This book explores the condition of Filipinos in the United States and their self-identification. Filipinos are the largest contingent of Asian/Pacific Islanders in the United States today, and their numbers are growing. The Filipino diaspora is reassessing its historical past and claiming a future that confronts white supremacy. These chapters explore the Filipino experience: (1) "Alias 'Flips,''Pinoys,''Brown Monkeys...': From the Boondocks to the 'Belly of the Beast'"; (2) "From Identity Politics to Transformative Critique"; (3) "Arming the Spirit, Writing in Times of Emergency"; (4) "Bulosan's Metamorphosis: The Return of the Alter/Native"; (5) "Resistance, Intervention, Deliverance: Lessons from Philip Vera Cruz"; (6) "Prophesying a Permanent Cultural Revolution"; and (7)"Fragments from an Exile's Journal." (Contains 455 references.) (SLD)