IN THE ART OF

    THIEVING

    Upon examining this caricature by Alfred McCoy,


    I can conclude that life in the American Era is truly
    iniquitous. Nueva Ecija is dubbed the Rice Granary of
    the Philippines, as residents spend their time
    sweating under the heat of the sun cultivating the
    land. However, most farmers are not fortunate enough
    to attend a school or be aware of "land titling,"
    which is why this man on the right, with a large round
    belly and a tall stature, is taking advantage of that.
    This man is exploiting the Filipinos by transferring
    land titles to himself and then seizing the land from
    them.
    Based on stories passed down to us by our
    forefathers when they first came here to Mindanao,
    when the majority of the people and landowners were
    Maguindanaon. They negotiated the purchase of
    hectares of land with these people in exchange for
    kilos of rice, sardines, and other foods unfamiliar
    to the Maguindanaons. Following those negotiations,
    we Christians provided and processed the necessary
    documents and land titles to ensure land ownership.
    However, the majority of Maguindanaons felt betrayed,
    and when they attempted to reclaim their land after
    realizing the value of the goods given to them was
    insufficient, they were unsuccessful.
    The distinction between Filipinos and Americans
    is that when Filipinos want something, they go about
    it properly, whereas the American colonizer went
    about it incorrectly, to the point where Filipinos
    have nothing left.
    This caricature also depicts several current
    events. Filipino farmers spend months cultivating and
    tending to their plants and palays, borrowing and
    spending money on fertilizers. However, they do not
    earn a sufficient profit when they sell their palays,
    and when their products (rice) reach the market, the
    price is prohibitively high, to the point where they
    cannot afford to purchase their own products. For me,
    this situation is connected to the caricature in
    which capitalists exploit farmers and appear as if
    the farmers have been robbed.

    FABRO, Shaira Aveli Merl S.

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